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posted 17 May 2006 08:45 AMHide Post
Here's the real deal


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posted 17 May 2006 08:52 AMHide Post
Okay, back to pianos. This is the last one I snapped at the Smithsonian, and darned if I can't remember what it was. Any takers?



PS: I think it was an Ibach, could that be right?


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posted 17 May 2006 12:07 PMHide Post
it looks like a cristofori original. do they have one there?


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posted 17 May 2006 02:50 PMHide Post
Ah, that's right. I was hoping that one could read the sign in the photo, but no such luck.


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posted 18 May 2006 03:12 PMHide Post
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it looks like a cristofori original. do they have one there?

There is a Christofori at the metropolitan in nyc right next to it in a glass case is a Strad. Next time I go I'm going to reach over and hit a few notes.
 
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posted 18 May 2006 04:32 PMHide Post
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There is a Christofori at the metropolitan in nyc right next to it in a glass case is a Strad. Next time I go I'm going to reach over and hit a few notes.



that one i have seen. i think they have the keyboards covered, though.


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posted 19 May 2006 08:47 AMHide Post
Hi all, it's been awhile since we've looked at one of these:


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posted 23 May 2006 11:02 AMHide Post
Is there a piano in that corner?


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posted 23 May 2006 03:18 PMHide Post
quote:
Originally posted by rontuner:
I like how there's a bump-out in the rail for the piano player...

I first read that to mean the hammer rail for a player mechanism...

... then the image loaded!


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posted 24 May 2006 10:36 AMHide Post
When you can't decide if you want to refinish the piano...


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posted 24 May 2006 04:58 PMHide Post
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Originally posted by rontuner:
When you can't decide if you want to refinish the piano...



Is that a little before/after photoshopped into one picture?
 
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posted 30 May 2006 09:05 AMHide Post
From the American Civil War era:


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From a later war:


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posted 30 May 2006 07:06 PMHide Post
A Wurlitzer artcase baby grand on eBay:


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posted 31 May 2006 08:49 PMHide Post
Uh Ron, hate to be the one to break this to you, but the key is hanging right there in the lock!

Neener


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