this looks like fun!

A piano for DJs!

Guess who this is?



Since I recently got my very first tattoo, I figured I'd mix the two - tattoo & piano!

Hmmm, never googled "tatoo piano" before!

This Bösendorfer grand was the property of Franz Liszt. He used it every day for teaching and for his own exercises. The room in which it is currently located was once Liszt's practice room in the Budapest Academy of Music.
http://www.boesendorfer.com/en...-news.html?page=6054

Weber carved Rosewood Square Grand Piano - 1866

A spinning baby Grand Piano

"One time, I was spinning around and the roadie got my signal to stop the rotation and return me back down. Problem was, he stopped to quickly and jerked to an almost instant stop. The lid of the piano keys suddenly came crashing down on my hands and I was in massive pain. But, I acted like nothing happened. The show must go on."
http://www.brain-salad-surgery...h_emersons_gear.html

No caption, looks like an ideal state of piano ecstasy

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Originally posted by Brian Becroft:
Janssen Piano Horse-Cart Delivery

I LOVE THIS!

Do we have any more info? a date? location?

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Originally posted by Brian Becroft:
No caption, looks like an ideal state of piano ecstasy

Looks like a female Beethoven gesture!

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Originally posted by lilylady:

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Originally posted by Brian Becroft:
Janssen Piano Horse-Cart Delivery

I LOVE THIS!

Do we have any more info? a date? location?

1913. The piano being delivered is still in the family of the little boy standing on top. Forget the location; but the house still stands, but with an addition.

Story here:
http://ptg.org/pipermail/piano...010-July/026551.html

I LOVE THIS!

Do we have any more info? a date? location?[/QUOTE]

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Originally posted by Brian Becroft:
Story here:
http://ptg.org/pipermail/piano...010-July/026551.html

I LOVE THIS!

Do we have any more info? a date? location?

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I love it even more now! And the enlarged photo shows that the person on the horse is also a young boy. There is a wagon in the background right. The house and especially the barn are not in the greatest condition so a piano being purhcased must have been a BIG DEAL!

I don't quite understand why the wagon is facing away from the house though! And where is someone to help unoload this thing?

I followed up on a rec'pt of old Wentworth upright that was in great grandfather's home on a farm in NH. It was purchased in Boston in from the piano factory (one of many in the area near The Current Flower Market District). It had to be delivered to Charlestown in a horse and buggy on cobblestone streets and over the bridge. Must have been quite a project. The moved to NH later, again in a horse drawn buggy, most likely. YIKES!

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Originally posted by Brian Becroft:
Looks like two uprights, see larger pic:
http://ptg.org/pipermail/piano...attachment-0001.jpeg

Unless 44 keys each, I can't see two...comparing length to width and size of people....

Did one piano come in two parts?

LOL!

I still can't figure out why they are going in the wrong direction, and NOT on a road to the farm. ????

Model Theophil Hansen
Concert Grand designed by Theophil Hansen
This special instrument was built for the world exhibition in Paris 1867. The wife of Napoleon III, Empress Eugenie fell in love instantly. So the empress of Austria - Sisi donated this instrument to her. Then Napoleon took the instrument with him to his exile in London. 1978, Sotheby's offered the instrument and the sister of the King of Jordan bought it in the auction.
http://www.boesendorfer.com/en/theophil-hansen.html