bell piano

[John Ross]

Bell did make an excellent piano, but went bankrupt in 1934. The assets were picked up by Lesage Piano, of Ste Therese de-Blainville, Quebec.
In 1934 the serial numbers started at 34,000. This info is from, Downright Upright by Wayne Kelly.
Further information on Bell Pianos can be followed from a link on this web page, 

http://www.mbi-communications.com/

I think that Willis might have used the name as well.

I think the original Bells would make an excellent project.

John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Howard Turner 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:47 PM
  Subject: bell piano


  Recently tuned a Bell console piano. The archives indicate that Bell pianos made in Ontario in the early 1900s were quality instruments. This one was made in Quebec and of course not of 1900s vintage. It had  been sitting untuned for some years but pitch had not dropped to badly -14c at A440. Key tops are starting to pop off and some keys would rather be manually lifted up after playing than return on thier own. Anyone know when these were built? Are they considered good quality thus worth fixing up. (sorry no serial #), It did not appear to be of poor quality but being new to this work I am no judge. Thanks for any info. 


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