This is my client's "Dale, Forty & Co." Birdcage piano.
Birdcage/Overdampers were made around the late 1800's in
Great Britain & Europe and typically have candlesticks and a walnut finish.
If you saw the movie Titanic (James Cameron), a birdcage piano was
played in the dance band on the ship.
This is the action (insides). Notice all the metal bars in the front, this is
where they got the name "Birdcage" from (U.S.A.). The correct name though
is "Overdamper". The reason being, the dampers on the action are
over the hammers which is unlike a conventional upright piano, where
the dampers are under the hammers. The keyboard is also a little shorter
than a standard piano, 85 notes instead of 88 notes and the strings go
straight down on the frame (straight strung) instead of being overstrung.
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