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Piano picture of the day
07 September 2006, 01:20 PM
pianojugglerPiano picture of the day
Pssst... ron... the real problem is that that's a harpsichord.
That is actually a common tool for tuning a harpsichord. It's called a calico mute and can both mute off an octave or two at a time AND pluck up to four strings at a time with the plectra built into the end of each appendage.
They are also very helpful, as you can see in the lower left picture, the calico mute has been enlisted in the search for the obviously missing keys.
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07 September 2006, 04:26 PM
rontunerHere's a Jesse French that I just saw on craigslist:
07 September 2006, 07:03 PM
Zorbaquote:
Originally posted by rontuner:
Here's a Jesse French that I just saw on craigslist:
Isn't THAT cute! Very 30's art-deco looking.
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08 September 2006, 03:16 AM
ChickGrandquote:
Originally posted by Zorba:
...Isn't THAT cute! Very 30's art-deco looking.
Looks like an old 30s/40s console radio. Probably would sound better if it were one.
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08 September 2006, 10:53 AM
Zorbaquote:
Originally posted by ChickGrand:
Looks like an old 30s/40s console radio. Probably would sound better if it were one.
It sure does! I have a 1937 RCA model 811K console radio (in working order) that looks very similar to this instrument.
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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
08 September 2006, 11:45 AM
rontunerWilliam Stodart, c. 1830, London. The metal frame in this piano, built of iron and brass tubular braces, was patented in 1820 by Messrs. Thom and Allen of the Stodart firm.
08 September 2006, 05:33 PM
OperaTenorThat one has those left and right-facing music desks, doesn't it?
I always thought those were a novel idea. I wonder why they're not done anymore?
11 September 2006, 10:08 AM
rontunerfrom a Clementi piano
11 September 2006, 10:55 PM
fortepiano guyHi pianojuggler - I like the pictures, reminds me of my cat when she was a kitten. Also reminds me of my fortepiano - that's a Walter reproduction isn't it?? Who built it though?
It's range goes to g''' ...... right? Has a moderator. Yours? How long have you had it, and how do you like it?
Ours are matching Steins.
Ciao
Ron
12 September 2006, 08:42 AM
kathykHi FPG. I'm sure PJ will eventually come along and chime in or correct me, but I don't believe that is his harpsicord (or whatever it is). The pic was posted a page back by Rontuner. That does look like one of PJ's cats as a youngster, though.
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12 September 2006, 10:16 AM
rontunerHey FPG
Welcome! I posted that harpsichord picture with the cats. The way this works, is if you find a picture on the web or from your own travels, just pop it in here for others to see.
Many of the old links may be dead by now, but there is quite a variety of piano/keyboard related pictures here.
Kindof like the music rack on this Streicher
12 September 2006, 10:52 AM
pianojugglerThey is right. 'Snot my harpsichord. Mine is a "Wolfgang's Original Sin" which I got for $400 earlier this year. I am still in process of getting it up and running... It has the old evil "triangle mortise" plastic jack/tongue which are no longer available anywhere in the galaxy.
I also have a calico mute, although mine is much larger than the one in the picture, so is no longer able to hunt for missing keys.
Here is a picture of a similar feline mute showing how their capabilities decline as their size increases...
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mod-in-training.
pj@ermosworld∙com
All types of erorrs fixed while you wait.
13 September 2006, 08:58 AM
rontunerThis Erard (1877)has a couple of extra keys!
14 September 2006, 10:19 AM
rontuner
Unsigned Piano, c. 1795, in South German/Viennese style. Typical of its time and place; state-of-the-art at the end of Mozart's lifetime. Case, with all-over geometric marquetry, evidently re-used from a mid-18th century harpsichord. Reverse-color keyboard. Knee levers control dampers, mute stop.
14 September 2006, 11:05 AM
piquébeautiful pianoforte, ron! i want one just like that to play mozart on.
some day soon, when i'm done with my deadline, i'm going to post the pianos i met at the deutsche museum in munich, one of them a mozart era piano similar to this one. it will just take a while to find them and get them up on photobucket.
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