Joh. Hirschfeld, Berlin

[Daiva]

Can any one please help me identify my piano.
It has "Joh. Hirscheeld Berlin" inlaid in brass on the front. It is black and has a great sound. I have looked all over the internet but cant find out any info. Thanks
Daiva

[Bill Kibby]

Are you sure about the spelling? Some Hirschfeld pianos certainly have connections with R. Nuttal, and it seems likely that it was an alias used by Nuttal on pianos bought in from an anonymous german wholesaler in the late 1800s. The name Hirschfield appears on a piano that I am working on.

If you can get your tuner to safely remove the action (the working parts of the notes) without damage, there may be a name and number of the action maker which may provide clues. See
http://www.uk-piano.org/piano-gen/datem ... ianos.html

[Daiva]

Hello Bill,
Thanks for the speedy reply. Yes your right ,on double checking it is Hirschfeld. The text they used has the F & E similar (thats my excuse anyway).
I dont know much about them but it has this number stamped in two places inside. 2393.

[johanPiano]

Hi ,
we have recently obtainen a Johann Hirschfeld buffet piano.
I don't know how to op the top of the piano.
Can somebody tell my where the hidden button is? It is locked in the middle.

[Bill Kibby]

Firslty, I have no idea what you mean by "Buffet Piano", is this a normal term wherever you are in the world? Because there are no photos, I can't guess what sort of piano it is, but pianos don't usually have hidden levers, they may have a lock that you open with a key.

Can you send photos to show what the whole piano looks like? I have worked on Hirschfeld uprights, and have the interior of one in my history collection, but there was no hidden gadget.

[Dieter]

Die Pianofabrik Johannes Hirschfeld wurde 1889 in Berlin gegründet. Um 1900 stellte die Firma 6 Pianomodelle vor. 1906 erfolgte das Konkursverfahren, bis 1912 bestand die Pianofabrik.
Der Seriennummer nach könnte das Instrument zwischen 1900 und 1906 hergestellt worden sein.
www.dieter-gocht.de

The Johannes Hirschfeld piano factory was founded in Berlin in 1889. Around 1900, the company introduced 6 piano models. In 1906, bankruptcy proceedings began and the piano factory existed until 1912.
According to the serial number, the instrument could have been manufactured between 1900 and 1906.
www.dieter-gocht.de