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24 January 2006, 01:48 PM
Zorba
Piano picture of the day
Here's a non-butterfly symetrical grand...



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1918 Hobart M. Cable
"No-one would knowingly provide Franz Liszt with a mediocre piano." -E. M. Good

24 January 2006, 03:32 PM
Zorba
Kinda a cool S&S:





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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

24 January 2006, 07:05 PM
Zorba
Someone posted this on PW:



The more I look at it, the more I like it!


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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

24 January 2006, 10:47 PM
plays88keys
quote:
Originally posted by Zorba:
Kinda a cool S&S:





That is a gorgeous piano!


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25 January 2006, 12:13 AM
ChickGrand
We've covered the ground for most types, including the unusual, but one type I don't think we've covered is the "cycloid" variety, made by only a couple of American manufacturers briefly during the same time as squares. This Lindemann from the 1870s is typical of the form. It's mechanically pretty much the same as a square, but the cabinet form is continuous bend into a curve, and with three legs, like a grand, instead of the four for a square.





The non-butterfly symmetrigrand Zorba posted above is a Knabe from the 1920s.


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25 January 2006, 12:37 AM
ChickGrand
Here is one I could kick myself for not having bought, as I recognized it later and knew where it belongs:



It is the grand piano originally in the Verandah Grill, the most popular restaurant of the R.M.S. Queen Mary when she sailed. The room was more popular than the much larger main dining room as it offered casual intimate atmosphere, fine food, music and incredible views. It was stripped some years ago by one of the string of owners of the ship in at its Long Beach berth. The current owner is doing extensive work to restore as much of the ship as possible and rounding up furnishings that were sold off. The latest restoration effort was the Verandah Grill itself. When I saw this one, I knew it looked familiar but could not quite place it. It went for a song. Shortly later, I realized it was the one custom made for the all-art-deco Queen Mary. I wished I'd purchased it and donated it to the Queen Mary Foundation for the restoration. The piano as seen above is finished a little darker than its original finish. It can be seen (though not well) in these two pictures:





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27 January 2006, 02:56 PM
Zorba
I like it....



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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

27 January 2006, 03:01 PM
Zorba
OTOH, this sucks...



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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

27 January 2006, 05:49 PM
ChickGrand
quote:
Originally posted by Zorba:
I like it....



Another piano that sat on eagles-as-legs was this S&S that used to be in the Whitehouse. (Sorry about the poor picture quality.)



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27 January 2006, 05:53 PM
pianojuggler
quote:
Originally posted by Zorba:
Note the inverted key colors...



Perhaps this is some kind of harpsichord?
I'd say that's exactly what it is.


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29 January 2006, 07:26 PM
Frycek


This was found one somebody's travelogue site. It's supposedly Brahms's piano. If it is a piano. Which I doubt. Clavichord? Note reversed colored keys.


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30 January 2006, 12:52 PM
LL
HOLY MOLY, Zorba....

Right down to the plant container matching?

I do not recognize the brand...or is this just a refinishing?

R


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30 January 2006, 01:28 PM
Zorba
Mmmmmm - look *very* closely at this piano...

Hint: Look at the pedals...


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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

30 January 2006, 02:54 PM
Zorba
A very pretty picture platform:



...That will have many regulars here cringing...


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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

30 January 2006, 03:16 PM
Zorba
Love the veneer on this one:



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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