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"The Veiled Male"
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Check out this seemingly unremarkable Daneman Studio:



Now look at how the fallboard folds open - beats the usual European/Japanese style:


Lastly, bichords past the break. How unusual is this, I've never seen it before but I've hardly seen 100's of pianos either!


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This beauty is a German piano called a Schwechten from 1890:


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And a "Produktiv" from the same year (1890):


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1918 Hobart M. Cable
"No-one would knowingly provide Franz Liszt with a mediocre piano." -E. M. Good

 
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1875 S&S "Style 2". Supposedly #1 of 11 made in Walnut. $135K including delivery and setup in the continental US, and a reproduction bench:


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"No-one would knowingly provide Franz Liszt with a mediocre piano." -E. M. Good

 
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Speaking of 1890, a Guild art case upright:



 
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A 1925 Gaveau:

 
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Pretty funky music desk on this Bechstein:

 
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Ow, that had to hurt!

Hey, is it a sign of piano snobbery when I look at a grand and say, "Two piece fallboard? No great loss."?

Blush

But I *like* two piece fallboards!


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"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

 
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Pretty funky music desk on this Bechstein:

That Bechstein is SERIOUSLY BOSS!


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1918 Hobart M. Cable
"No-one would knowingly provide Franz Liszt with a mediocre piano." -E. M. Good

 
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Originally posted by Matthew Collett:
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Originally posted by Zorba:
And a "Produktiv" from the same year (1890):


Isn't 1890 rather late to be straight-strung, which this appears to be?

Best wishes,
Matthew

I'm no expert - but the name sounds Russian which may explain it. Ron?


I was thinking German.
 
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Ow, that had to hurt!

Hey, is it a sign of piano snobbery when I look at a grand and say, "Two piece fallboard? No great loss."?

Blush

But I *like* two piece fallboards!


On grands?
 
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Originally posted by Zorba:
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Originally posted by Matthew Collett:
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Originally posted by Zorba:
And a "Produktiv" from the same year (1890):


Isn't 1890 rather late to be straight-strung, which this appears to be?

Best wishes,
Matthew

I'm no expert - but the name sounds Russian which may explain it. Ron?


I was thinking German.


Turns out I was close. If you look closely at the one-pice (Big Grin) fallboard, it actually says, "Produktiv-Genossenschaft". They were a maker in Vienna from the 1870's to 1928.

An English Piano forum on the subject.
 
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Pretty sure it was cast iron, just painted silverish...

It sounded surprisingly like a musical instrument... unlike some other tiny spinets.(cough*Kimballs*cough)

It helped that the hammers were in good shape and weren't rocks. The scaling seemed to work for an instrument this size.

Oh, and the bi-chords - Yeah, I see 'em all the time. A lot of the school uprights - Yamaha P22, Baldwin 243s - I think all the old Wurli's as well.


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It sounded surprisingly like a musical instrument...



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Beautiful:


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http://www.doubleveil.net
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"No-one would knowingly provide Franz Liszt with a mediocre piano." -E. M. Good

 
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