Kenneth B. Brewer

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Cabinet: Rosewood with bottom molding; cut out music rack; carved cabriole legs with shells and grapes carved on them.  To be refinished.

Bradbury
ca.
1867

Cabinet: Rosewood with single bottom molding and wide top molding.  Steinway cut out music rack and carved cabriole legs and pedal lyre.  To be refinished.
Steinway & Sons
ca.
1867
Cabinet: Ebonized rosewood, plain body with single molding.  Has carved cabriole legs and pedal lyre and original finish is almost perfect. Has fretwork music rack.
Steinway & Sons
ca.
1871
Cabinet: Rosewood case with scalloped molding and double moldings around the bottom of the case and a single at the top.  Cabriole legs have fruit carved on them; open music rack.  Overall, the best quality case made.  Has slight char on right rear leg and part of case due to being too close to a stove or fire at one time.  Ebonized finish can be preserved or refinished.
Chickering
ca.
1873
Cabinet: Rosewood case with cabriole legs.  Body of case is fairly plain compared to most square pianos of this period.  Music rack is a little more of a "lattice" design.  Carved pedal lyre. To be refinished.
Decker Bros.
ca.
1874
Cabinet: Rosewood case with top molding and scalloped molding around bottom; has carved fruit on cabriole legs and pedal lyre.  To be completely refinished.  Has cut out music rack much like a Steinway.  The largest size square usually built.
Mathushek
ca.
1876
Cabinet: Plain stained ebony finish; to be redone.  Single molding around bottom of case; has best quality cut out music rack with carved cabriole legs.
Beethoven
ca
. 1880
Cabinet: Rosewood with cabriole legs; single molding around bottom of case. To be completely refinished.
Mathushek
ca.
1880
Cabinet: Has double molding around bottom of rosewood case.  Typical elegant Chickering style music rack.  Cabriole legs and carved pedal lyre.  To be refinished.
Chickering
ca.
1881
Cabinet: Rosewood with ebonized finish; has double molding around bottom of case with scallop design; carved cabriole legs and open carved music rack; original finish can be preserved.
Mathushek
ca.
1882
Cabinet: Rosewood with stained and grained poplar cabriole legs and pedal lyre.  Scalloped molding around bottom of case;  two inch molding at top of case; cut out music rack; to be refinished.
Hazelton Bros.
ca.
1884
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