Challen Baby Grand Piano Value. By employing large-scale production techniques Challen was able to reduce the price of this instrument from 125 to 65 and it subsequently became so popular that it almost displaced the upright piano from English homes. Challen pianos were established on 1804.
You may have to remove the 1 music desk first and 2 gently clean out any dust from your pianos plate using a soft dry cloth vacuum hose before you can find these numbers. We are one of the only piano shops in the area with such a wide range of grand pianos in stock. They were also the UKs most prolific baby grand manufacturer and large quantities of mahogany baby grand Challen pianos 4ft.
The best challen uprights were made from about 1900 to 1935.
The piano measured a remarkable 11 feet 8 inches 355cm in length with a 9-foot 11-inch-long302cm bass string and weighed 125 tons. In the 1960s the manufacture of Challen pianos was taken over by Brasted Brothers of London when they mainly made the Challen 988 model. 43 Upright Piano Challen Hodgs. You may have to remove the 1 music desk first and 2 gently clean out any dust from your pianos plate using a soft dry cloth vacuum hose before you can find these numbers.