Instruments for Sale

Modern Instruments

• MASON & HAMLIN, Model D upright piano in mahogany

  Manufactured in Boston in 1913. Serial No. 25184. 52" high by 63" wide. Completely rebuilt, restored and refinished. $6,000.

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• WEBER & Co., New York, full concert grand

  In ebony, serial number 39400 (1894). 8' 9" long by 5' 2" wide. Perfect for a church or small concert hall. Restoration on this extraordinary instrument is nearly complete.

  Weber pianos earned an excellent reputation through the meticulous skill that went into their construction. Employing only the best workers and using the finest materials, Weber pianos were used by famous artists, including Venezuelan pianist Maria-Teresa Carreño and Madeline Schiller.

  In 1887 eleven-year-old Josef Hofmann made his made his first American tour with a Weber piano. The Polish composer, pianist and statesman Ignaz Paderewski toured the United States for two seasons accompanied by a Weber concert grand piano.

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• Kawai 45-inch upright piano

  This Kawai upright is in excellent condition.

  Serial number 629369. Date of manufacture: 1972.

  This piano has had very little use. I just finished cleaning, regulating and tuning the instrument. It is in perfect condition.

  $2,000.

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Historical Fortepianos

• Conrad Graf Concert Fortepiano

  This rare instrument is not for sale, but is available for use in concerts and recordings: Conrad Graf Concert Fortepiano, Opus 1389, Date of Manufacture: Vienna, Circa 1825. Keyboard Range: CC-f'''', 246 cm long, 125 cm wide, 64 cm corpus thickness.

  Nameplate: rectangular printed label, gray ink, glass cover and a brass frame: CONRAD GRAF/ kaiserl: kön: Hof-Fortepianomacher/in WIEN/ nächst der Carls-Kirche im Mondschein No. 102

  Stenciled on the soundboard in pencil: *OPUS*/1389/ A/ Wien/ CONR. GRAF

  The book-matched pyramid mahogany veneered cabinet rests on three, column-like legs. The front legs are connected by a stretcher carrying the lyre and four pedals. The cabinet is elegant and free of ormolu. The cheeks of the cabinet curve inward toward the player.

  There are four pedals: keyboard shift, bassoon, moderator and damper lift. The original moderator is in excellent condition.

  The hammers and hammer leather are original. The original ivory and ebony keyboard is in excellent condition. The original dampers work perfectly after careful cleaning. The original strings were missing when I bought the piano. They have been replaced with Malcolm Rose, type C English iron wire, brass tenor strings and brass over iron bass strings made in my own shop. The wire gauge markings are clearly marked on the bridge. The instrument is tuned to A=430. The structure is in excellent condition with no warping.

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• Jan Lodewijk Dulcken (attributed) 18th-Century Fortepiano

  For the first time in more than thirty years we can offer a rare Mozart-period fortepiano. This instrument is characteristic of the instruments from the workshop of Jan Lodewijk Dulcken.

  Length 220 cm, width: 102 cm; corpus height: 30 cm, keyboard range: EE-g’’’; Case: cherry veneer, paneled lid, four square, tapered legs. The music desk extends across the entire width of the instrument, 2 knee levers lift the dampers, double-strung through eb’’, triple strung from e’’ to g’’’, one wooden gap spacer. Action: Viennese or South German Prellmechanik with wooden kapsels. Signatures: on the damper rack: “ No. 1870”; on the treble side of key # 1: “Rep.[aratur] 24.III.14 B.[?] Zöllner."

  Most of the original wire sizes are still marked on the pin block. A curious geometric design on the pinblock may be a reference to the builder's name, the string scaling or the tuning temperament.

  Fully restored in our workshop and concert ready. $75,000 or best offer.

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• IGNAZ BÖSENDORFER (1794-1859)

  K.K. Hof & Kammer [Double eagle] Piano-Verfertiger/Wien. Number 3881 (Vienna, c. 1850). Seven-octave, Viennese-action, concert fortepiano. Perfect ebony over ivory keyboard. Spectacular book-matched burl-walnut cabinet restored in French polish.

  The original hammers, dampers and tuning pins have been retained in the meticulous restoration. This fortepiano is featured on the Harmonia Mundi (France) recording of Johannes Brahms's Horn Trio, op. 40 (HMU 907037).

  Provenance: Austrian Benedictine monastery at Lambach. 7' 8" long, 47" wide. Fully restored.

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• LUDWIG BÖSENDORFER (1835-1919)

  Concert grand fortepiano, series number 6241, Vienna, circa 1862.

  7' 8" long and 55" wide.  The cabinet is mahogany with the maker's name inlaid in brass on an ebony fallboard.  Inscription on the fallboard: Bösendorfer.  Inscription on the soundboard: L. Bösendorfer/Kais. Bras. Hof Clavier-Macher/ Medaille/ General Excellence of Pianos/1862 Londini/Honoris Causa/ 6241.  Serial number (?) under the soundboard: 5436.

  Provenance: Purchased from a castle near Udine in Northern Italy. The inner rim is in maple. Simple, elegant mahogany cabinet with elaborate music desk.

  Restoration is now complete.

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• JOSEPH SIMON (active in Vienna from 1817 until his death circa 1858), concert fortepiano

  Circa 1840. Signature: Joseph Simon in Wien/Schüler von Conr. Graf. Simon was a former student of Conrad Graf.

  8¼" long x 51½"e; wide. Keyboard Range: CCC-a''''. Ivory and ebony keyboard. Three pedals: Shift, moderator and damper lift. Erard/Exp. Univ. de Paris/1855/Medaille D'Honneur.

  I have made considerable progress on this instrument. It has been restrung and structurally repaired. Only the action and damper work remains.




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• JULIUS BLÜTHNER

  51" upright piano in rosewood, serial number 15420; Leipzig, ca. 1876. Perfect ivory and ebony keyboard, two brass candelabra, patent Blüthner action with the dampers above the hammers.

  Signatures: Königl. Sächs, Hof-Pianoforte-Fabrik/von Julius Blüthner/Blüthner/Leipzig/Inhaber des/Ehrendiploms als ersten Preises aller ausgestellten Pianos. Wien 1873/Medaille, Philadelphia 1876. Stamped above the tuning pins: Julius Blüthner/Leipzig/K.S. Hof Fabrikant.

  The instrument is in original condition with original tuning pins, strings, dampers , action and keyboard.




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• ERARD (London) grand piano

  In rosewood, serial number 5924 (c. 1855).

  Signature: Patent Erard London; Galpin stamped on the action. 82" long by 53½" wide. Keyboard range CCC-A''''.




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• ERARD (Paris), Concert grand piano

  In ebony, serial number 53906. Date of Manufacture 1880.

  8' 1" long x 55 " wide. Two pedals. Signature on the Soundboard: Pare Brevet d'Invention/Seb. & Pre. Erard/13 & 21, rue de Mail/Paris; Signature on the Fallboard: Erard/Brass Medallion on the top: Erard/Exp. Univ. de Paris/1855/Medaille D'Honneur.

  This instrument is in rough, but still restorable condition. Seven-octave keyboard. AAA-a''''.




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• KARL KUTSCHERA (Flourished in Vienna 1862-1900)

  Concert fortepiano in walnut, opus number 185 , manufactured circa 1867.

  7' 6" long; 54" wide. Name board signature in inlaid pewter: C. Kutschera in Wien/Auszeichnung in DJA/Wien 1863; Wien Medaille/Ranges/Linz 1864. Soundboard signature: Carl/Kutschera/Fortepiano Fabrik/ in Wien/Gumpendorferstraße No. 91; Auszeichnung Jahre/ 1863 in Wien/Preis Medaille 1864/ in Linz/ Opus No. 185. 85-note keyboard. Perfect ebony and ivory keyboard.

  Provenance: Villa Rezonico in Bassano del Grappa, Italy, where Wagner, Liszt and Hans von Bülow played the instrument during documented visits to the villa. For sale restored or as is.

  Keyboard/fallboard inlay

Square Pianos

• WILLIAM GEIB

  William Geib was born in London 26 May 1780 and died in New York 1849.

  Square grand piano, serial number 6714, New York, circa 1830. Signature: Improved Patent/W. Geib/3rd Avenue & 201 Broadway/New York.

  This instrument is completely original. Perfect original ivory and ebony keyboard. Mahogany cabinet with cross banding. Six turned and fluted legs and pedal foot, with turned brass casters and cuffs. Six-octave range. Original "dust cover". 5' 7½" long by 2' 2" wide.

  $2,000

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• CHICKERING square grand piano

  Piano in rosewood, serial number 3944. Date of manufacture: Boston, circa 1850. 78¼" long by 39¾" wide.

  This instrument is in an extraordinary state of preservation. It is completely original and every note plays, even before restoration. Perfect ivory and ebony, 2 pedals.




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• Johann Lorenz Schiedmayer & Sons Tafelklavier (table piano)

  188 cm long, 82 cm wide, corpus width 31 cm, total height 86.5 cm. Inscription: Piano-Forte Fabrik/ von/ Schiedmayer und Soehne/ in/Stuttgart/ N 2 3099.

  Manufacture: Stuttgart, circa 1845. Keyboard range: CC to g'''', perfect ebony and bone keyboard, intricately decorated and painted cherry cabinet with ebony banding and the Latin inscription: Musica Disparium Dulcis/ Concordia Vocum Pello/ Levo Placo Tristia/ Corda Deos (Music, the sweet harmony of disparite voices, I banish sorrow, lighten hearts, and appease the gods.)

  The cabinet is decorated with paintings of female figures, floral designs and musical instruments. There are four decorated, hexagonal legs, 1 brass pedal attached to a cherry lyre, and a partial cast-iron frame.

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