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| Serial origamist Has Achieved Nirvana  |
Pssst... ron... the real problem is that that's a harpsichord.  That is actually a common tool for tuning a harpsichord. It's called a calico mute and can both mute off an octave or two at a time AND pluck up to four strings at a time with the plectra built into the end of each appendage. They are also very helpful, as you can see in the lower left picture, the calico mute has been enlisted in the search for the obviously missing keys.
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Here's a Jesse French that I just saw on craigslist: 
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Isn't THAT cute! Very 30's art-deco looking.
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Looks like an old 30s/40s console radio. Probably would sound better if it were one.
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| "The Veiled Male" Gadfly |
It sure does! I have a 1937 RCA model 811K console radio (in working order) that looks very similar to this instrument.
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William Stodart, c. 1830, London. The metal frame in this piano, built of iron and brass tubular braces, was patented in 1820 by Messrs. Thom and Allen of the Stodart firm. 
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| Nobody's $hillbot Has Achieved Nirvana  |
That one has those left and right-facing music desks, doesn't it? I always thought those were a novel idea. I wonder why they're not done anymore? | |||
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Hi pianojuggler - I like the pictures, reminds me of my cat when she was a kitten. Also reminds me of my fortepiano - that's a Walter reproduction isn't it?? Who built it though? It's range goes to g''' ...... right? Has a moderator. Yours? How long have you had it, and how do you like it? Ours are matching Steins. Ciao Ron | |||
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Hi FPG. I'm sure PJ will eventually come along and chime in or correct me, but I don't believe that is his harpsicord (or whatever it is). The pic was posted a page back by Rontuner. That does look like one of PJ's cats as a youngster, though. 
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Hey FPG Welcome! I posted that harpsichord picture with the cats. The way this works, is if you find a picture on the web or from your own travels, just pop it in here for others to see. Many of the old links may be dead by now, but there is quite a variety of piano/keyboard related pictures here. Kindof like the music rack on this Streicher 
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| Serial origamist Has Achieved Nirvana |
They is right. 'Snot my harpsichord. Mine is a "Wolfgang's Original Sin" which I got for $400 earlier this year. I am still in process of getting it up and running... It has the old evil "triangle mortise" plastic jack/tongue which are no longer available anywhere in the galaxy. I also have a calico mute, although mine is much larger than the one in the picture, so is no longer able to hunt for missing keys. Here is a picture of a similar feline mute showing how their capabilities decline as their size increases... 
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This Erard (1877)has a couple of extra keys! 
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 Unsigned Piano, c. 1795, in South German/Viennese style. Typical of its time and place; state-of-the-art at the end of Mozart's lifetime. Case, with all-over geometric marquetry, evidently re-used from a mid-18th century harpsichord. Reverse-color keyboard. Knee levers control dampers, mute stop.
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| czarina Has Achieved Nirvana  |
beautiful pianoforte, ron! i want one just like that to play mozart on. some day soon, when i'm done with my deadline, i'm going to post the pianos i met at the deutsche museum in munich, one of them a mozart era piano similar to this one. it will just take a while to find them and get them up on photobucket.
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