JD You really need to read more carefully. The name in question is KirCHman, not KirKman. Different animal, same island.<G> Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I > [Original Message] > From: John Delacour <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk> > To: <joegarrett at earthlink.net>; <pianotech at ptg.org> > Date: 4/28/10 3:16:59 AM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Info on Kirchman Piano > > At 23:34 -0700 27/4/10, Joseph Garrett wrote: > > >A (new) customer called me today saying she had just acquired a very old > >Kirchman parlor grand piano. Her own research yielded a model number of S - > >R1, (cast in the plate), and a serial number of 14008, (stamped in the > >wood). But that's where it ends. And it is not listed in Pierce. She says > >she was told by the previous owner that Kirchman was manufactured, in > >Boston, for a very short time in the early 1900's by two former employees of > >Steinway. Has anyone here ever heard of it? Can anyone shed any light? > > > >As far as I can ascertain, it's an English pianer! > > It is Kirkman. Number 14008 will probably be early 1860s before they > changed to higher tensions and the "modern" sound. What do you want > to know about it? I have most of the answers and several Kirkmans of > different periods. Kirkman was the best English maker in my opinion > but their best pianos were made slightly later after they changed to > the higher tension scales, cast-iron plates etc. This one will be a > bit old-fashioned in sound. They are nice to work on and very > consistent. > > JD > > > > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > Delacour Pianos * Silo * Deverel Farm * Milborne St. Andrew > Dorset DT11 0HX * England > Phone: +44 1202 731 031 > Mobile: +44 7801 310 689 > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.560 / Virus Database: 270.12.26/2116 - Release Date: 5/15/09 6:16 AM
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