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"The Veiled Male"
Gadfly

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A fairly rare beast, the "pushup" player:

You can read all about it here:

http://www.waterex.com.au/player/pushup.html

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rontuner

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Oh, it's a stand-alone unit that plays any piano?!?

coool.

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pianojuggler

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quote:
Originally posted by Zorba:
I'd love to get my hands on the legs off of this critter:

That can probably be arranged...or one just like it. Ask around among rebuilders if they have any landfill pianos going out the door with legs that look like Grecian urns, and they'd probably be willing to saw them off for you.

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rontuner

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Willya look at the wood grain on that thing!!!! I'm always amazed at what people will paint over...

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"The Veiled Male"
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Cool detail work on this Seiler. I especially like the "widow's walk" detailing on the top:

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"The Veiled Male"
Gadfly

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Pleyel certainly made some handsome instruments:

Kinda coffin-ish, if you ask me!

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"The Veiled Male"
Gadfly

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And a Chickering:

Another one that I'd give my favorite veil for!

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1918 Hobart M. Cable
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"The Veiled Male"
Gadfly

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Maybe my second favorite veil for this one:

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"The Veiled Male"
Gadfly

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quote:
Originally posted by rontuner:
I sold a zebra-striped Cable full upright like that one years ago...

Hey, why is that Chickering on the previous page floating in the clouds? "Heavenly music", perhaps?

Actually, I think it was tossed out of an overloaded cargo plane!

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"The Veiled Male"
Gadfly

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This is REALLY there....

Its a Steinway! "Ferrari Grand", made for an exec from a certain famous car company.

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"The Veiled Male"
Gadfly

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Another chocolate piano - with notes inside!

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"The Veiled Male"
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Oh My Goddess! Is this beautiful or what?

This has a really weird name, which is giving the forum software fits. Copy and paste time:

sandstead.com/images/berkshire/TADEMA_(designed_by)_Grand_Piano_1884-87_Clark_LS_d2h_.jpg

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rontuner

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Here you go, Zorba! It really is a beauty!

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quote:
Originally posted by rontuner:
...Hey, why is that Chickering on the previous page floating in the clouds? "Heavenly music", perhaps?

I think it is a Chickering.

I have an old "tiger-oak" one (like that Price & Teeple) that I left in a house 30 years ago that the owners have now asked me to take back since I'm moving back to my old hometown. Which reminds me that I forgot to mention that to the piano mover today when I scheduled the two to go from here tomorrow... and reminds me that I hadn't even considered where to put it since I hadn't even yet figured out where to put number 2, much less number 3. (Hoping for inspiration when I walk in the door to meet them Friday.) And leaves me grateful I at least whittled it down to 2 here from 5.

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