My piano was made by "James M. Starr & Co." in the 1890s and I plan on getting it restored/rebuilt to use as my primary piano. I came across an ad from 1906 describing a piano built by the company, that is similar to mine. (I will list a link to this below). It has the listing price for the piano at $450. Does this confirm that the Starr piano company built good quality pianos? Have you ever heard of the company?

Here is the ad.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24972904@N02/4286379975/sizes/o/in/photostream/

Here is a picture of my piano.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24972904@N02/4128356807/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Check it out..

http://www.scripophily.net/stpicosacoin.html

interesting history.