Jul 12, 2002 - I own a Richard Lipp (Stuttgart) grand piano. Size around 2,20 meter (7 feet?). Does anyone know if Lipp uses a serial number, and where I could find it? Download Wincc Flexible 2008 Sp1 Vista here. I've been looking on all the obvious places, but cannot find any serial. Download And Install Adobe Flash Player 20 Npapi. Even removed the action, but no result. Nothing on the visible part of the plate. We have a Richard Lipp & Son Upright Piano made in 1903. There are a number of Lipp grands out here, many dating from the 1880's or earlier. O'Briain Pianos Ireland - Important information, facts, history, and serial numbers for Richard Lipp upright and grand piano manufacturers. Richard Lipp piano are. R.Lipp & Sohn Head Office 201 Magill Rd Maylands SA 5069. Australia Email. Lipp & Sohn (Historical Serial Number Listing) ricahrd lipp piano age serial number.

I've acquired an old Richard Lipp upright. It stands 144cm tall (nearly 57 inches), and is overstrung & under-dampered. There's a number on the top of the block of wood into which the top of the left hand side of the action sits: '10764'. If this is the serial no. Some websites suggest an 1880-85 manufacture date. But I'm not sure if it's that old. The casework is very un-ornate, which is not what I expect of that era.

In fact, some elements of the case design remind me more of art deco themes. There's also a no. Stamped into the soundboard: '459' And finally, on the back of the action, there's another no. And (presumably) the maker's name: '9616 J.Keller Stuttgart' I've put some photos of the piano on the web, including close-ups of the nos. And manufacturer's name, logo etc, and would welcome any advice as to its likely age and/or from where I might be able to source further information. The casework has been 'modernised'; in the days when the piano was THE status symbol of the home (like yer 98' plasmA screen doobrey now) it was a cheap way of keeping up with the Joneses without actually buying a new piano. So if you look at the back of the top door, you may well see the ghost of panelling; sometimes the original panelling is still there, just with a bit of wood put across it to produce the deco streamlined look.

They took the mouldings off and sometimes changed the legs which 'support' the keyboard. So yes, the dates are probably correct(ish) - Bill will be more au fait with that - it's the box that's 'wrong'! That makes a lot of sense, Gill the Piano. I thought before I bought it that at least the top front panel, the knee panel and the legs had been changed - to me they look more 1930s than 1880s. What I'm still surprised by is the curves on the edge of the top lid, for example, and the rounded edges of the sides - but, I suppose they could have just removed the whole lid (which I presume would have originally been one that overhung the sides of the piano - i.e., like eaves on a house), and replaced it with the art deco, rounded edge one it has now. The all wooden, relatively non-adjustable construction of the dampers would indicate an early construction date, I presume? I'd still be keen to nail down a date, if anyone can help.