Collard & Collard Baby Grand c1880
Originally sold by Wood & Co, Edinburgh
Price includes delivery & tuning*.
A stunning Baby Grand piano measuring roughly 2m long and 1.4m wide. Manufactured by Collard & Collard of London in a Burr Walnut carcass, it was sold by Wood & Co in Edinburgh around 1880.
Make sure to scroll right down and watch the video of it being played.
*Free delivery to a ground floor anywhere in mainland UK; tuning will take place within one week of delivery.
Collard & Collard
The illustrious Collard & Collard Piano Company was originally established as Longman & Broderip, a music publishing house, in 1767 at 26 Cheapside, London.
The famous composer and piano virtuoso, Muzio Clementi invested heavily in the firm, ultimately creating an association with F. W. and W. P. Collard under the name of Clementi & Company. The firm was very successful and grew at a rapid pace.
Muzio Clementi retired by 1815 and the name of the firm was changed to Collard & Collard. During the middle 19th Century, the firm was managed by Charles Lukey Collard, and he continued to move the firm to the forefront of piano manufacturing in Europe, making Collard & Collard one of the most popular and successful European piano manufacturers of all time.
Interestingly in 1858 Collard & Collard was commissioned to supply horns, fifes and drums to the regiments of the East India Company.
Wood & Co, Edinburgh
Music shop and music publishers in Edinburgh. Address in the 1860s, 49 George Street, Edinburgh. Business established by Andrew Wood, a partner in the Edinburgh piano manufacturing and music publishing firm of Muir, Wood & Co. and later Wood, Small and Co.
In 1799 his company won a royal warrant as "Musical Instrument Makers of His Majesty". His sons George, Robert and John Muir Wood operated the piano and music publishing firm of Wood & Co.in Edinburgh and later additionally in Glasgow.
Originally sold by Wood & Co, Edinburgh
Price includes delivery & tuning*.
A stunning Baby Grand piano measuring roughly 2m long and 1.4m wide. Manufactured by Collard & Collard of London in a Burr Walnut carcass, it was sold by Wood & Co in Edinburgh around 1880.
Make sure to scroll right down and watch the video of it being played.
*Free delivery to a ground floor anywhere in mainland UK; tuning will take place within one week of delivery.
Collard & Collard
The illustrious Collard & Collard Piano Company was originally established as Longman & Broderip, a music publishing house, in 1767 at 26 Cheapside, London.
The famous composer and piano virtuoso, Muzio Clementi invested heavily in the firm, ultimately creating an association with F. W. and W. P. Collard under the name of Clementi & Company. The firm was very successful and grew at a rapid pace.
Muzio Clementi retired by 1815 and the name of the firm was changed to Collard & Collard. During the middle 19th Century, the firm was managed by Charles Lukey Collard, and he continued to move the firm to the forefront of piano manufacturing in Europe, making Collard & Collard one of the most popular and successful European piano manufacturers of all time.
Interestingly in 1858 Collard & Collard was commissioned to supply horns, fifes and drums to the regiments of the East India Company.
Wood & Co, Edinburgh
Music shop and music publishers in Edinburgh. Address in the 1860s, 49 George Street, Edinburgh. Business established by Andrew Wood, a partner in the Edinburgh piano manufacturing and music publishing firm of Muir, Wood & Co. and later Wood, Small and Co.
In 1799 his company won a royal warrant as "Musical Instrument Makers of His Majesty". His sons George, Robert and John Muir Wood operated the piano and music publishing firm of Wood & Co.in Edinburgh and later additionally in Glasgow.
Originally sold by Wood & Co, Edinburgh
Price includes delivery & tuning*.
A stunning Baby Grand piano measuring roughly 2m long and 1.4m wide. Manufactured by Collard & Collard of London in a Burr Walnut carcass, it was sold by Wood & Co in Edinburgh around 1880.
Make sure to scroll right down and watch the video of it being played.
*Free delivery to a ground floor anywhere in mainland UK; tuning will take place within one week of delivery.
Collard & Collard
The illustrious Collard & Collard Piano Company was originally established as Longman & Broderip, a music publishing house, in 1767 at 26 Cheapside, London.
The famous composer and piano virtuoso, Muzio Clementi invested heavily in the firm, ultimately creating an association with F. W. and W. P. Collard under the name of Clementi & Company. The firm was very successful and grew at a rapid pace.
Muzio Clementi retired by 1815 and the name of the firm was changed to Collard & Collard. During the middle 19th Century, the firm was managed by Charles Lukey Collard, and he continued to move the firm to the forefront of piano manufacturing in Europe, making Collard & Collard one of the most popular and successful European piano manufacturers of all time.
Interestingly in 1858 Collard & Collard was commissioned to supply horns, fifes and drums to the regiments of the East India Company.
Wood & Co, Edinburgh
Music shop and music publishers in Edinburgh. Address in the 1860s, 49 George Street, Edinburgh. Business established by Andrew Wood, a partner in the Edinburgh piano manufacturing and music publishing firm of Muir, Wood & Co. and later Wood, Small and Co.
In 1799 his company won a royal warrant as "Musical Instrument Makers of His Majesty". His sons George, Robert and John Muir Wood operated the piano and music publishing firm of Wood & Co.in Edinburgh and later additionally in Glasgow.
Julia playing one of her own compositions on the Collard & Collard Baby Grand - still sounds fabulous at 144 years old.