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 �?? 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.