Make: Lipp, Richard
Made in: Stuttgart, Germany
Made by: Lipp; modern ones by Bentley Piano co
Rating: 55-90. 1885-1935 restored ones nearly all rating 75-90. Some pre-1885 with lower rating. Modern pianos using the Lipp name not rated here.
Estimated Number In UK: 6,000 or one in 500. About 10% grand 90% upright. Nearly all 1890 â?? 1935. From 1985 the Lipp name was used by British and later by Chinese companies.
Year and serial number:
1880 - - - 9780
1900 - - - 20480
1920 - - - 36670
1940 - - - c42900
1960 - - - 44350
1985 - - - 50001 Lipp name used by Bentley, UK
1993 - - - 50220 Lipp name used by Whelpdale, Maxwell and Codd, UK until about 1995. Later pianos made in China but have no resemblance to the original.
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