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New Zealand at the Venice Biennale
He Korero Purakau mo Te Awanui o Te Motu - Story of a New Zealand River (the carved piano)

This Steinway D Concert Grand Piano has been heavily carved in the Maori tradition, I am not yet sure of the story or meaning of the actual carving. The piano internals have been extensively changed and re-designed. It probably *could* be called a Jenkin-Steinway - http://www.jenkinpiano.com/

Carver bio
http://www.nzatvenice.com/michael-parekowhai

Backstory to the three pianos - the Carved piano and the two Bronze Bull-Pianos:
http://upthearts.artbash.co.nz/?p=494

http://www.voxy.co.nz/national...e-exhibition/5/75632

A very special photo of Michael Houstoun performing the centrepiece of Michael Parekowhai's exhibition for Venice, He Korero Purakau mo Te Awanui o Te Motu Story of a New Zealand River (the carved piano)





 
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Is that a Steinway? Was the carving done by a Maori?
 
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operatenor - I updated the info above
 
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Thanks,Brian!
 
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Fisheye Piano and Opera House
Wolfgang Ellenberger at a Bösendorfer Imperial in the Markgraves Opera House Bayreuth during the Wagner festival 1987 photo taken with a fish-eye lens, so that you can see from the markgraves balcony over the ceiling to the stage decoration and the pianist in front of it.
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Maestro Jane - at the Giants House, Akaroa New Zealand
 
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That wire art is neat!

Can't open the one before.


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I'm sure you looked through all 259 pages of pics and actually know I posted that a couple of hundred back, right, Steve? (I remember it well because I posted it with Peggy "Justme" in mind, since she'd just parted with her old Sohmer and gotten a new one.)

Apparently, those white Sohmers are made of catnip:


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Incredicatible!
 
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This Steinway piano spent 22 years (1961-1983) aboard the ballistic missile submarine USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN 610), the only full size piano ever installed aboard a submarine conducting nuclear deterrent patrols. Part of the artifact collection of the Naval Historical Center on the Washington Navy Yard, its being temporarily loaned back to Steinway in return for a complete restoration. It is then scheduled to go on display at the Steinway Company Museum in New York in an exhibit celebrating the 150 years of the famous piano company.
 
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