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Bisoneyes · Member Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Posts: 4

I hope somebody can help.

We have recently been given an Aveling piano. It is an up right and although not been loved in some time now has pride of place in our house.

We have searched this website and the net but can find no mention of this maker. The plate on the piano says Aveling London, with a further plate stating A J Wiseman Birmingham ( The seller I presume).

It seems to play in tune to our untrained ears. We have a tuner coming to visit it in about 3 weeks time to give it an MOT!

Can anybody shed any light on this piano's age and history.

Kind regards.
Lisa and Anthony

Bill Kibby · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 10:46 pm Post subject: Aveling / Wiseman

The name Aveling does not appear in any of my London lists, and my guess is that it was made by a London wholesaler and sold under the alias by Wiseman. See
http://www.uk-piano.org/piano-gen/piano-names-aliases.html

I'll see what I can find on Wiseman.
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Bisoneyes · Member Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Posts: 4

Thanks for checking. It appears to be a bit of a mystery then!

Barrie Heaton · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 1:33 pm Post subject: Re: Aveling Piano

Bill Kibby · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 11:31 pm Post subject: Aveling

I have something nagging at my brain about Aveling Park Road, Walthamstow, but I can't find it yet!
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Bisoneyes · Member Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Posts: 4

Thanks for all your thought on this piano.We're doing some research on the Wiseman name.

Bill Kibby · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 10:06 pm Post subject: Wiseman

I am still looking for both names, but there's a bit of a queue at the moment.
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Bisoneyes · Member Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Posts: 4

There is an old shop in Digbeth, Birmingahm that Has the name A E Wiseman above the door.

The shop is long since closed though.
Rolling Eyes

Bill Kibby · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 5:34 pm Post subject: Wiseman

E.T. Wiseman & Co. were at 56a Newton Street, Birmingham in 1928, described as "Pianos Makers", but it is unlikely that they actually made them, and they don't appear in the Music Trade Directories for 1914 or 1938, so perhaps your piano was sold in the twenties, somewhere between those two dates. Have you tried...
http://www.uk-piano.org/piano-gen/piano-names-aliases.html
http://www.uk-piano.org/piano-gen/datemarks-in-pianos.html
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Have a look at the Datemarks page on my own website: http://www.pianogen.org

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