The story of a New Zealand river by Michael Parekowhai - paua, capiz, lacquer and wood on a Steinway D concert grand piano - inspired by the film “The Piano”.

Three Legs in conversation

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Originally posted by Brian Becroft:
Three Legs in conversation

Dislocated legs.

Three legs and a Lyre in conversation

Piano at Greenwood Great House And it is some piano too don't you think?

Inside the great House is the best collection of colonial-era antiques to be found in Jamaica, from obscure musical instruments to Flemish thrones and desks from the 17th century with secret compartments. An inlaid rosewood piano belonged to King Edward VII, and a portrait of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cousin hangs on the wall.

Just a little refinishing work, and she'll be as good as new!

George Sand and Frederic Chopin - 1838 A Portrait Divided

Painted by his friend Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863). Perhaps symbolic that this painting, the couple remained separated after death.
Delacroix and Chopin became close friends. In his journal, Delacroix wrote about pleasant evenings spent together. He often visited Chopin when he was ill. On April 7th 1849, the artist wrote, "Went with Chopin for his drive about half past three...We talked of music. It seemed to cheer him." Delacroix even shifted a piano into his studio so Chopin could play. Delacroix's painting of his friends, never finished, shows Chopin at the piano while George Sand listens. The painting was cut in half after Delacroix's death. Chopin's portrait hangs in the Louvre in Paris, while Sand's is in the Ordrupgaard Collection in Copenhagen, Denmark. No one knows why the portrait was cut. The seller may have hoped to make more money from two paintings instead of one

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...opin_and_George_Sand

Modern hypothetical reconstruction of the painting:

KOMITAS, SHUSHIKI
born on September 26 or October 8 (see discussion) 1869 in Kütahya, Ottoman Empire, died on October 22, 1935 in Paris, France, was an Armenian priest, composer, choir leader, singer, music ethnologist, music pedagogue and musicologist. Many regard him as the founder of modern Armenian classical music. Komitas lost his mind after witnessing the 1915 Armenian Genocide...
http://www.videofun.co.nz/vide...OMITAS-SHUSHIKI.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komitas_Vardapet

The Craft of Piano Playing
One could say The Creation of Adam is needed therefore the piano...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creation_of_Adam
http://craftofpiano.com/index.php

Piano Prop

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Originally posted by Brian Becroft:
Piano Illusion Scarf

http://www.flickr.com/photos/83445680@N00/2368774811/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83445680@N00/2368774913/

I think BeeLady has made one of these IIRC.

Hello Kitty's mini baby grand piano

The miniscule music maker, which weighs in at 3.6 kg and is 18cm high by 25cm wide, features 100 jazz and classical standards built-in, and takes SD cards of music which it can automatically play on its 0.4cm ivories. The diminutive keys can also be tapped by hand, provided your fingers are disturbingly small.

Chile earthquake
Music teacher Claudia Vergara reacts over her damaged piano at her destroyed house in Constitucion, Chile. The 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck central Chile early Saturday killed hundreds of people and caused widespread damage. (AP

Beethoven's Broadwood grand, 1817. Owned by Liszt and eventually given to the Hungarian National Museum, The hammers were felted at a later date to modernize the action, a move which the moths thoroughly approved of.

Pleyel, Pianino, Paris, ca 1836

Another example of this type of piano much loved by Chopin. Mahogany with Rosewood cross-banding and brass inlay lines.