THE PERIOD PIANO CENTER

A California Non-Profit Corporation

Period Piano Center    email contact

Bill Shull, RPT, M.Mus.  Founder and Director

25041 Redlands Blvd., Loma Linda, CA  92354   909 796-4226   www.periodpianos.org

 (not affiliated with the excellent for-profit Period Piano Company in England - www.periodpianos.com)

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Pianos in the Collection

Chickering Pianos

Chickering 8'4 30036 plan view 2 opt1867 Chickering Flat-Strung 8’4” Concert Grand, scale 33, #30036

Chickering 110B #1872 Plan View Top1880s (undated) Chickering 110B 7’6” Grand case number 1782

1880s Chickering 6-5 (2) opt1887 Chickering 93 6’5” #73240

Steinway Pianos

P1000044

1867 46” Double-Iron Upright #15225

Steinway 20905 plan view back

1869 56” Double Iron Upright #20905

P1020283

1870 7’2” Style 2 Grand #24681

 
P1250538
1878 48” Upright #40731

Steinway Square #1868

1860 Square #1868

Steinway square 30648 plan view

1875 Square #30846

IMG_6113

1878 Square #38043

Erard Pianos

Erard 4687 opt1816 48.5” Erard Paris vertical  #4687

Erard 1844 touched up1842 8’ Erard Paris grand #16234

Erard Grand 16515 7' opt 1843 8’ Erard Paris grand

 Erard 11541 8' opt1879 7’1” Erard London grand #16515 ca.1879

Erard Vert 37885 opt1866 Erard Vertical #37885 

Promberger 1103 comprca. 1870 Promberger 6’6” Viennese grand #1103

Artifacts

1875 8’9” Steinway Centennial #35349 back action (first generation sostenuto mounted on belly), other action sample parts, donated by Jude Reveley of Billerica, MA

1862 early scale Steinway grand soundboard, donated by rebuilder Mark Phillips of Pennsylvania

1887 8’10” Steinway “D” # soundboard, bridge caps and pinblock.  Seen are elements of the original 1884 Theodore Steinway “D” design prior to the 1892 re-design by Henry Ziegler, including angled unison terminations in the mid-treble, and a larger bass cut-off bar than that of later “Ds”, donated by Dale Fox of North Highlands, CA

1878 7’2” Steinway Style 2 #38497 pinblock, traditional stretcher type, donated by Bill Shull

Erard Specialist Gwendolyn Mok at WESTPAC 2011

Dr. Gwendolyn Mok, leading specialist on the Erard and of Ravel’s piano music, and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at San Jose State University, gave an informal lecture/performance with her 1875 Erard  concert grand early in March 2011.  Many Piano Technicians Guild members heard an Erard for the first time. The Erard piano is characterized by a faster decay than the modern piano, while delivering power and color in all registers.  

Dr. Mok’s recording of the complete solo piano music of Maurice Ravel (who preferred the Erard for his piano works) was available at the conference, and is also for sale on this site.  The price is $19.95 plus CA sales tax..  Contact us at contact@periodpianos.org for more information.

 

 

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