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Erard Grand Piano Egyptian Revival Neoclassical Style by William Lomax Walnut
Located in Leeds, GB
An 1861, Erard grand piano with an ornate burr walnut, black and gilt cabinet. Piano casework features Egyptian Revival and Neoclassical elements. Th...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Musical Instruments
Materials
Porcelain, Walnut, Giltwood
Art Deco Strohmenger Baby Grand Piano Figured Walnut Square Legs and Lyre
Located in Leeds, GB
Art Deco style, 1945, Strohmenger baby grand piano with a polished, book-matched, figured walnut case and brass fittings. The high arched piano cheek ends with an angular square cut....
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Broadwood 'Manxman' Oak Piano Arts and Crafts Designed by M. H. Baillie Scott
By Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott
Located in Leeds, GB
Arts and Crafts, 1904, 'Manxman' Broadwood piano with an oak case. Cabinet resembles a chest on a stand and is reminiscent of an old strong box from th...
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Bates Pianoforte Circa 1825 Carved Baluster Leg 78 Note Fabric Panel
Located in Leeds, GB
Circa 1825, Bates pianoforte. Name plaque in a calligraphy font, sits above the keyboard surrounded by wooden beading. The tall cabinet features a rectangular, cut-out front panel that acts as a sound...
Category
Antique 1820s English Musical Instruments
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Rebuilt Antique Steinway Model A Grand Piano Gloss Black Fluted Barrel Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Rebuilt, 1895, Steinway Model A grand piano for sale with a black case.
The music desk is in an openwork, arabesque design of stylised foliage with ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Rebuilt Steinway Model B Grand Piano Arabesque Music Desk1886 Fluted Barrel Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Rebuilt, 1886, Steinway Model B grand piano with a black case.
The music desk is in an openwork arabesque design featuring a central lyre motif
surrounded by stylised tendrils and foliage. The serpentine piano cheek features a dual linear case moulding. The piano lyre has two fluted spindle upright supports with two brass pedals and a brass footplate. The fluted, barrel piano legs have sunken brass casters. The leg pediment is carved with a stylised flower and curlicues. Piano has an eighty-five note keyboard.
Enjoy the vintage styling of an antique Steinway...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Wilh Steinberg WS-D275 Concert Grand Piano Bespoke For York Minster
Located in Leeds, GB
Wilh Steinberg WS-D275 concert grand piano with a black case and brass fittings. Piano has tapered spade piano legs with dual casters for ease of movement that are fitted with brakes...
Category
2010s Chinese Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Rebuilt Steinway Model M Grand Piano Gloss Black Cabinet Spade Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Rebuilt, 1932, Steinway Model M grand piano with a black case and spade legs. Piano has an eighty-eight note keyboard and a two-pedal lyre.
Piano li...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Rebuilt Steinway Model O Grand Piano Polished Walnut Spade Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Rebuilt, 1925, Steinway Model O grand piano for sale with a polished, walnut case and spade legs. Piano has an eighty-eight note keyboard and a two-p...
Category
Early 20th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Rebuilt Steinway Model O Grand Piano Gloss Black Spade Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Rebuilt, 1975, Steinway Model O grand piano for sale with a black case and spade legs. Piano has an eighty-eight note keyboard and a two-pedal lyre.
P...
Category
Late 20th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Rebuilt Steinway Model S Baby Grand Piano Black Gloss Cabinet Spade Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Rebuilt, 1937, Steinway Model S baby grand piano with a black case and spade legs. Piano has an eighty-eight note keyboard and a two-pedal lyre.
Pian...
Category
Mid-20th Century Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Rebuilt Steinway Model M Grand Piano Black Gloss Cabinet Spade Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Rebuilt, 1956, Steinway Model M grand piano for sale with a black case and brass fittings. Piano has an eighty-eight note keyboard and a two-pedal lyr...
Category
Vintage 1950s German Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Grotrian Steinweg Model 110 Upright Piano Mid Century Modern Walnut Fabric Panel
Located in Leeds, GB
Grotrian-Steinweg model 110 upright piano with a walnut case and fabric panels.
Cabinet typical of Mid-Century Modern style. Cabinet design focuses on simple, clean lines and curves.
The front panels are stepped in construction with rounded curved corners.
The golden, Jacquard fabric panels are in a design of diagonal intersecting lines, accentuate the sound box quality of the cabinet.
The simple tapered legs are sabre cut in walnut.
Square piano...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Pleyel Upright Piano Satinwood Neoclassical Inlay Fluted, Columnar Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
An 1893, Pleyel upright piano with a satinwood cabinet.
Entire cabinet features intricate, Neocalssical style inlay. The front panels feature a symmetri...
Category
Antique 1890s French Neoclassical Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Schiedmayer Grand Piano Walnut Carved Cheeks Filigree Music Desk Faceted Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Schiedmayer grand piano with a french polished, burr walnut cabinet. The burr walnut is figured creating rippled patterns in the veneer reminiscent of oil on water.
The serpentine piano cheek features carvings of scrolling foliage, spirals and a dual linear case moulding that borders the cabinet in high relief.
The cut-out filigree music desk...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
1950's Style Zimmermann Baby Grand Piano Yellow Formica Tubular Steel Piano Lyre
Located in Leeds, GB
A 1950s style, Zimmermann baby grand piano with a contrasting black and yellow formica case. Piano features an asymmetrical music desk with geometric cut-ou...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Steel
Francke Upright Piano Rococo Style Carved Mahogany High Relief Scroll Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Francke upright piano with a mahogany case. Entire cabinet features Rococo style, ornate carvings in high relief.
The carved, front panel features a central lyre surrounded by flowers, foliage and acanthus. The piano fall has carved latticework and a central plaque carved with flowers and acanthus. Sitting on top of the cabinet is asymmetrical arcading ornately carved with rocailles, flowers, foliage and acanthus. The brass piano pedals feature acanthus scrolls. The intricately, carved piano...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Rococo Musical Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
Gast Upright Piano Quartered Walnut Neoclassical Inlay Brass Candlesticks
Located in Leeds, GB
Albert Gast upright piano with a quartered, walnut case and ornate, brass candlesticks. Entire cabinet inlaid in neoclassical designs. Piano has an eighty-eight keyboard and two pedals.
Front panel features inlay of a central urn surrounded by scrolling acanthus and flowers. The cabinet pilasters are carved Corinthian style with a palmette flourish. The scroll piano cheeks are carved with curlicue strapwork and inlaid with foliage and flowers. The piano legs...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Brinsmead Upright Piano Black Central Panel Crystoleum Classical Image
Located in Leeds, GB
A 1905, Brinsmead upright piano with a polished, black case.
The brass candlesticks are in a scrolling whiplash design. Piano has an eighty-five note keyboard and two pedals.
Piano has a central panel featuring a crystoleum of a Classical scene.
The Crystoleum
The Arcadian image features figures queueing in line around a well as others recline nearby. The central figure, stands mournful, dressed in black waiting to fill the urn resting at her feet. Behind her, women in billowing dresses, carry an urns atop their heads on route to the well. In the foreground, a cross-legged, elderly woman spins yarn, beside her, three male onlookers watch the women...
Category
Early 20th Century English Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Barker Upright Piano Chrome Mahogany Geometric Case Styling
Located in Leeds, GB
A 1930's Barker upright piano with an Art Deco style mahogany case. Cabinet features strong angular styling, evident in the chamfered corners at the top and b...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Musical Instruments
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Monington and Weston Piano in Mahogany and Macassar Ebony
Located in Leeds, GB
Mid-Century Modern style, 1956, Monington and Weston upright piano. Cabinet made from a contrasting mahogany and macassar ebony case. Piano exempl...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Materials
Macassar, Mahogany
Arts and Crafts, Bechstein Upright Piano Rosewood Brass Hinges by Walter Cave
By Walter Cave
Located in Leeds, GB
An 1897, Arts and Crafts Bechstein upright piano with a polished, rosewood case, fretwork panels and ornate brass hinges in a stylised floral design. Unique design by Walter Cave, executed by C. Bechstein and exhibited by Maple & Co.
C. Bechstein is inscribed on a square, brass plaque on the piano fall.
The front panel features cupboard doors, which open so as to allow the music desk to fall into place. These doors occupy half the width of the front, so that they fold back out of the way of the player. The candle sconces are concealed behind the doors and brought into use when required.
The music desk is in an openwork folkloric inspired design of stylised birds, foliage and flowers.
The brass candle holders also feature cut-out stylised bird motifs.
The front panel is flanked by two circular fretwork panels backed in fabric that act as a sound box...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Renaissance Style, Gebruder Knake Upright Piano Carved Oak High Relief
Located in Leeds, GB
Renaissance style, Gebruder Knake upright piano with an ornately carved, oak case. Entire cabinet carved with arabesque style, flowers and foliage in hi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Renaissance Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Arts and Crafts Ibach Grand Piano Mahogany Designed by Dutch Architect Cuypers
Located in Leeds, GB
A 1916, German Arts and Crafts, Ibach grand piano with a mahogany case and carved panel detail. The mahogany cabinet is polished so as to emphas...
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Pleyel Grand Piano Hand-Painted Berainesque Style Cabriole Leg Signed G. Meunier
Located in Leeds, GB
This 1893, Pleyel grand piano sits on ornately carved french walnut frame, carved with foliage and flowers. The piano has six carved, cabriole legs ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Musical Instruments
Materials
Walnut, Paint
Georg Fortner Upright Piano Mahogany High Relief Carvings by Julius Bechler
Located in Leeds, GB
Antique, Georg Fortner upright piano for sale with an ornately carved, mahogany case and ornate candlesticks. Entire cabinet features carved flowers, foliage, musical instruments and grotesque heads on each piano cheek.
This upright piano was made to order by the german piano manufacturer Georg Fortner in Munich. The extravagant cabinet carvings were created by the famous wood sculpter, Julius Bechler, who ordered the piano for his private home in the the town Achensee in Austria. Julius Bechler was an appointed wood artist for King Ludwig II...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
Arts and Crafts Style Lipp Grand Piano Inlaid Germanic Folklore Motifs
Located in Leeds, GB
Arts and Crafts style, Lipp grand piano for sale with a mahogany case inlaid with symbols and designs from Germanic folklore. Case features ornate brass hinges and slatted cross stretcher. The mahogany cabinet is polished in matt to emphasize the quality of the wood used. Cabinet features a simple geometric cross stretcher supporting the simple gate legs. The Arts and Crafts period championed the simplicity of form and the construction of the object. Here, the brass hinges are accentuated with two-tone brass and stamped geometric designs. Richard Lipp...
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
Rococo Style Steinway Centennial Concert Grand Carved Rosewood
Located in Leeds, GB
Rococo style, 1874, Steinway & Sons Centennial concert grand piano with a rosewood case, filigree music desk and ornately carved, reverse scroll legs. Piano is rebuilt.
The piano cheek features a carved, Classical meander and acanthus in high relief. The two-pedal piano lyre features carved inverted fish, c-scrolls and a central cartouche. The music desk in an openwork arabesque design and a central lyre motif. A sinuous wave pattern double moulding surrounds the cabinet base.
At the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, there were several manufacturer's competitions, including a piano competition. The Steinway company sent two grand pianos displaying their latest developments, demonstrating the firm's innovative and markedly improved piano quality. Their determined pursuit of quality was rewarded at the world exhibition with a gold medal. Steinway won the competition against several established, well-known American piano makers, including Chickering and Sons and Weber. This Steinway concert grand...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Rococo Musical Instruments
Materials
Rosewood
Empire Style Ibach Model 2 Grand Piano Mahogany Case Ormolu Mounts
Located in Leeds, GB
Empire style, 1901, Ibach model 2 grand piano with a mahogany case and gate legs. Entire cabinet decorated with ormolu mounts depicting classical scenes of gods, goddesses and wreaths. This piano is one of 12 unique instruments made as exhibition models...
Category
Early 20th Century German Empire Musical Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
German Late Renaissance Pfaffe Piano Carved Mock Roll Top Fall Barley Twist Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
German late Renaissance style, 1896, Julius Pfaffe upright piano for sale with a walnut case and burr walnut panels. Cabinet features a front openwork panel of turned spindles that acts as a sound box...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
English Gothic Style Ibach Upright Piano Carved Oak Traditional Folk Art Motifs
Located in Leeds, GB
English Gothic style, 1895, Ibach upright piano with a carved, oak case and ornate brass candlesticks and handles. Cabinet features traditional folk art motifs and carvings.
Pilasters carved with hearts and stylised trees. Piano cheeks feature a carved sun in a half hex and stylised bird in flight.
Front panel inlaid with folk elements including trinity tulips symbolising faith, hope and charity in a central urn with stylised foliage.
Piano legs are turned with carved spiraling detail .
Piano pedals feature a raised, ornate brass footplate in a curlicue design.
Repeating, carved barrel vaults...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century German Gothic Revival Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Rebuilt 1881 Steinway & Sons Model D Concert Grand Piano Burr Walnut
Located in Leeds, GB
Rebuilt, 1881, Steinway & Sons Model D concert grand piano with a burr walnut case, filigree music desk and fluted, barrel legs. The music desk is an ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Chippendale Style Schiedmayer Piano Oriental Scenes Embossed Japanning
Located in Leeds, GB
Chinese Chippendale style, 1899, Schiedmayer grand piano with a flame mahogany case and Malborough legs with applied fret carvings. Cabinet features oriental scenes in embossed Japan...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Chinese Chippendale Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Rococo Style Steinway Model B Grand Piano Hand-Painted Scenes Fete Galante
Located in Leeds, GB
Rococo Style, 1904, Steinway Model B grand piano.
Music desk is in a cut-out latticework design with a central lyre motif decorated with draping swag...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood, Paint
Richard Strauss Ibach Cherry Gate Leg Grand Piano by Emanuel Von Seidl
Located in Leeds, GB
Restored, 1907 Ibach Model 2 grand piano with a cherry case in a checkerboard design and inlaid, contrasting squares on the piano lid. Piano music desk is in an openwork dual criss-cross design. Piano has gate legs with four contrasting black spindles. Piano one of two designed for and offered to Richard Strauss by Ibach. Ibach made two pianos almost identical in this design except, the other #56279 had low, square piano cheeks. Richard Strauss chose that one as he intended the piano for his home where he hosted concerts and wanted his audience to be able to see his hands. This piano remained in the possession of Ibach and was used in exhibitions for promotional purposes. This piano was designed by Emanuel von Seidl, a German architect, interior designer and engineer. Between 1900 and 1918, Seidl was a successful villa architect and was known far beyond the borders of his hometown of Munich. Probably his most important private houses include that of Richard Strauss with its generously glazed bay window and view of the Alps, and the country estate Schloss Wolfsbrunn built for the mining entrepreneur Georg Wolf.
Category
Antique Early 1900s German Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
King Edward VII Royal Bluthner Piano Exhibited in Paris Exhibition 1900
Located in Leeds, GB
An 1899, Bluthner grand piano with a rosewood case, decorated with Art Nouveau and Empire style elements. It was showcased at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Piano bought by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in the Coronation year of 1902 to be situated in the ballroom of Malborough House. It was sold in 1936 to Major Maconochie in Bath. This piano is in great original condition having only had two previous owners. A rare opportunity to acquire a royal piano.
The piano cheek side panel is inlaid with an Art Nouveau design featuring a stylised female head surrounded by whiplash lines and foliage. Musical instruments sit centrally in the design. Columnar, Empire style gilt mounts stand each side of the inlay. Napoleonic emblems of stars, palmettes and foliage feature here. Symmetrical female heads with flowing tresses and floral...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Musical Instruments
Materials
Ormolu, Metal
Søren Jensen Maple Grand Piano Caryatid Legs Hand-Painted by Gudmund Hentze
Located in Leeds, GB
A 1918, Søren Jensen model D butterfly grand piano with a polished, maple case. The gilt music desk is in an openwork, scrolling design featuring flowers, shells amd swags. Piano sits on three square, tapered legs with bronze female nude, caryatids adorning the top. The piano lyre features gilted, carved detail of foliage and berries. The pedals are in a spiral design. Carved, gilt, filgree panels featuring shells, foliage and scrolls adorn the piano cheeks.
Cabinet features hand-painted ovals by Danish artist Gudmund Hentze.
Oval 1 - A fair haired maiden, vested in blue with a golden belt holds a dagger aloft.
Oval 2 - A man flees a crowd of gnomes with a barrow filled with gold, urged on by a seated woman.
Oval 3 - A nurse snoozes next to a cot as a baby is stolen
Oval 4 - A seated maiden offers a scarlet clad man a golden cup...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
