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If your sewing machine, accessory, or ephemera has a name on it, this is the place to start. If we don't have a listing for the name, please use the search function to see if there is any mention of it on our site. The manufacturers Serial Number 161406 is on the bed of the machine behind the pillar, a second Serial Number 556539 appears on the rear slide plate along with the details of the importing company. The centre decal shows St. George on horse back slaying a dragon with a lance. If your sewing machine, accessory, or ephemera has a name on it, this is the place to start. If we don't have a listing for the name, please use the search function to see if there is any mention of it on our site. Singer Sewing Machine Serial Number Database Serial Numbers Beginning with: AM. Letter Register Numbers From - To Machine Class. Ward, ANA (All Native Australian), Australian Sewing Machine Co., Wardana, Macrow (?), (German machines incl. Biesolt & Locke, Clemens Muller, Jones models from England), L. Dietrich (Vesta) Hugo Wertheim (Agent for Joseph Wertheim of Frankfurt, Germany).
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Antique sewing machine valuation.
What is my sewing machine worth?
Valuing sewing machines is tricky at the best of times. There has been thousands of sewing machine companies making endless varieties of models. The result is that there are countless old sewing machines out there. Singer were making over 1,000,000 machines every 12 months and have been making sewing machines since 1851. There were over 300 sewing machine manufacturers in Germany alone!
Now, there are some valuable sewing machines out there amongst the millions of Five-Pound-Specials. Sorting out those precious few is not easy.
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your antique sewing machine
One way is to Google the model that you have and search for websites that talk about it. Some give an idea of what they might be worth. If you are not sure Google images rather than makes and scroll through them.
Another way to find out a current value is to look up your sewing machine on eBay or other auction sites and see what similar models are going for. Not the 'Buy it Now' enthusiasts, hoping for a windfall, but the final auction sale price.
Remember, just like stamps, coins and cars, it is all about condition. A rare machine in poor condition is worth only a fraction of one in great condition. A rolls Royce in a scrap yard will not have the same value as the one parked in Buckingham Palace with James polishing it!
One other point to remember is that cleaning or tampering with an old machine can make it worth less, not more! Be patient and be careful. This is not always the case as with the current refurbished Singer Featherweights but watch out, collectors like original.
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Beale Piano is a brand of pianos which was formerly manufactured in Sydney, Australia.
History[edit]
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.
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:
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- 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]
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]
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.
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Legacy[edit]
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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]
Australian piano manufacturers
Historic:
Current:
External links[edit]
- History of Beale pianos and Serial Number List - from the Overs Piano website
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