Piano picture of the day

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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

13 June 2006, 01:41 PM

Zorba

Now that you mention it - I didn't look for 'em, but there they are! Kinda cool.

Here's a "Moscow" made by the Russian piano builder "Lira":

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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

13 June 2006, 02:15 PM

Zorba

Ronisch grand:

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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

13 June 2006, 02:17 PM

Zorba

Another Ronisch. This one seems to have a problem with its fallboard, but the wood sure is pretty!

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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

13 June 2006, 02:18 PM

Zorba

Keep running across 'em, this time a Ronisch upright:

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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

13 June 2006, 02:21 PM

Zorba

Just what I've been looking for, a Greek piano:

Anyone know anything about it aside from it being fugly?

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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

13 June 2006, 02:31 PM

Zorba

Not familiar with this brand, it has some intersting casework and isn't a continental:

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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

13 June 2006, 08:19 PM

Frycek

quote:
Originally posted by Zorba:
Another Ronisch. This one seems to have a problem with its fallboard, but the wood sure is pretty!

A piano baring its teeth - - - note the crooked snarl - -

14 June 2006, 11:00 AM

apple

not worth taking the time to put in the image

http://newyork.craigslist.org/jsy/msg/170549994.html

14 June 2006, 11:31 PM

rontuner

Here it is, until Craigslist pulls it:

(right-click on the image, go down to properties, then copy and paste the address)

15 June 2006, 01:36 PM

Zorba

And that's just a BAD shade of pink, plus its an ugly continental! I'll pass, thanx!

But this beauty can be yours for only 9000 euro:

A pedal for every reason and every season...

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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

15 June 2006, 01:51 PM

Zorba

A keyboard that isn't straight:

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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

19 June 2006, 10:34 AM

rontuner

What's with all the pedals?

Mostly about adding tone color. Sometimes it involves adding:
mute rail
zither rail (think of little metal discs between the hammers and strings for a plinky sound)
???

Pyramid piano:

19 June 2006, 10:38 AM

rontuner

Wait, here's another:

Grand piano by Anton Martin Thÿm, Vienna, ca. 1815. Seven pedals: una corda, harp, bassoon, damper, strong moderator, medium moderator, and Janissary (bells and bass drum). Such special effects were popular in Vienna at the time, particularly among upper-class young ladies, who were expected to provide music to entertain their guests.

The purpleheart case has an inlaid ebony/fruitwood edging that depicts a red vine with sunflowers and leaves, strings of red beads with an ink drawing of a woman's face in the center, and grapes and grape leaves. The vertical moldings contain three images--a portrait of a woman, a profile of a man, and a lyre. The piano is held up by four Nubian slaves with long, gold-painted turbans. The pedal support, also gold-painted, is in the shape of a fountain, supported by the tails of two dolphins.

20 June 2006, 09:38 AM

pianojuggler

quote:
Originally posted by Zorba:
But this beauty can be yours for only 9000 euro:

A pedal for every reason and every season...

Ummmm... Methinks that is a harpsichord, not a piano... The transverse bar aft of the tuning pins looks remarkably like a jackrail. It would be very unusual to have pedals on a classic harpsichord -- usually stops were operated with handlevers or kneelevers, although Wanda Landowska's "revival" harpsichords had pedals so that stops could be operated without removing one's hands from the keys.

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