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"The Veiled Male"
Gadfly

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BOSS!

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"The Veiled Male"
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1918 Hobart M. Cable
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"The Veiled Male"
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-Zorba
"The Veiled Male"
http://www.doubleveil.net
1918 Hobart M. Cable
"No-one would knowingly provide Franz Liszt with a mediocre piano." -E. M. Good

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"The Veiled Male"
Gadfly

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A man who's style I've always admired:

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"The Veiled Male"
http://www.doubleveil.net
1918 Hobart M. Cable
"No-one would knowingly provide Franz Liszt with a mediocre piano." -E. M. Good

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"The Veiled Male"
Gadfly

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-Zorba
"The Veiled Male"
http://www.doubleveil.net
1918 Hobart M. Cable
"No-one would knowingly provide Franz Liszt with a mediocre piano." -E. M. Good

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"The Veiled Male"
Gadfly

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Cool color!

But...

What's wrong with this picture?

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http://www.doubleveil.net
1918 Hobart M. Cable
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OperaTenor

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It's reversed.

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USAPT

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OT:

The thing next to the piano in the pic you posted above is a square grand on its side.

PL

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OperaTenor

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That's what I thought. I've never seen one with that kind of inlay work on the case.

I'd sure like to see how it looks set up.

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Greeb

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I wrote to the eBay seller asking him a bout the square grand in the picture and this is what he replied:

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Hello: Yes, that is a custom ordered Square Grand that was made in 1860. It has the gorgeous inlay on all four sides, unlike most Square Grands that were intended to go against a wall and only have three sides finished. This piano also has inlay on the lid and also on all four legs, so it really is a special piano. I am having it rebuilt in a historically correct manner so it will sound as good as it looks when it is finished. Unfortunately, the great majority of Square
Grands are not restored correctly, so they help perpetuate the myth that Square Grands are not good pianos. Until the 1880's, the great
majority of pianos were Square Grands, and they eventually became obsolete as the conventional grands and upright pianos took over. If
you have any other questions, do not hesitate to ask.

Maryrose: They are brother and sister. Very devoted to each other. They were rescued dogs. I also have three other dogs and ten cats.

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rustyfingers

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quote:
Originally posted by Steve Miller:
quote:
Originally posted by rustyfingers:

Now there is a blast from the past!

I was 14 when I used my paper route money to buy my first piano. $45.00 it was, + the cost of a U-Haul to get it home.

If that's not the same piano it's another just like it. Same grisly gold "antique" finish, same legs.

Thanks for posting it!

I guess it hasn't sold yet. They posted more pictures:

Any takers?

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maryrose

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quote:
Originally posted by Greeb:
Maryrose: They are brother and sister. Very devoted to each other. They were rescued dogs. I also have three other dogs and ten cats.

That is wonderful! I have fourteen cats and one very large dog. And I also love square pianos. So I am now a Greeb fan

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Greeb

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Fourteen! You have us beat. Ten seems to be our limit. We've had about ten for the last thirty years.

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pianojuggler

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quote:
Originally posted by Steve Miller:
quote:
Originally posted by rustyfingers:

Now there is a blast from the past!

I was 14 when I used my paper route money to buy my first piano. $45.00 it was, + the cost of a U-Haul to get it home.

If that's not the same piano it's another just like it. Same grisly gold "antique" finish, same legs.

Thanks for posting it!

Steve, I have a spin-up chair like the one in the picture. It's going out at our garage sale this weekend for $5. It needs the hardware tightened up, and the screw shimmed to make the seat level. It's a modern repro, certainly not an original -- the clawfoot feet are one-piece cast, not holding glass balls as an original would be.

But if you want it, I'll pull it back in the house... you just have to figure out how to get it.

Oh, and it isn't painted "diaper-contents" yellow.

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