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Piano picture of the day
31 January 2006, 02:28 PM
rontunerPiano picture of the day
This should be a zorba-approved one!
Sorry for the size, but I've lost the ability at "this location" to resize and post pictures. I can't even see the stuff from imageshack or any file-sharing place anymore!
01 February 2006, 11:49 AM
rontunerWay back on one of the first pages I linked to the world's largest piano, an upright. Here's a new entry - a 12 footer:
read about it here:
http://www.la-ptg.org/rubenstein/01 February 2006, 12:07 PM
ZorbaWow. Water jet cut, mig welded STEEL plate. Very cutting (no pun) edge, very cool. Extra bass notes.
Can't say I care for the finish, but I'd suffer none the less. He actually could have made a mild cocked hat case without changing a thing ('cept some "unused" plate area), or a symetrigrand with little change.
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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
01 February 2006, 12:59 PM
rontunerJust to show how big that plate is:
Rick, you've got some room to spare, dontcha?
01 February 2006, 01:53 PM
markjHoly Carp!
Look at the action!
I wonder how much that baby weighs!
01 February 2006, 03:05 PM
rontunerYes, key flex becomes a real issue with bigger pianos. Look at the longer key buttons and the 'shoe' on the bottom, both of harder wood to provide a more ridgid key during louder playing.
02 February 2006, 03:29 PM
ZorbaAn 1884 Emerson:
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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
02 February 2006, 03:44 PM
ZorbaI rather like this one (1959 Knabe 40" Console):
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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
03 February 2006, 02:21 PM
ZorbaOh. My. Goddess.
That square's plate is beautiful, I don't think I've ever seen one before, certainly not like that! They don't make 'em like they used to!
Here's a curiosity I ran across that I don't think has been posted before:
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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
03 February 2006, 07:59 PM
ChickGrandThat one reminds me of those old-fashioned church organs. Maybe it was designed for such an environment, maybe so it could nicely complement the organ so many churches also had at the time.
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"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." -- Albert Einstein
05 February 2006, 08:14 AM
FrycekA lot of nice antique German pianos and harpsichords here. In German but a picture is worth a thousand words.
http://www.mirkoweiss.com/index2.htm
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06 February 2006, 06:03 AM
Frycekquote:
Originally posted by whippen boy:
That square Chickering soundboard looks like the site of an ancient lake bed!
I wonder how much punch & ice tea ended up there over the decades?
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Now that you mention it - -
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06 February 2006, 09:03 AM
rontunerI'm often amazed at how well some of these old beauties can come out after a restoration - before and after pictures:
Much better than dumping them in a landfill!
(Now after looking a little closer, I'm not convinced that these are the same instrument!!!!)
06 February 2006, 01:50 PM
RealPlayerEven if it's not the same piano...and as PJ noted, it probably isn't...I wonder about the leaded-glass treatment. Were old uprights ever made with such large glass panels originally? They look like such an afterthought, like something to match the overhead stained-glass lamps in the local fern bar.
Of course, there could be many photos of such in this very thread...which I confess I don't view every day.
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07 February 2006, 08:48 AM
rontunerSomehow, I can't see this fitting in MY living room:
