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Piano picture of the day
21 September 2006, 05:37 PM
ChickGrandPiano picture of the day
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"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." -- Albert Einstein
21 September 2006, 11:21 PM
jodiSomehow, the face on that last photo looks familiar...
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Jodi
22 September 2006, 05:41 PM
ZorbaThose may be for a small organ. When I was a kid, one of my neighbor's had a Baldwin grand that I'd go to play once in a while - it had a small keyboard like this one (but way shorter) that she told me was for an organ. Dunno if it worked or not...
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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
25 September 2006, 12:53 PM
rontunerHere's a little sewing/workbox/piano
25 September 2006, 01:29 PM
ZorbaSurprised you haven't heard of the Janko. It seems to me that it was the equivilant of Betamax, Macintosh, Linux, or even the Dvorak typewriter keyboard - superior in every respect yet rejected by the marketplace.
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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
25 September 2006, 02:22 PM
rontunerI think all I'd seen before were microtonal-type keyboards, and only on electronic instruments, this is the first I've heard of these retro-fit actions!
28 September 2006, 11:13 AM
OperaTenorA Welte Mignon cabinet reproducer:
I've never heard a reporoducing piano. Has anyone here heard one? Are they all that?
28 September 2006, 06:21 PM
FrycekBe careful with that reproducing piano, OT. You don't have room in your house for a litter of baby pianos.
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29 September 2006, 01:54 AM
OperaTenorquote:
Originally posted by Frycek:
Be careful with that reproducing piano, OT. You don't have room in your house for a litter of baby pianos.
29 September 2006, 10:04 AM
FrycekWhat would happen if they mated?
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02 October 2006, 11:40 AM
rontunerA giraffe with the knee board removed
02 October 2006, 01:21 PM
ZorbaA Bosie 170. Who would want black when they could have this beautiful wood?!
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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 October 2006, 11:07 AM
rontuner
Square Piano, 1850
Maker: Chickering, Boston
SI photographs by Robert C. Lautman
Americans preferred square pianos in their homes until the 1870s when uprights came into fashion in the US. This instrument is similar to those used to accompany Jenny Lind at her concerts.
03 October 2006, 02:41 PM
ZorbaPretty!
I like the bolt-on brace in the treble...
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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 October 2006, 03:40 PM
OperaTenorWhen it comes to square grands, Chickering wins the prettiest plate award, hands down.