Piano picture of the day

15 March 2006, 01:04 PM

Now THAT most definitely pegs the ZorbaMeter!

You'd never have to worry about the lyre coming loose on this one. Way cool! When can I expect delivery?

15 March 2006, 02:57 PM

rontuner

...but what's it MEAN?

15 March 2006, 03:15 PM

pianojuggler

quote:
Originally posted by rontuner:
...but what's it MEAN?

I think it is Gryphon's Dilemma. He was always complaining about going on lengthy business trips and not having access to a piano while travelling.

(IIRC, he paid an electronix engineering firm to surgically shorten a Yamaha keyboard so it would fit in an overhead bin or something like that.)

15 March 2006, 03:59 PM

Zorba

quote:
Originally posted by rontuner:
...but what's it MEAN?

Have piano, will travel?

Homeless person's piano?

Piano goes grocery shopping?

You got me!

16 March 2006, 10:29 AM

rontuner

At last! A piano with a cup-holder...

16 March 2006, 10:43 AM

Zorba

quote:
Originally posted by Frycek:

1862 Pleyel

Goddess! I love that carving!!

16 March 2006, 08:30 PM

Bernard

I don't know ron, first thing I thought when I saw that white thing was some sort of toilet!

Check out this eBay auction ($399,000.00 !!??) MALACHITE & BRONZE DORE PIANO

16 March 2006, 09:28 PM

Frycek

Here's Bernard's malachite piano. I've been waiting for this specimen to resurface. It was first listed about six months ago. For $399,000 you'd think they could give us better pictures. I find it hard to believe someone would do this to a Steinway. (But then, I'm not impressed by musical instruments that remind me of a congealed salad, the kind involving lime jello and cottage cheese.) The velvet on the bench doesn't even match. I don't like the way that exposed wood is finished (or not) either. Anyone know how that stone casing wourld effect the tone?

quote:
PART OF AN INCREDIBLE COLLECTION OF RUSSIAN MALACHITE DECORATIVE ART & FURNITURE. 19TH CEN. BRONZE DORE MOUNTINGS ON MOST PIECES.

The item shown here is a Steinway Piano circa 1936, the first year this model was introduced, with genuine Russian malachite marquetry and bronze dore mountings. This is not plastic, wood, paint, or synthetic material. It is real malachite, a semi-precious stone only master crafstmen can apply to furniture in a tedious and delicate process.

The piano is part of a collection of 11 pieces of malachite furniture we picked up from a dealer in south Florida who recently retired and closed his business. We understand this piece and the others we aquired, which include 2 vitrines, a rectangular center table, a pair of pedestals, a pair of candelabra, a tall clock, a chandelier, a large round entrance piece, were originally commissioned back in the thirties by a wealthy real estate developer.

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16 March 2006, 11:53 PM

Zorba

That *is* different - but I think I could like that, I think I could like that a lot!

(What can I say...)

17 March 2006, 03:18 AM

Frycek