Kirkman Grand Piano

Post by **Bill Kibby** » 01 Oct 2005, 12:06

The photos give very little useful detail, but it could be mid-victorian, perhaps around 1870. Makers dream up all sorts of weird and wonderful names for models, but a more general term for a grand of this length would be "Concert Grand". Published dates for Kirkman numbers are not always reliable, but it might give us a clue if you could find any numbers. See also
http://www.uk-piano.org/piano-gen/datem ... ianos.html

Also, the Reports page there explains how to proceed for a full report from photos, but we would need interior detail.

Post by **Bill Kibby** » 02 Oct 2005, 10:59

I meant to say that it was in 1896 (not 1860) that Georgiana Kirkman sold the business to Collards.