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Unless marked otherwise, all instruments are for sale.
If you are interested in any of these instruments, please contact us.
Modern Instruments
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Manufactured in Boston in 1913. Serial No. 25184. 52" high by 63" wide. Completely rebuilt, restored and refinished. $6,000.
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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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Perfect ivory and ebony keyboard, case recently refinished, superb sound and action. Patented soft stop (moderator)
Historical Fortepianos
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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
Erard/Brass Medallion on the top:
Erard
Exp. Univ. de Paris
1855
Medaille D'Honneur
Seven-octave keyboard. AAA-a''''.
Restoration of this instrument is nearly complete.
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Concert fortepiano in walnut, opus number 185 , manufactured circa 1867.
7' 6" long; 54" wide. 85-note keyboard. Perfect ebony and ivory keyboard.
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
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.
Square Pianos
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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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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. Perfect ivory and ebony, two pedals, moderator and damper lift.
Restoration of this beautiful rosewood square piano is now complete.
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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
Nr. 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.
This lovely instrument will be completely restored by 2011.
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