-Bosendorfer grands, baby grands and upright pianos-

Pianos Wanted. We buy secondhand, used grand and upright pianos. We are especially looking for all models of Steinway, Bluthner, Yamaha, Bosendorfer, Bechstein, Fazioli, Grotrain Steinweg and Knight.

Ring us for more information 01865 240634

Do you want to sell your BOSENDORFER?

If you are short of time, just e-mail me with brief information about your piano to enquiry@robertspianos.com or phone 01865 240634

If you have time, please send us an email with the following information:

Is it an upright or a grand?
Make of piano Height of upright or length of grand (measured from the front of the keys to the back of the piano)
Serial number if available
How much use has the piano had, if known.
Is the casework in original condition as far as you know.
Brief comments on the condition of the piano in general.
Please e-mail this information to: info@robertspianos.com or phone 01865 240634.
At this stage, you don't need to send any photographs, though they would be useful to assess more accurately how much your piano is worth.

TAKING PHOTOS

If you take photos, please could you supply the following:

1 The piano taken from the front slightly to one side
2 Close-up of the keys and name
3 Close-up of the front with the lid closed
4 The serial number or the piano on the frame or elsewhere if you can find it.
5 About 10 hammers in the mid treble taken from above showing the indentation in the end of them
6 The strings and tuning pins taken towards from the middle, showing especially where the strings are wound onto the tuning pins.
7 The soundboard behind or under the strings
8 Any obvious defects

Please try to fit as many photos as possible into one email.

If you are thinking of selling your Bosendorfer piano we are interested in Bosendorfer's. Both Austria's Bosendorfer grands and the rare uprights are of interest to us...

Standard Black Models:

*Established by Ignaz Bösendorfer in 1828, Bösendorfer is the oldest piano manufacturer still producing its own instruments today and has had a history of producing some of the finest instruments in the world.

The Bösendorfer sound is usually described as darker or richer than the more pure but less full-bodied sound of other pianos like the Steinway or Yamaha. On the Imperial Grand, this is due in part to the inclusion of 9 additional bass notes below bottom A (the Imperial Grand has 97 keys, compared to the more usual 88). The strings for these notes are not often struck, since very little music has been composed to make use of them. However, the strings for these notes do resonate when other strings in the piano are struck, and their presence contributes to the additional body in the tone of these pianos.

*reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6sendorfer

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Or send us an email with its piano make, model, serial number, estimated age and pictures of the piano to info@robertspianos.com

Other makes of piano that we are looking for: Allison (baby grand), Brinsmead (upright), Challen, Chappell, Fazer (upright), Feurich, Gors and Kallman, Hoffmann, Ibach, John Broadwood, Kaps (upright), Kawai, Kemble, Richard Lipp (grand), Petrov (grand), Psalmist, Rippen, Rogers (George), Samick, Sauter, Seiler, Steck, Welmar, Zender... Please inquire for other makes.