Broadwood Dating

[Farrell]

Thanks Barrie. Yes it does help. The "Partent metallic screw tuning pin form
1862 to about 1897". Do you mean "Patent"? The word "PATENT" was
cast/stamped into the forward edge of the steel/iron piece that covered the
tuning pin area. I would suppose this is the feature that had the tuning
pins actually threaded through the metal plate.

"Drilled bridges similar to agraffes from1841". That does not sound like
what this piano had. This one had brass agraffes - totally modern in
appearance - with round bases that appeared to screw into the metal pinblock
plate.

 Do you agree that thi piano is most likely from the 1870s? And like no way
from the 1820s?


Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barrie Heaton" <Piano@forte.airtime.co.uk>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: Broadwood Dating


> Hi Terry,
>
>  This is a list of 7'6"  Broadwood grands up to 1900
>
> 7'6"  length 3'10 wide 6 octave F to F Boudoir Grand (trichord)  1832
> [*]
> 7'6" length 3'10 wide 6 octave F to F Bicorda     1835 /36 [*]
> 7'6" length 4'4"   wide 6.5 octave C to G  Bicorda  1849
> 7'6" length 4'4"   wide 6.3/4 octave C to  A  Royal  1861
> 7'6" length 4'4"   wide 6.3/4  octave C to  A  Royal  Boudoir 1862
>
> [*]  Six octaves C to C  and F to F complete iron frame from 1890 only
> on a few models.
>
> Partent metallic screw tuning pin form 1862 to about 1897
> Drilled bridges similar to agraffes from1841
>
> Hope this is of some help
>
> Barrie,
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Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com