Piano 1

The collection of pianos started at reference 1 continued yesterday with an upright piano snapped at the Halfway House of Earlsfield. A piano from one K. Bord of Paris.

Reference 2 admits an A. Bord: 'Antonie Bord was one of France’s most popular piano manufacturers, building pianos by the thousands annually. Bord was established in Paris in 1840, and enjoyed huge success for over a century. Bord instruments are very popular today in Europe, but they are somewhat scarce here in America. In 1934, Bord was purchased by the illustrious Pleyel Piano Company of Paris. The A. Bord brand name was discontinued around 1960'. But Bing does turn up some K. Bord's and the florid initial letter looks like a 'K' to me, with the same flourish in front of both the 'K' and the 'B'.

For the sake of completeness, I should also note the Steinways and Faziolis which appear in London concert halls, with Steinways being a lot commoner than Faziolis.

I should also hit a few keys when I come across a piano, when available, in order to assess the state of tuning. In this first case, probably bad.

PS: the French still have their concert hall named for a piano, the Salle Pleyel. Whereas our Beckstein Hall got rebadged as the Wigmore Hall.

Reference 1: https://psmv3.blogspot.com/2018/10/church-snaps.html.

Reference 2: http://antiquepianoshop.com/.

Reference 3: https://www.sallepleyel.com/. Very mixed vegetables, rather like our own Royal Festival Hall.

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