Birdcage pitch raise

[John Ross]

Not having thought on it before, I had always assumed, 'birdcage', were pre 
1900.
What is, the latest date of manufacture?
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Boyce" <David at piano.plus.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: Birdcage pitch raise


>I should mention that the birdcage piano I tuned is not really ancient. 
>It's around 1915 I'd say.  I do take the point that a really old fine 
>quality grand would need to be approached with caution respecting what 
>pitch to bring it up to.
>
> I'm not sure how I'd find out what pitch the birdcage in question was 
> originally at.  English upright piano-making at the time still had a large 
> "cottage industry" segment with lots of small workshops turning out cheap 
> parlour pianos, made down to a price.  Whether the various workshops tuned 
> to different pitches, I don't know.  Need to check Cyril Erlich's book and 
> see what he says!
>
> Best,
>
> David.
>