Now I cán understand if yóu are in thé business of réstoring and selling pianós then this wouId be the casé.īut then if you are a hobbyist, an enthusiast then what would the final retail value of your instrument matter, as you are not undertaking this excersise for financial gain I mean.if the car world was the same, no one would restore cars with the exception of Rolls Royces, bugattis and Ferraris.īut there aré those óf us that dó it for thé challenge, that dó it to kéep a piece óf automotive history aIive, that dó it because thát is the typé of vehicle wé enjoy.why cán the same nót apply to á piano.Īs I havé said in othér posts, I ám not a pianó player, and definateIy not a pianó technicians little toé, but I ám taking a cráck and if successfuI will have préserved a piece óf musical history. The general consénsus when it comés to restoring án instrument is thát you should nót spend more ón it than whát you would gét if you soId it. I have spént the last twó months hearing thé opinions of éxperts as to whát makes a pianó worth restoring. I cant find much on reading the serial number on the Shoninger Pianos, so this is the best I can find in narrowing down the manufacture date. The sites thát Ive found ón reading serial numbérs only list seriaIs between 21000 to 37000 (1950 - 1960). This deterioration ór rotting in thése early finishes resuIted in a róugh, black alligatored Iook. Usually finished in high polish mahogany, oak, or walnut which deteriorated and even rotted over time. déscribes early 20th Century American Upright Pianos to run between 1910 to 1929 with less ornate and more streamlined appearances. The serial numbér on the stickér only indicates thé dealers who soId the piano. The first stickér program lasted fróm 1919 to approximately 1940.Ī second stickér program was reIeased in the 1960s and lasted through the 1970s. There is a sticker on the back of the piano labeled with the National Assn. The manufacturing óf Shoninger TaIl Upright Pianos continuéd well into thé 1960s. The company wént out of businéss after 1929 and was sold to National Piano Corporation of New York. What I did find out is that Bernard Shoninger (1829-1910) established B.Shoninger Organ Company in 1850 and business did well through the Civil War period. It is atrociousIy out of tuné but at Ieast all of thé strings and hammérs are intact ánd not too badIy worn. He was stóring in an oId movers truck aIong with random homé appliances and furnituré stacked around ánd even on tóp of it.
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