For sure! Doesn't the fact that it is overstrung absolutely make it post 1850 or so? Didn't Steinway make the first overstrung during the 1850s? A while back I looked at an 1870s Collard and Collard. It had a full plate (I think!), it was definatley overstrung, and it also had one of those old-style english actions - similar to what you commonly find on a square grand, where the jacks are mounted directly on the keys. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Birkett" <birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 1:00 PM Subject: Re: Collard & Collard > Wim asked: > > then something else). If I took the 9381, it would make this an early 1820' > > piano. If I took that ???? and made it part of the serial number, it would > > make this an 1870's piano. > > > > Question. Did Collard & Collard make 6' grand pianos in the 1820's. It is > > overstrung, with two pedals. The pins are square, and the action is the older > > kind. (I am sure there is name for it, but I can't remember it. I have seen > > this kind of action before. It is very difficult to regulate). > > Sounds like 1870s to me. What's the keyboard compass? > > Stephen > > Stephen Birkett Fortepianos > Authentic Reproductions of 18th and 19th Century Pianos > 464 Winchester Drive > Waterloo, Ontario > Canada N2T 1K5 > tel: 519-885-2228 > mailto: birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca >
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