Piano 47

As mentioned at reference 2, this piano was captured in a side room at Guildford Cathedral. It looked very like the Knight piano which my (late) younger brother played on for many years. Bought in part because Knight was one of the few respectable, home-grown piano makers at the time, perhaps the mid 1960's. But see reference 3. I think this was the first time that I have come across another one.

It took a while to track down a label, but I think I found one inside, not being able to read that zoomed above at the time. I also found a rather battered label explaining the the soundboard had been made from [something] European Spruce, as used by the maestro, that is to say Stradivarius.

I think my brother's Knight was retired in favour of a Yamaha upright, which needed a bit of post-purchase tweaking to get the sound right, shortly before he died.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2021/08/piano-46.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2021/08/home-via-guildford.html.

Reference 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Pianos. A company which finally expired in 2003.