Beale Piano is a brand of pianos which was formerly manufactured in Sydney, Australia.
History[edit]
- Date your Jones Sewing Machine. Please see the below table to date your Jones Machine. From Sewing Machines we have had with manuals (from which you can get a date) to data collected via the Internet here is a very rough guide you can use to estimate the age of your Jones Sewing Machine. Jones originally in or around 1880 started with a simply numeric list of serial numbers for all their.
- ANTIQUE JOSEF WERTHEIM HIGH ARM TREADLE SEWING MACHINE. Serial Number: S6276379. Circa: late 1890 - 1910. A smaller, neat sized Wertheim treadle, complete with attractive cover & iron base. It belonged to my grandmother, so have estimated the age at around 1890's.
- This is the oldest machine in my collection – an 1885 Wertheim TS, serial number S6331276. It is a low arm model with a fiddle base. This is after cleaning and varnishing, but before rust removal.
- The unbeatable performance of Wertheim sewing machines is their absolute guarantee of the finest materials produced by the finest workforce. Each machine is micro-engineered to give the fastest and highest performance of any sewing machine on the market today. Wertheim, Spain 1920. This is the Spanish Wertheim sewing machine model 20.
Establishment of piano importing business[edit]
Octavius Beale established a business to import pianos and sewing machines in Sydney in 1884. He imported German upright pianos, of which a few survive today - these are known as 'Habsburg Beale'. At that time, it was common practice to import German made pianos and attach local branding.
Wertheim Spain which became Rapida SA was now the sole manufacturer of the Wertheim machine. The factory was managed by Karl Wertheim under the alias Carlos Vallin. Wertheim serial numbers for Superba start with S6. Wertheim's reincarnation of Singer models began with an S serial number. Until his sixth attempt Wertheim models were not.
Prior to establishing this business, Beale had been involved with Hugo Wertheim in a piano and sewing machine importing business in Melbourne. These pianos are worth restoring and preserving and represent the beginnings of modern piano manufacture in Australia.
Australia's first piano manufacturer[edit]
In 1893, Beale established Australia's first piano factory in Sydney. In 1902, Beale opened a new factory at Annandale, which went on to become the largest piano factory in the southern hemisphere and the British Empire in the early 1900s.
Beale introduced the all-iron tuning system, for which a patent was granted in 1902. This tuning system was referred to in earlier Beale pianos as the 'Beale-Vader tuning system'.
Also, Beale focused on making pianos with local timbers and sought to make pianos which were suited to the changeable Australian climate.
The Beale factory was self-contained and made every element of the pianos, resulting in a broad range of trades working to produce instruments.
Activities conducted in the factory included:
- Brass and iron foundries
- Timber works, including drying kilns, manufacture of veneers, joinery and cabinetry
- Paint and pattern shops
- Machining and electroplating
- Keyboard action-making and fitting
- Tuning and intoning
- Polishing rooms
- Experimental laboratories
The business continued to operate after Octavius Beale's death in a car accident in 1930.
Contribution to Australia's War effort[edit]
During World War II, production of pianos was suspended to make way for the manufacture of wooden parts for de Havilland Mosquito aircraft.
Post War resumption of production[edit]
After World War II, Beale recommenced production of pianos. The business was sold to W. H. Paling & Co. in 1961.
Impact of social change[edit]
Fox hime zero for mac. Social change and the availability of cheap imports led to the decline in demand for pianos. In particular, the availability of recorded music and later the introduction of radio and television, heralded significant change in the pattern of social life in Australia and resulted in a decline in piano-playing.
Cessation of Australian production[edit]
Wertheim Sewing Machine Serial Number Database Free
Production of pianos in Australia ceased in 1975. It is estimated that Beale produced 95,000 pianos in Australia.
Beale pianos today[edit]
The Beale brand is now applied to pianos which are manufactured in China.
Legacy[edit]
While Australia no longer mass-produces pianos, there are two Australian manufacturers of very high quality grand pianos- Overs and Stuart and Sons. Their pianos present a showcase for Australian piano manufacturing. Overs pianos are pianos built by other makers which Overs redesigns and improves tonally and sometimes structurally depending on the make, age and client's order and budget. A third maker Mr. Court had built some pianos in Darwin in the last twenty years.
History[edit]
- Date your Jones Sewing Machine. Please see the below table to date your Jones Machine. From Sewing Machines we have had with manuals (from which you can get a date) to data collected via the Internet here is a very rough guide you can use to estimate the age of your Jones Sewing Machine. Jones originally in or around 1880 started with a simply numeric list of serial numbers for all their.
- ANTIQUE JOSEF WERTHEIM HIGH ARM TREADLE SEWING MACHINE. Serial Number: S6276379. Circa: late 1890 - 1910. A smaller, neat sized Wertheim treadle, complete with attractive cover & iron base. It belonged to my grandmother, so have estimated the age at around 1890's.
- This is the oldest machine in my collection – an 1885 Wertheim TS, serial number S6331276. It is a low arm model with a fiddle base. This is after cleaning and varnishing, but before rust removal.
- The unbeatable performance of Wertheim sewing machines is their absolute guarantee of the finest materials produced by the finest workforce. Each machine is micro-engineered to give the fastest and highest performance of any sewing machine on the market today. Wertheim, Spain 1920. This is the Spanish Wertheim sewing machine model 20.
Establishment of piano importing business[edit]
Octavius Beale established a business to import pianos and sewing machines in Sydney in 1884. He imported German upright pianos, of which a few survive today - these are known as 'Habsburg Beale'. At that time, it was common practice to import German made pianos and attach local branding.
Wertheim Spain which became Rapida SA was now the sole manufacturer of the Wertheim machine. The factory was managed by Karl Wertheim under the alias Carlos Vallin. Wertheim serial numbers for Superba start with S6. Wertheim's reincarnation of Singer models began with an S serial number. Until his sixth attempt Wertheim models were not.
Prior to establishing this business, Beale had been involved with Hugo Wertheim in a piano and sewing machine importing business in Melbourne. These pianos are worth restoring and preserving and represent the beginnings of modern piano manufacture in Australia.
Australia's first piano manufacturer[edit]
In 1893, Beale established Australia's first piano factory in Sydney. In 1902, Beale opened a new factory at Annandale, which went on to become the largest piano factory in the southern hemisphere and the British Empire in the early 1900s.
Beale introduced the all-iron tuning system, for which a patent was granted in 1902. This tuning system was referred to in earlier Beale pianos as the 'Beale-Vader tuning system'.
Also, Beale focused on making pianos with local timbers and sought to make pianos which were suited to the changeable Australian climate.
The Beale factory was self-contained and made every element of the pianos, resulting in a broad range of trades working to produce instruments.
Activities conducted in the factory included:
- Brass and iron foundries
- Timber works, including drying kilns, manufacture of veneers, joinery and cabinetry
- Paint and pattern shops
- Machining and electroplating
- Keyboard action-making and fitting
- Tuning and intoning
- Polishing rooms
- Experimental laboratories
The business continued to operate after Octavius Beale's death in a car accident in 1930.
Contribution to Australia's War effort[edit]
During World War II, production of pianos was suspended to make way for the manufacture of wooden parts for de Havilland Mosquito aircraft.
Post War resumption of production[edit]
After World War II, Beale recommenced production of pianos. The business was sold to W. H. Paling & Co. in 1961.
Impact of social change[edit]
Fox hime zero for mac. Social change and the availability of cheap imports led to the decline in demand for pianos. In particular, the availability of recorded music and later the introduction of radio and television, heralded significant change in the pattern of social life in Australia and resulted in a decline in piano-playing.
Cessation of Australian production[edit]
Wertheim Sewing Machine Serial Number Database Free
Production of pianos in Australia ceased in 1975. It is estimated that Beale produced 95,000 pianos in Australia.
Beale pianos today[edit]
The Beale brand is now applied to pianos which are manufactured in China.
Legacy[edit]
While Australia no longer mass-produces pianos, there are two Australian manufacturers of very high quality grand pianos- Overs and Stuart and Sons. Their pianos present a showcase for Australian piano manufacturing. Overs pianos are pianos built by other makers which Overs redesigns and improves tonally and sometimes structurally depending on the make, age and client's order and budget. A third maker Mr. Court had built some pianos in Darwin in the last twenty years.
See also[edit]
Firearm Serial Number Database
Australian piano manufacturers
Historic:
Current:
External links[edit]
- History of Beale pianos and Serial Number List - from the Overs Piano website
Wertheim Sewing Machine Serial Number Database Lookup
