How tall is it? Is it an upright or a grand?īest get an appraisal from a competent piano technician too. You should also try and describe your piano to us. The serial number will tie back to the year your piano was made. You can find the serial number stamped on the plate on the inside of the piano. The Pierce Piano Atlas contains serial numbers for this brand. After 1929, the Mehlin name was taken over by the Aeolian-American piano Goliath and although there were Mehlins being made right up to 1960, they were being made in the notorious Memphis facility of that company and are of passing quality at best. Classic Mehlin uprights, especially around the turn of the 20th century, when they were at their tallest, were very good, but they are uprights and a good economic case for restoration of these hasn't convincingly been made as of late. Many of his grand pianos of the 1870s through the turn of the 20th century were made in ornate art cases, and yes, a vintage Mehlin grand of sufficient size is definitely worth considering for a total rebuild if you can get one cheap enough. Mehlin (and his sons) eventually became very successful as a piano designer and builder in his own right and products bearing his name can usually be counted among those brands just below the top tier. Mehlin worked for Bacon & Raven, a very old maker of small pianos, no longer in business.

Paul G Mehlin arrived in New York from Germany in around 1853, which was the year that Steinway got going and Chickering's first factory burned down. Hope you have a good time browsing the threads.

Let me be the first to welcome you to the Piano Forum. Please please can someone give me some info. I have recently acquired a piano made by Paul G Mehlin & Sons of who I know nothing.

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