Soldato
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Rip it up and make it into a nice cabinet or something.
omg now got visions of that woman from off find it fix painting it pink with yellow interior)))) must get out moreRip it up and make it into a nice cabinet or something.
They’re called sconces, they’re not very popular and when these age of pianos are restored they’ll often be removed. Those and it being 85 keys (as opposed to 88) means it’ll be late 19th or early 20th century.
I don't know how to tell if it's legitimate. My sister has told me it's a 1908. I did a little Googling and get the impression it's an English made piano that's been given a German name. I last played it years ago, and to play it was a bit honky tonk and good for that, but did not feel high quality. I agree though, the inlays look pretty nice.
I doubt it would be worth the transportation costs to get it to an auction.
I play and have an upright. And I know a bit about these older pianos, I have a new upright but was seriously considering an old restored one and I did a tonne of research. Your mums experience is typical of an old upright similar age as the one OP has.Do many of you guys play? Do we have a piano thread?
I see loads of pianos on eBay and Facebook pretty much being given away. Everyone wants digital these days because they're compact, volume adjustable, can plug headphones in and never go out of tune. They are at a level where they are so good now and some even have cabinets that look like a real acoustic.
That being said, real uprights have so much character and I love them. It's just the tuning costs to keep them playable get to be so much. My mum had one that needed tuning every month that she was paying someone to do. Got to the point she sacked it off and bought a digital Yamaha.
Facebook marketplace, people will take on almost anything from there
"Can you not deliver the piano 100 miles, it's for my deaf sister who's dog has just died"