[Rufusw]

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I don't get this...everyone keeps telling me it can't be made by Ramsden as he was only a dealer, anyone know who actually made this piano? I know its worthless i'm just curious... And the Back of the action has a signature on it that i can't make out (pictured) and the letters, G G stamped (i think, could be G C)
Thanks!

[Bill Kibby]

We have no evidence so far that Ramsden ever had a piano factory, and certainly some of his pianos were bought in from anonymous wholesalers. The cast iron head-bar shown in your photo was a common device for applying a name to someone else's piano. I can only guess that this was made around a century ago. The firm became Ltd. around 1892.
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