Broadwood Dating

[Farrell]

Hey, great! Thanks for the info. Now I know I will never know for sure until
I get John Broadwood to check it out himself, but can you list a few reasons
why you rule out the early 1820s date? (I agree with you and am 80some%
convinced it is early 1870s.) I have pictures if that would help.

ANYONE: Does anyone know whether any manufacturer put full plates (though
sectional - meaning you can unbolt the hitchpin plate and the tuning
pin/block plate) as early as the 1820s? Or was it later?

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nichols" <nicho@lascruces.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: Broadwood Dating


> Terry,
> Our Broadwood sounds very much like the one you've encountered, and is #
> 9435. Says "Semi-Grand", and has (had) the metal-thread t-pins. Would
guess
> it at 1850-70, just based on build and condition.
>
> Guy Nichols, R.P.T.
> Fort Stinkin' Desert, NM
>
>
>
>
> At 09:24 PM 9/9/00 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >"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.
> >
> >Terry Farrell
>
> >> 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,
>
>