Piano picture of the day

26 December 2006, 02:11 AM

ChickGrand

quote:
Originally posted by Frycek:
My God, Rick, you have a talent for desolation!

That may well be true, but in this instance, the credit goes to the photographer, whose name and link escapes me at the moment. (I really should have credited it in the first place.)

My talent for desolation is closely related to playing.

But I'm also a Pollyanna. I found myself thinking, "It might be fixable". I've seen its equal advertised with the ubiquitous, "It probably needs tuning". One of the very first pianos I looked at when I made up my mind to buy a grand required miles of driving, only to find what might have formerly been a nice Baldwin R sitting at a 45 degree angle, minus one leg that no one could find. The owner was quite anxious to part with it and promised he could deliver it within the hour if I'd buy it. Even so, it wasn't one of the two I bought that 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

26 December 2006, 08:43 AM

maryrose

You should have reported the three-legged Baldwin to the ASPCP. Or the RSPCP if you're in the UK, or MWSPCP for your particular galaxy.

These things make me sad.

26 December 2006, 10:00 AM

Frycek

Do they make piano prosthetics?

26 December 2006, 02:12 PM

ChickGrand

quote:
Originally posted by Frycek:
Do they make piano prosthetics?

Actually they do. Good engineered transplant bits of all kinds. Pricey though. A nice leg can run upwards of $1000 for "modern" and as much as $3000 for something fancy. A nice music desk (just the prop portion) runs up to $1000, too, if it's nicely carved. I'd have had more in replacement parts than for the piano.

I've contemplated installing an open-carved desk on the Chickering since I truly prefer the sound of the piano without the music desk at all, and it's a downright nuisance to read the music laying flat on the tuning pins. But I'm just too cheap. So one of these days I'll make my own, now that I have a woodshop.

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"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." -- Albert Einstein

26 December 2006, 02:36 PM

markj

Something like this perhaps?

10 January 2007, 08:33 AM

ChickGrand

I assume those are some of his S&S rebuilds?

I'll be much more interested in an Overs picture when it's his 278.

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"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." -- Albert Einstein

10 January 2007, 12:17 PM

rontuner

Hmmmm?

10 January 2007, 06:52 PM

ChickGrand

quote:
Originally posted by rontuner:
Yup...

Here's a picture of his number 003

For the record, that's No. 006 I ripped off for the image for "The Soundboard" above. Figure that if you're gonna steal, it should be something worthwhile.

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"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." -- Albert Einstein

12 January 2007, 10:43 AM

Frycek

I'll wear black for it.

12 January 2007, 01:23 PM

rontuner

Hey, it's Friday! Time to belly-up to the bar:

12 January 2007, 01:27 PM

Frycek

quote:
Originally posted by rontuner:
Extending the theme...

Desolate and cold too. (Shakes head.)

12 January 2007, 02:32 PM

OperaTenor

At least the snow-covered pianner had a two-piece fallboard.

12 January 2007, 02:34 PM

OperaTenor

quote:
Originally posted by rontuner:

Is she doing something? All I see is her ~~skimpy~~ dress.

16 January 2007, 07:31 AM

maryrose

This is an 1810 cabinet piano from Amsterdam. I'm sorry I only have a pic of the keyboard because it has some interesting pedals which were supposed to give the effect of bassoon, drum, triangle and una corda as well as piano and forte. The triangle effect used tiny bells.

It's in the Victoria and Albert museum, London.