Mysterious but Very Nice

[Roger Jolly]

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>Hi Alan,

                It's probably a Canadian made Lesage from the 40's The tip 
off is the Robertson bolts. and the music desk.  The ser#  fits to the 
early 1940's.  They commonly made 2 pedal instruments.
Quite good pianos back then.
Regards Roger

>
>The plate has no bolts or regular slot/Philips screws. It has screws of 
>abut the usual size, each with a square hole in the center, about 3/16" on 
>each side.
>
>It has two pedals only.
>
>It has a mechanism to angle out the music desk when the fallboard is 
>folded up (another clue) but rather than just a metal rod doing the 
>pushing, there is a very nice (looks like oak) wooden bar across the whole 
>face of the action--about halfway between the hammers and the backchecks 
>in its vertical position. The whole bar pushes out and firmly holds the 
>music desk. Very nice.
>
>Lid is full-size, not the old half-fold upright type.
>
>If I had to guess, with my limited exposure to pianos, I'd guess this is a 
>50's piano--partly because it reminds me of the Janssen players of that 
>era--NOT NOT NOT in quality, but in it's general size and shape. But I 
>really don't know. It was never a player, by the way.  Not at all ornate, 
>just nice wood. In height, about like a Hamilton studio. General shapes 
>are squared, nothing rounded except a slight sculpting of the legs (which 
>sit on nice sturdy toe blocks) not quite a "spade foot" look but kinda like.
>

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