Our lovely black Victorian upright piano has now been tuned. The name carved on the underside of the upturned lid in the centre below the hinged music shelf says "Steinberg". On the same surfact located on the left there is a decal stating that the agent is "James Chalmers, 11 Newton Terrace, Glasgow West". The stamped number inside left of the cast iron frame is 19586. And that is all the information known. (Nothing found on the internet - yet.)
Bought in the early 1970s in MacTear's Saleroom, off St Vincent Street, Glasgow, it sits in the dining/family room against the west wall.
Quite hidden on the inside are the lovely painted flowers motifs on the gold painted metal part of the frame.
Norman Curie who tunes the piano has many wonderful stories of his life as a piano tuner. He started as an apprentice (over 50 years ago) in his mid-teens in Glasgow and is still working at the same job.
Hopefully, with a bit more effort some light can be shed on the age and make of this regularly played instrument.
No comments:
Post a Comment