help name another mystery piano

[shio2010]

Can you recognize this? (Please see attached photo.)

[silverwoodpianos]

This one could be a Sherlock Manning, Bell Piano & Organ, Heintzman & Co….I have seen those makers use this cabinet type. There could be a name inside on the plate.

[dcstudio]

it is beautiful piano
 whatever is there is beautiful
     it makes music.

LOVE PEACE

[shio2010]

It sure looks lovely. I'm hoping to get a chance to look inside... sometime!

And if it gets a good assessment (despite 1 broken string), I'm thinking about acquiring it to replace my current "tired" mystery piano (can't afford $600-$700 to fix it up).

Not enough room for more than 1 piano (in addition to the Lowrey organ and the Bell pump organ) in the house, plus 1 very tired, broken piano in the garage!

[silverwoodpianos]

The one in the garage; maybe you would like to make it into artwork like this one out front of the house here….

https://picasaweb.google.com/107990527405079149600/TheSeasonsAtSilverwoodPianos

[shio2010]

ANSWER: It's a Williams!

Looked inside last night and saw a name plate, and serial number 25724.

More keys play than on my current mystery piano, but it's shorter and deeper.

Now considering whether this would be a smart move or or not...

[silverwoodpianos]

Yep, I forgot about one of the largest and longest living Canadian companies New Scale Williams made by Robert Sugden Williams in Oshawa. Good maker, but that one is not something you want. See all the light coloured dust in that photo all over the hammer butt shoulders? It isn’t dust it is mold…..
There is a good book you can purchase about the Williams Piano Co. called Under the Sign of the Big Fiddle by Ladislav Cselenyi-Granch.

https://www.amazon.ca/Under-Sign-Big-Fiddle-Manufacturers/dp/1896219179

That is Robert Williams in the top hat in the foreground….I can still recall as a little boy riding in the car into downtown Toronto  and see that big fiddle hanging over the building on Yonge St…..