Brimsmeade serial number

[Tony Caught]

Hi Patrick

Before saying two much, is it a Brinsmead as it has been suggested. Also
what color is the iron frame. ?

The Brinsmead is better than your average bear, but better details are
required to be give an opinion.

Tony Caught ICPTG
Australia
caute@optusnet.com.au

----- Original Message -----
From: J Patrick Draine <draine@mediaone.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 1:23 AM
Subject: Brimsmeade serial number


> Dear List:
> A customer has recently acquired a cottage piano aka birdcage action
piano.
> It is a Brimsmeade serial number 38828. As it isn't listed in my Pierce
> Atlas, I was wondering if any of you (most likely someone in the UK or
some
> Commonwealth state) would be able to look up the date of manufacture for
this
> piano.
> Yep, I realize the K&C spinet I recently castigated may sound like a
concert
> grand in comparison, but the customer likes it ... I usually run away when
I
> hear the words "birdcage", but I will work on it if he accepts my
estimate.
> It *does* have an exquisite case, and I'm guessing it was a very late
model
> "cottage piano" (is there a more proper name for these?). There's lots of
> lost motion to regulate away, but the parts seem fairly good.
> Were cottage piano's tuning pins *ever* tight enough to hold a tuning?
Were
> they designed for a very low (like a half tone flat of A440?) pitch
standard?
> -- This one is about 150 cents flat, and wildly out of tune.
> While alot of CA might make the pinblock tight enough for a major
pitchraise,
> I'm dubious about the frame and strings' ability to handle it. Advice from
> birdcage rasslers appreciated.
>
> Patrick Draine
>