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Beatification Candidate |
A different view of a square Chickering: 
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| "The Veiled Male" Gadfly  |
Oh. My. Goddess. That square's plate is beautiful, I don't think I've ever seen one before, certainly not like that! They don't make 'em like they used to! Here's a curiosity I ran across that I don't think has been posted before: 
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| Beatification Candidate |
Yowsa! All those hard lines vs. the delicate curves of the music desk...
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| Incognito Beatification Candidate  |
That one reminds me of those old-fashioned church organs. Maybe it was designed for such an environment, maybe so it could nicely complement the organ so many churches also had at the time.
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| Revenant Beatification Candidate  |
A lot of nice antique German pianos and harpsichords here. In German but a picture is worth a thousand words. http://www.mirkoweiss.com/index2.htm
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Beatification Candidate |
i love this thread and checkit every day. thanks to all | |||
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Junior Member |
That square Chickering soundboard looks like the site of an ancient lake bed! I wonder how much punch & ice tea ended up there over the decades? | |||
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| Revenant Beatification Candidate |
\ Now that you mention it - -
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| Beatification Candidate |
I'm often amazed at how well some of these old beauties can come out after a restoration - before and after pictures:   Much better than dumping them in a landfill! (Now after looking a little closer, I'm not convinced that these are the same instrument!!!!)
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Minor Deity |
I often wonder why more quality old uprights don't get restored. Is it because the piano market in North America is just not into the UPRIGHTS? As in, guess who cannot find them here? As in, those who can afford a Restored UPright would rather spend their money on a look what I have in my living room...see it is a grand? Even if the said grand is not played but a piece of furniture? Some day, one day, these old uprights will be valued as restored instruments. Ok, you say, then why am I not buying one? Again the room. The old uprights are VERY LARGE UPRIGHTS! R-
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| Serial origamist Has Achieved Nirvana  |
Nope. It's like one of those puzzle things on the comics page where you have to find six differences between the two pictures. 1. The front legs are different. 2. The toeblocks are different. 3. The lower panel went from two cutouts to one smaller one. 4. The music desk changed to the kind that flips out over the fallboard. 5. The channels on the sides of the case are deeper and go all the way up. 6. And for the clincher, the "restored" piano sprouted a third pedal. What do I win?
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| Foregoing Practicing to Post Minor Deity  |
Even if it's not the same piano...and as PJ noted, it probably isn't...I wonder about the leaded-glass treatment. Were old uprights ever made with such large glass panels originally? They look like such an afterthought, like something to match the overhead stained-glass lamps in the local fern bar. Of course, there could be many photos of such in this very thread...which I confess I don't view every day.
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| Beatification Candidate |
Somehow, I can't see this fitting in MY living room: 
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| Beatification Candidate |
This guy must have a "blazing" technique.  
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| Beatification Candidate |
OK, ok, so it's not a piano.... but it's made from piano parts! 
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