The Baldwin Co., over the years, has made a number of different brands of pianos, all associated with the prestigious “House of Baldwin.” Now around here, anything that’s associated withīaldwin can usually sell faster and for more than some other, lesser known piano names, and so this piano should have been quite appealing to a potential customer. The particular grand I was appraising had been refinished, and restrung, and had one of the Baldwin Piano Company’s names on it (Monarch or Howard, I think). Just recently I was appraising a piano at a certain local dealer’s who sold used pianos. Given those conditions, it’s not surprising that a lot of people are being taken advantage of.
Part of the problem is that the used piano business is not really well regulated (if at all!) and there is a lot of ignorance out there on the part of the consumer as to what to expect. It is amazing what some people in the used piano business today try to get away with.
If you happen to encounter a piano, with a manufacturers name on it that looks completely different than what you’re used to seeing from that manufacturer, it's indeed possible that it really wasn’t made by them. certain style characteristics, or identifying attributes.
Usually, all pianos made by a certain firm have a certain family resemblance, i.e. For instance, it may have the name of a certain maker printed on the fallboard above the keys, or even engraved inside on the plate (harp), but not look like anything we’ve ever seen coming from that piano company. Knock-Off Brands: When a piano is not what it seems by Kendall Ross Bean Watching Out for Deception in the Used Piano MarketĮvery now and then we will come across a piano that seems a bit strange.
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