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A 1919 S&S Welte Mignon, courtesy of Wiki:

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For Chopin's birthday -

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Swiped from another forum, a "Calisia":

Not my ususal fare, but I kinda like it!

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This is more my style, 1850 Chickering square:

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Check out this seemingly unremarkable Daneman Studio:

Now look at how the fallboard folds open - beats the usual European/Japanese style:

Lastly, bichords past the break. How unusual is this, I've never seen it before but I've hardly seen 100's of pianos either!

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This beauty is a German piano called a Schwechten from 1890:

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And a "Produktiv" from the same year (1890):

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1875 S&S "Style 2". Supposedly #1 of 11 made in Walnut. $135K including delivery and setup in the continental US, and a reproduction bench:

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And a "Produktiv" from the same year (1890):

Isn't 1890 rather late to be straight-strung, which this appears to be?

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Speaking of 1890, a Guild art case upright:

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"The earliest known surviving Bechstein grand."

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A 1925 Gaveau:

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Strohmenger, London, 1928:

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Pretty funky music desk on this Bechstein:

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my father sent me this a couple weeks ago.

apparently the husband and some buddies read on some internet site about how to move a piano from one house to another, yourself. A couple years later, the lady of the house went to adjust the position of the piano a couple inches.

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