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<font face="Arial">The first serial number listed in The Musician's
Piano Atlas is 15000, from 1880. For the serial number you give,
your dating is correct. <br>
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What's to telll, about Cramer? An English maker of decent,
ordinary pianos. Kemble bought them around 1960, and I daresay
the Cramer name may survive and may make an appearance on Chinese
pianos. You will have to assess the quality of the one you looked
at on its own merits, I guess. <br>
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This retailer makes some observations on Cramer here
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.robertspianos.com/top-makes/common-piano-makes-in-the-uk/cramer-piano/">http://www.robertspianos.com/top-makes/common-piano-makes-in-the-uk/cramer-piano/</a><br>
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Best regards,<br>
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David.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.davidboyce.co.uk">www.davidboyce.co.uk</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27/11/2012 19:00,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotech-request@ptg.org">pianotech-request@ptg.org</a> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">I have a customer that would like to
have information on a
Cramer piano. It is an upright # 53889 made in </span></font><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">London</span></font><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> between
1910-1920.
The piano was moved from </span></font><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">England</span></font><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> to </span></font><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Canada</span></font><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> and later
to the </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">New Jersey</span></font><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> and then to </span></font><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Ohio</span></font><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">. This is a
family piano and they are debating moving it to </span></font><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Connecticut</span></font><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">. I looked
at the piano for them and except for the normal wear on
the original hammers
for a piano this age; it is in very good condition.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> The books I have don’t give any
information about the
maker. Can anyone shed some light on the Cramer company
and the quality of their
work?</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoAutoSig"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> Thank you in advanc<font size="2">e </font>Rex
Roseman</span></font></p>
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