Carl Hertel grand piano from Dresden

[pianoluke]

I have a 50" grand with Carl Hertel, Dresden on the fall board. There is no serial number on the piano, but on the action, which has "Oscar Kohler, Berlin" written on it, has serial # 359211. Also on the fall board, but on the side, is written "D L Thompson, Dresden" which I assume to be a dealer in Scotland. Any information or history on this piano would be greatly appreciated.

Luke

[Bill Kibby]

Dresden is in Germany, and Hertel made the piano there. Thompson seems an unlikely name to be based in Dresden, but if that's what it says, I suppose it must be right. However, there was a dealer named Durie Lang Thompson in Dundee, Scotland. The Kohler action number suggests that your piano was made around 1909.