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Broadwood Archive Services offers a history search on individual Broadwood pianos, a small charge of £60.00 is made for this service. Please Visit Broadwood Archive Services Some guide lines to help you find the age of your piano Name on fall board:
As it can get a little confusing with grand model type, please use the list below to determine your grand piano model, do this by matching the dimensions of your grand piano to the list. When you have found the model of your piano use it and the serial number to find the age of your piano. |
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| Overall Length | Overall Width | Number of Octaves |
Compass | Model | Dates |
| 5' 6" | 4' 11" | 7 | A to A | Overstrung Quarter Grand | 1899 |
| 5' 8" | 3' 10" | 6 | * F to F | Cottage | 1844 |
| 5' 8" | 3' 11" | 6+ | F to G | Cottage | 1845/46 |
| 6' 0" | 4' 3" | 6 3/4 | C to A | Cottage | 1865/80 |
| 6' 0" | 4' 6" | 6 3/4 | C to A | Cottage | 1880 |
| 6' 0" | 4' 6" | 7 | A to A | Short | 1890 |
| 6' 3" | 4' 6" | 7 | A to A | Short | 1890/97 |
| 6' 4" | 4' 9" | 7 | A to A | Short | 1897 |
| 6' 4" | 4' 7" | 7 | A to A | Cottage | 1878 |
| 6' 5" | 4' 9" | 7 | A to A | Straight strung Short | 1899 |
| 6' 5" | 5' 1" | 7 1/4 | A to C | Overstrung Semi | 1897/99 |
| 6' 6" | 5' 1" | 7 1/4 | A to C | Overstrung Barless Semi | 1899 |
| 6' 7" | 4' 1" | 6 1/2 | C to G | Short Bichorda | 1850 |
| 6' 8" | 4' 4" | 6 3/4 | C to A | Bichorda | 1853 |
| 6' 9" | 4' 4" | 6 3/4 | C to A | Bichorda(New Scale) | 1862 |
| 6' 9" | 4' 4" | 6 3/4 | C to A | Semi (Trichord Treble) | 1863 |
| 6' 9" | 4' 4" | 6 3/4 | C to A | Semi (Trichord Tenor & Treble) | 1864 |
| 6' 10" | 4'0" | 6 - 6 1/2 | * | Semi (Bichord) | 1844 |
| 6' 11" | 3' 9" | 6 | * F to F | Semi | 1832 |
| 6'11" | 4'1" | 6+ | F to G | Semi (Bichord) | 1845 |
| 6' 11" | 4'2" | 6 1/2 | C to G | Boudoir | 1851 |
| 6' 11" | 4' 5" | 7 | A to A | Semi | 1868 |
| 7'0" | 4' l" | 6+ | F to G | Semi | 1846 |
| 7'0" | 4'6" | 7 | A to A | Boudoir (formerly Semi) | 1871/90 |
| 7'0" | 4'7" | 7 | A to A | Boudoir | 1897 |
| 7'1" | 4'8" | 7 | A to A | Short Iron Grand | 1883/88 |
| 7' 1" | '4 8" | 7 | A to A | Short Concert | 1890/97 |
| 7'2" | 4'1" | 6+ | F to G | Semi | 1849 |
| 7'2" | 4'2" | 6 1/2 | C to G | Bichorda | 1844 |
| 7'2" | 4'4" | 6 3/4 | C to A | Boudoir | 1853 |
| 7'3" | 3'10" | 6 | F to F | Semi (Grand mechanism) | 1836/41 |
| 7' 3" | 4' 4" | 6 1/2 | * C to G | Bichorda | 1845 |
| 7'4" | 4'1" | 6 | * F to F | Semi | 1843 |
| 7'4" | 4'3" | 6 1/2 | C to G | Bichorda | 1843 |
| 7'5" | 4'3" | 6 3/4 | C to G | Full Bichorda | 1850/51 |
| 7'5" | 4'7" | 6 3/4 | C to A | Royal Boudoir | 1868 |
| 7'5" | 4'7" | 6 3/4 | C to A | Semi (formerly Royal Boudoir) | 1871/90 |
| 7'5" | 4'7" | 6 3/4 | C to A | Semi ( New Model) | 1893 |
| 7'5" | 4'9" | 7 | A to A | Semi | 1897 |
| 7'5" | 5'1" | 7 1/4 | A to C | Overstrung Drawing Room | 1857/99 |
| 7'6" | 3'10" | 6 | * F to F | Boudoir (trichord) | 1832 |
| 7'6" | 3'10" | 6 | * F to F | Bichorda | 1835/36 |
| 7'6" | 4'4" | 6 1/2 | C to G | Bichorda | 1849 |
| 7'6" | 4'4" | 6 1/4 | C to A | Boudoir | 1861 |
| 7'6" | 4'4" | 6 1/4 | C to A | Royal Boudoir | 1862 |
| 7'8" | 4'1" | 61/2 | C to G | Bichorda | 1836 |
| 7'9" | 4'3" | 6 1/2 | C to G | Horizontal Grand | 1843 |
| 7'9" | 4'3" | 6 1/2 | C to G | Victoria Repetition | 1839/41 |
| 7' 9" | 4' 3" | 6 | * F to F | Concert | 1844 |
| 7'9" | 4'4" | 6 1/2 | C to G | Concert | 1846 |
| 7'9" | 4'8" | 7 | A to A | Drawing Room | 1897 |
| 7'10" | 4'6" | 7 | A to A | Short Drawing Room | 1864 |
| 7'10" | 4'7" | 7 | A to A | Short Drawing Room | 1868/75 |
| 7'10" | 4'7" | 7 | A to A | Short D.R. (Iron) | 1875 |
| 7'10" | 4'8" | 7 | A to A | Short Concert | 1889 |
| 7' 10" | 4' 8" | 7 | A to A | Drawing Room (new Scale) | 1890 |
| 7' 10" | 4' 8" | 7 | A to A | Medium Concert | 1890 |
| 7'11" | 4 '9" | 7 | A to A | Drawing Room Concert | 1897 |
| 8'0" | 4'2" | 6 1/2 | C to G | Horizontal(Trichord) | 1832/36 |
| 8'0" | 4'9" | 7 | A to A | Straight Strung D.R. | 1899 |
| 8'2" | 4'4" | 6 1/2 | C to G | Concert(Elliptical Ends) | 1846 |
| 8'2" | 4'6" | 6 1/4 | C to A | Medium Grand | 1864 |
| 8'2" | 4'6" | 6 3/4 | C to A | Full sized Grand | 1861 |
| 8'3" | 4'3" | 6 1/2 | C to G | Concert(Elliptical Ends) | 1845/49 |
| 8'3" | 4'3" | 6 3/4 | C to A | Full sized(Short harmonic bar) | 1851 |
| 8'3" | 4'4" | 6 3/4 | C to A | Full sized(Long harmonic bar) | 1851 |
| 8'3" | 4'4" | 6 1/2 | C to G | Concert | 1845 |
| 8'3" | 4'5" | 6 3/4 | C to A | Concert(Carved legs) | 1853/56 |
| 8'3" | 4'6" | 6 3/4 | C to A | Drawing Room(Trichord) | 1862 |
| 8'3" | 4'7" | 7 | A to A | Full sized D.R. Grand | 1868 |
| 8'3" | 4'7" | 7 | A to A | Full sized Grand | 1875 | 8'3" | 4'8" | 7 | A to A | Drawing Room | 1890 |
| 8'3" | 4'8" | 7 | A to A | Full Drawing Room | 1889/97 |
| 8'4" | 4'7" | 7 | A to A | Full sized Grand(3 bars) | 1853/61 |
| 8'4" | 4'7" | 7 | A to A | Drawing Room | 1862/64 |
| 8'4" | 4'8" | 7 | A to A | Superior Drawing Room | 1868/75 |
| 8'4" | 4'8" | 7 | A to A | Full Drawing Room | 1888/90 |
| 8'4" | 4'9" | 7 | A to A | Concert(Carved legs) | 1853 |
| 8'5" | 4'8" | 7 | A to A | Superior D.R.(Carved legs) | 1862 |
| 8' 5" | 4'8" | 7 | A to A | Concert(Diagonal bracing) | 1857 |
| 8'6" | 4' 8" | 7 | A to A | Concert Iron Grand. | 1862/75 |
| 8'6" | 4'10" | 7 1/4 | A to C | Full Concert | 1890 |
| 8' 6" | 5' 1" | 7 1/4 | A to C | Full Concert | 1897 |
| 8'7" | 4'7" | 7 | A to A | Full sized(Long harmonic bar) | 1851 |
| 8'7" | 5'4" | 7 1/4 | A to C | Overstrung Full Concert | 1897 |
| 8'8" | 5'3" | 7 7/4 | A to C | Overstrung Concert | 1899 |
| 8'9" | 5'3" | 7 1/4 | A to C | Overstrung Barless Concert | 1899 |
Patent Metallic Screw Pin Piece ( Threaded Wrest pins) 1862 to about 1897.
Under damper action from 1853 to about 1890.
Diagonal Bracing from 1857 to 1897. * Six octaves F to F or C to C.
Complete Cast Iron Frame available from 1890 (A few models, only)
Over stringing from about 1897, with complete Cast iron frame.
Drilled Bridge(Similar to Agraffes ) 1841
Iron Eracings 1844. Gun metal Harmonic Tie Bar 1868/97.
The above data compiled from Catalogues and Sales literature.
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1775 - 25 1780 - 50 1785 - 409 1790 - 1266 1795 - 2800 1800 - 5397 1805 - 9637 1810 - 14510 1815 - 20000 1820 - 25570 1825 - 32400 1830 - 40000 1835 - 45280 1840 - 52087 1845 - 58000 1850 - 59600 1855 - 63000 1860 - 63470 1865 - 64000 |
We stopped making square pianos in 1866 at number 64161
Started to make Cabinets (Wall Climber) piano's in 1811
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1815 - 500 1820 - 1769 1825 - 3100 1830 - 4200 1835 - 5400 1840 - 7000 1845 - 8700 1850 - 8800 |
Stopped making Cabinets in 1854 at number 8962
Started to make cottage uprights in 1822
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1825 - 200 1830 - 1650 1835 - 3100 1840 - 4530 1845 - 6680 1850 - 10100 1855 - 15100 1860 - 21100 1865 - 27200 1870 - 33400 1875 - 43920 1880 - 51500 1885 - 60250 1890 - 68876 1894 - 80000 1895 - 86600 1900 - 93700 1905 - 100500 1910 - 109400 1915 - 118100 1920 - 121900 1925 - 126375 1932 - 133249 |
In the middle of 1932 a new series was stated combining upright and grand numbers together.
Started to make Boudoir & Cottage Grands in 1834.
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1835 - 10 1840 - 30 1845 - 195 1850 - 765 1855 - 1850 1860 - 4000 1865 - 5500 1870 - 7250 1875 - 8500 1880 - 9800 1885 - 10050 1890 - 11670 |
From 1891 all Grands are numbered in one series.
Started to make Cottage Grands in 1862.
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1865 - 80 1870 - 500 1875 - 750 1880 - 1000 1885 - 1800 1890 - 2185 |
From 1891 all Grands are numbered in one series.
Started to make Boudoir Grands in 1870
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1870- 154 1871- 324 1872- 494 1873- 664 1874- 834 1875- 850 1876- 885 1877- 930 1878- 1006 1879- 1336 1880- 1670 1881- 1833 1882- 1989 1883- 2155 1884- 2320 1885- 2500 1886- 2635 1887- 2768 1888- 2901 1889- 3034 1890- 3167 |
From 1891 all Grands are numbered in one series.
Started to make Grands in 1784
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1785 - 35 1790 - 300 1795 - 848 1800 - 1666 1805 - 3585 1810 - 4500 1815 - 6736 1820 - 8525 1825 - 10343 1830 - 11909 1835 - 13900 1840 - 15260 1845 - 16800 1850 - 17580 1855 - 18450 1860 - 19200 1865 - 19760 1870 - 20228 1875 - 20800 1880 - 21360 1885 - 21890 1890 - 22579 |
From 1891 all Grands are numbered in one series
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1891 - 27434 1892 - 32289 1893 - 37144 1894 - 42000 1895 - 44100 1896 - 44960 1897 - 45390 1899 - 45820 1900 - 46250 1901 - 46412 1902 - 46837 1903 - 47425 1904 - 48012 1905 - 48600 1906 - 48842 1907 - 49142 1908 - 49600 1909 - 50082 1910 - 50575 1911 - 50875 1912 - 51132 1913 - 51687 1914 - 52243 1915 - 52800 1916 - 52962 1917 - 53124 1918 - 53285 1919 - 53361 1920 - 53462 1921- 53569 1922 - 53772 1923 - 54056 1924 - 54316 1925 - 54600 1926 - 54880 1927 - 55165 1928 - 55425 1930 - 55625 1931 - 55925 1932 - 56028 |
In the middle of 1932 a new series was stated combining upright and grand numbers together.
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1932 - 250000 1933 - 251900 1934 - 252900 1935 - 254000 1936 - 255134 1937 - 255527 1938 - 255600 1939 - 256000 1940 - 256150 1941 - 256200 1942 - 256300 1943 - 256520 1944 - 256900 1945 - 257000 1946 - 257600 1947 - 257785 1948 - 258000 1949 - 258428 1950 - 258832 1951 - 259251 1952 - 259600 1953 - 260000 1954 - 260200 1955 - 260540 1956 - 261061 1957 - 262001 1958 - 262370 1959 - 262685 1960- 263001 1961- 263397 1962 - 263616 1963 - 263870 1964 - 264120 1965 - 264309 1966 - 264537 1967 - 264747 1968 - 264942 1969 - 265119 1970 - 265336 1971 - 265623 1972 - 266070 1973 - 266564 1974 - 267018 1975 - 267441 1976 - 267841 1977 - 268341 1978 - 268616 1979 - 269000 1980 - 269500 1981- 270050 1982 - 270221 1983 - 270941 1984 - 272484 1985 - 274027 1986 -275570 1987 - 277113 1988 -278400 1989- 278660 1990- 279410 1992- 280172 1993- 280934 1994- 281697 1995- 282459 1996 -283222 1997 - 283500 1998 - 283570 1999 - 283630 2000 - 283680 2001 - 283720 2002 - 283760 2003 - 283794 |