This is a place for people who love the fortepiano. We are dedicated to especially 18th and 19th Century makers, early pieces, newer pieces, techniques, specs, recordings, glues, beautiful casings...anything that comes to mind! regarding the treasured history and current locations of fine intruments. Auction information, trades, sales, historical, technical, mechanical, reviews and commentaries, upcoming performances, practice, seminars, and restorative information. Link to your personal websites, list your instruments for sale, show sold instruments in the gallery, even talk about the evolution of the instruments, and their close relations, such as harps, clavicords, autoharps, and harpsicords. Talk about the fine collections in the world....The list is moderated and we won't allow OFF TOPIC spam. This is your group. Please respect one anothers' postings whether you may be interested or not. If it is about instruments, almost anything goes. And please, let us not start posting 'threads' with the TOPIC of spam! This is about pianos...go join a 'spam gripe group' or http://www.webgripesites.com/. Write to the moderator here privately if you have a spam issue.