1850s Bosendorfer

[Newton Hunt]

Stephen Birkett <birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca>


VOCE88@AOL.COM wrote:
> 
> Hello List,
> 
>      As some may know, I work with Cunningham Piano Co. of Philadelphia.
> Although we do a lot of rebuilding work, we usually don't go before the
> 1880s. Here is my problem:
> 
>      We have gotten in a rebuild order and it turns out the piano is much
> older than I anticipated (because of distance, the piano wasn't estimated
> before it came in). We can find no serial number, but after conversations
> with and faxes to Roger Weisensteiner, we figure its age to about the 1850s.
> The action is probably a Streicher design.
> 
>      The last thing I want to happen is to do the wrong work to this piano.
> Who on the list has experience with a piano of this type or can recommend
> someone who does?
> 
>      Feel free to call me on the toll free number if you wish.
> 
> Eagerly awaiting a response,
> 
> Richard Galassini
> Cunningham Piano Co.
> Philadelphia, Pa.
> 1 800 394 1117