Thank you for showing interest in my piano, the Mammoth VCG. Actually the picture that shows the crooked leg is an illusion, both front legs are at an equal angle. The kebed is the same dimension as any upright piano, but the VCG because of it's height it had to have a wider base. The piano took me two years-from design to completion. It is scheduled to go to Bellevue,Wa.to be displayed to the public and be offered for sale. Thanks again for the interest. Chris@www.mammothpiano.com

VIVIANA SOFRONITSKY: Celebration of the forte piano at Wigmore Hall
http://www.loganartsmanagement...iano-at-wigmore-hall

The concert will showcase the deveoplment of the forte piano from Mozart through to the Pleyel and the favourite pianos of Chopin and Liszt.
Viviana Sofronitsky, a great exponent of the forte piano, presents a programme of CPE Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin and Liszt, performed on 5 new forte pianos:
Stein ca 1788 ; Walter 1782 ; Graf 1819 ; Pleyel 1830 ; Liszt’s Boisselot 1846

Square Grand Piano custom built expressly for Francis Scott Key circa 1838.
Located on the second floor of the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.
The hand-carved detail extends around all four sides of the rosewood case. The plate is ornamented with fine inlay of Mother-Of-Pearl.
He wrote the lyrics to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner"

michel petrucciani

Romanian woman breaks back in flying piano mishap
Story and video
http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2...-back-in-flying.html
"... was part of a team who made a piano-like flying machine which was pushed off a six-metre drop above the Dambovita River... goal is to fly as far as possible with home-made machines."

Landon playing piano

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The carving on the FSK piano is incredible. A little over the top for a piano but incredible.

I'd love just one panel to hang on the wall as artwork! Or a leg...

Carlota's Grand Piano / Collard & Collard London

Empress Carlota's Grand Piano by Collard & Collard. Royal provenance and superior craftsmanship culminate in this highly important grand piano, created for Empress Carlota of Mexico by the famed London firm of Collard & Collard. The piano was given to the Empress by her brother-in-law, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, on the occasion of her 25th birthday in 1865.

The piano itself is a work of art. The body is crafted of luxurious birds-eye maple, polished to a sleek, smooth finish and complemented with scrolling gold gilt wood accents. Three shimmering gold gilt wood legs, hand-carved in the Rococo style, support the entire structure, which, despite its impressive size, seemingly floats in its space.

Price: $225,000.00

Upright Piano Cave Liqueur
This rare and outstanding piano cavé liqueur provides both musical and liquid refreshment. Simply press the keyboard and one of two delightful airs from the hidden music box begins to play, causing the piano's glass paneled lid and doors to swing open, revealing a decanter and eight shot glasses painted in a gilded floral motif. The liqueur also offers ease of access, as the decanter rests on a sliding shelf and the glasses can be lifted out on a removable tray. This innovative liqueur also features the original music box label, a winding key, and latches on the back for manual door operation. A guaranteed conversation piece, mechanical cave liqueurs are indeed rare, and to find one in such excellent condition is truly exceptional.

A piano is submerged in water in the area devastated by tsunami in Rikuzentakat March 21, 2011. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)

Clutsam curved piano keyboard.
"Successful tours were made in the United States and Canada. Returning to Europe in 1908, he gave concerts for three years, performing sixteen different concertos. Again in 1912, tours were made in Europe and the United States. It was at this time in Berlin where he demonstrated the Clutsam curved piano keyboard."
http://www.amica.org/Live/Orga.../Honor-Roll/Ganz.htm



Semicircular Dohnányi (Clutsam) Keypad-Bösendorfer piano
http://translate.google.co.nz/...u&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8

Old-Time Rinky Tink piano
Ellen Adair seated at the Old-Time Rinky Tink piano which launched Mr. Adair into his piano interest. This was his first piano to rebuild and is displayed every year at the South Carolina State Fair.

#06 Sound Tsunami. 2008. Acrylic on Canvas.
Everyday people indulge themselves in musical pleasure and feel the boldness of music as every note rings deep within our physical self and mental self.

My 1880 7'2" Bluthner:
http://www.alecnicholson.com/thump.html

This pop up kirigami Grand Piano
- is created by only using a single sheet of paper. The finished craft is a Grand Piano where it can be folded into half and transform it into a pop up card. This kirigami grand piano is ideal for creating piano concert invitations for piano lovers.
http://www.papercraftcentral.n...irigami-grand-piano/