Help identify my upright piano!!

[jedijj98]

I have a Wagner upright which appears to be what I researched as "Victorian Style" it has a really nice finish and on the outside is in mint condition..but the piano needs some tuning and work done to sound right.  It has 3 pedals...all the keys work and do not stick..I'm looking to attain some sort of value or find a contact for the manufacturer..any help is much appreciated..picture is attached

[chopinlover01]

You're more likely to get it identified if you have a piano tech look at it. They can also tune it (though they might have to do it multiple times if it's really out of tune), so it's a good idea all around.

[indianajo]

In the US at least, uprights before the depression were assembled out of kits by local firms, thousands of them.  A few firms made everything, Wagner is not a famous one of those.  The quality has a lot to do with which grade kit was bought. My grandfather bought trash out in his nowhereville county seat (Cincinnatti brand), more discriminating purchasers bought something better.  
The market is thin because of the >$200 cost of moving these heavy objects.  This looks rather nice, Salvation Army could possibly get $200 for it if it sounds as good.  They also throw quite a few uprights in the dumpster because nobody bought it within two months.  The day before they go in the dumpster, they are $25.  
Scott Joplin and Fats Walker fans appreciate the special pre-depression tone of a real upright.  Most people these days just buy an imported toy and are done with it- at least for the five or ten trouble free years one gets out of one of those rubber keyed toys with limited life power supply components.  A surviving pre-depression upright could go a second hundred years if owned by a succession of really appreciative owners - who keep the roof tight and the dehumidifier/AC on.   

[8_octaves]

I have a Wagner upright which appears to be what I researched as "Victorian Style" it has a really nice finish and on the outside is in mint condition..but the piano needs some tuning and work done to sound right.  It has 3 pedals...all the keys work and do not stick..I'm looking to attain some sort of value or find a contact for the manufacturer..any help is much appreciated..picture is attached

Hi jedijj98,

I'm not an expert, and who knows how many companies with the name "Wagner" built pianos? Hmm.

There was a German company named Perzina, connected to the name Wagner, for example. We would search for the word "Wagner" on this page:

https://memim.com/perzina.html

But I only had a guess, and it's by far too vague to be reliable! I think if there are any experts out there, or here in the forum, more photos may be helpful for them to judge a piano as far as mere visualisation allows..

Those photos would contain, if possible: Serial numbers, emblems, the company-name written on the front, an "open" piano, keys, a view of the mechanic, and if existing, markings of technicians who worked on it (if possible) etc., I think.

Cordially, 8_octaves!