Chas Cadby and Sons piano

[evergreen21]

Hello, my husband and I own a Chas Cadby and Sons piano (serial number 18484, L&H 5935) and we would like to know firstly, it's history and secondly, if we could offer it to an interested organisation or individual.
Many thanks, Gill

[Bill Kibby]

As far as the date is concerned, Cadby & Co. became Cadby & Sons in 1874, and had changed back to Cadby & Co. again by 1878, so your piano was made close to 1876. The L&H number would be a retailer's stock number, perhaps Lyon & Hall, Brighton for example. If so, they would have sold it secondhand at a much later date.