Pianos in the Collection
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Most pianos are acquisitions, a few are loans
Below is a Near-Complete List of the Period Piano Collection:
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Clementi Square Piano, Ca. 1829
Steinway “Parlor Grand” Style A, 6’ 1886
Chickering 7’8” scale 19 “Semi-Grand,” #33485
Mason and Hamlin Early “A” 6’3” Screwstringer Grands #9509 and 9688
Erard 8’6” 90 note Concert Grand ca. 1900
Bluthner 6’ Grand ca. 1908
1858 Chickering Concert Grand #20961
![20961 compr 20961 compr](../assets/images/autogen/20961-compr_1.jpg)
Th. Steinweg Nachfolger Grand #1644
![Th Steinway Nachfolger Grand 1644 1 Th Steinway Nachfolger Grand 1644 1](../assets/images/autogen/Th-Steinway-Nachfolger-Grand-1644-1.jpg)
Broadwood 7’10” Short Drawing Room Grand #11505
![Broadwood Short D R Grand Hwd Broadwood Short D R Grand Hwd](../assets/images/autogen/Broadwood-Short-D-R-Grand-Hwd.jpg)
Mathushek Orchestral Square #10886
![IMG_9206 IMG_9206](../assets/images/autogen/IMG_9206.jpg)
Schweighofer 8’ Rosewood #2029
Erard 8’ London Grand Rosewood #9760
John Tallmann Square ca. 1830
![IMG_6830 IMG_6830](../assets/images/autogen/IMG_6830_1.jpg)
Chickering 141 Concert Grand #15451- former piano of the LA Philharmonic
Chickering 67 Vertical ca. 1885
J&C Fischer Cabinet Grand, ca. 1875
Nunns and Clark Square ca. 1835
Goulding, Phipps and d’Almaine Square ca. 1796
V. LLinares Barrel Piano, Barcelona, c. 1900
Chickering “Cocked Hat” Grand 7’, Rosewood, 1858
![Chickering 22199 Cocked Hat or Diagonal Grand Chickering 22199 Cocked Hat or Diagonal Grand](../assets/images/autogen/Chickering-22199-Cocked-Hat-or-Diagonal-Grand.jpg)
Steinway “C” Grand 7’4” 53804, Rosewood 1885
Steinway “G” Vertical 57” 42279 3/4 plate, Rosewood
Steinway “M” Vertical 57” 61354 Full plate, Rosewood
Broadwood 7’1” Boudoir Grand, Rosewood
Broadwood 46” Vertical 16912, Rosewood
Knabe 6’ Grand #39056 Oak
![IMG_2740 IMG_2740](../assets/images/IMG_2740.jpg)
Wing and Son Vertical, 5 pedals
1858 Steinway 8’ Concert Grand #1396, flat-strung, one of the earliest “fancy” grands.
![IMG_4748 brighter COMPR IMG_4748 brighter COMPR](../assets/images/IMG_4748_brighter_COMPR.jpg)
6 octave Broadwood Grand built in 1811. Exhibited in Redlands, CA
![Broadwood Grand 1811 1 Broadwood Grand 1811 1](../assets/images/autogen/Broadwood-Grand-1811-1.jpg)
Broadwood Square Exhibited in Redlands, CA
![Broadwood Square 8 Broadwood Square 8](../assets/images/autogen/Broadwood-Square-8_1.jpg)
Chickering 8’4” Scale 33B Concert Grand, built in 1875, flatstrung, This piano was used in the November 13, 2016 Gottschalk concert with Frank Franch
Giovanni Schmid Grand #404, ca. 1850 Exhibited in Redlands, CA
![P1330123b P1330123b](../assets/images/autogen/a_P1330123b.jpg)
Mason and Hamlin 7’5” “Style “B” “screw stringer” Grand #8940 - 1895.
![Mason and Hamlin Style B 7'4 Mason and Hamlin Style B 7'4](../assets/images/autogen/Mason-and-Hamlin-Style-B-7-4.jpg)
1858 Hallet and Cumston Cocked Hat Grand #6742
![Hallet and Cumstom 6742 compr web Hallet and Cumstom 6742 compr web](../assets/images/autogen/Hallet-and-Cumstom-6742-compr-web.jpg)
1871 Bosendorfer Concert Grand #6908 flatstrung,
![Bosendorfer 12228 Bosendorfer 12228](../assets/images/autogen/Bosendorfer-12228.jpg) ![Bosendorfer 609 web Bosendorfer 609 web](../assets/images/Bosendorfer_609_web.jpg)
1881 Bosendorfer Concert Grand #9777 overstrung
![Bosendorfer Sac State Bosendorfer Sac State](../assets/images/autogen/a_Bosendorfer_Sac_State.jpg)
1859 8’2” Chickering Concert Grand #22163, flatstrung
![Chickering Spring Lake Village 1 cn 1684 (2) Chickering Spring Lake Village 1 cn 1684 (2)](../assets/images/autogen/Chickering-Spring-Lake-Village-1-cn-1684--2-.jpg)
1867 Chickering 8’4” Concert Grand #30036
![Chickering 8'4 30036 plan view 2 opt Chickering 8'4 30036 plan view 2 opt](../assets/images/autogen/Chickering-8-4-30036-plan-view-2-opt.jpg)
1847 Chickering Square Grand case #8141
![Chickering square 8141 pan view Chickering square 8141 pan view](../assets/images/autogen/Chickering-square-8141-pan-view.jpg)
1880s (undated) Chickering 110B 7’6” Grand case number #1782 (loaned)
![Chickering 110B #1872 Plan View Top cropped brighter web Chickering 110B #1872 Plan View Top cropped brighter web](../assets/images/autogen/Chickering-110B--1872-Plan-View-Top-cropped-brighter-web.jpg)
1887 Chickering 106 6’4” #73240
![Chickering 106 3 compr Chickering 106 3 compr](../assets/images/autogen/Chickering-106-3-compr.jpg)
Chickering 109C 6’4” #78875
![P1320140b P1320140b](../assets/images/autogen/a_P1320140b.jpg)
1868 Steinway 8’6” Rosewood Concert Grand #16681
1871 Steinway 7’2” “Style 2” Rosewood Grand #24681
![Steinway 24681 compr Steinway 24681 compr](../assets/images/autogen/Steinway-24681-compr.jpg)
1870 Steinway 7’2” Rosewood Grand #20500
![Hollywood compr Sty 20500 Hollywood compr Sty 20500](../assets/images/autogen/Hollywood-compr-Sty-20500.jpg)
1867 Steinway 48” Style 1 Double-Iron Upright #15225
![P1000044 P1000044](../assets/images/autogen/P1000044.jpg)
1871 Steinway 52” “Style 3 2” Double Iron Upright #20905
![Steinway 20905 plan view back Steinway 20905 plan view back](../assets/images/autogen/Steinway-20905-plan-view-back_1.jpg)
1879 Steinway “E” 48” Rosewood Upright #40731
1881 Steinway “F” Ebonized #47263 Early Full Plate Vertical
![Steinway 47263 Chaussee Hollywood5 compr Steinway 47263 Chaussee Hollywood5 compr](../assets/images/autogen/Steinway-47263-Chaussee-Hollywood5-compr.jpg)
1865 Th. Steinweg Braunschweig Vertical #645
![Steinweg vertical 645 front plan view compr 1 Steinweg vertical 645 front plan view compr 1](../assets/images/autogen/Steinweg-vertical-645-front-plan-view-compr-1.jpg)
ca. 1857 Steinway Square #1301, 6 3/4 oct.
![Steinway 1301 Lorenzo Lacovera compr Steinway 1301 Lorenzo Lacovera compr](../assets/images/autogen/a_Steinway_1301_Lorenzo_Lacovera_compr.jpg)
1875 Steinway Square #30846, 7 oct.
![Steinway square 30648 plan view Steinway square 30648 plan view](../assets/images/autogen/Steinway-square-30648-plan-view.jpg)
1878 Steinway Square #38043, 7 1/3 oct. with duplex and sostenuto
![IMG_6113 IMG_6113](../assets/images/autogen/IMG_6113.jpg)
1880 Steinway Square 42972 similar to 38043 above (no picture)
1856 48.5” Erard Paris vertical #4687
![Erard 4687 opt Erard 4687 opt](../assets/images/autogen/Erard-4687-opt.jpg)
1866 46” Erard Vertical #37885
![Erard Vert 37885 opt Erard Vert 37885 opt](../assets/images/autogen/Erard-Vert-37885-opt.jpg)
1879 7’1” Erard London grand #16515
![Erard Grand 16515 7' opt Erard Grand 16515 7' opt](../assets/images/autogen/a_Erard_Grand_16515_7__opt.jpg)
1844 8’ Erard Paris grand #16234
![Erard 1844 touched up Erard 1844 touched up](../assets/images/autogen/a_Erard_1844_touched_up.jpg)
1843 8’ Erard Paris Grand #15908
(See The Erard Project - with VP David Rubenstein )
![Nameboard Erard 8' 15908 Nameboard Erard 8' 15908](../assets/images/autogen/Nameboard-Erard-8--15908_1.jpg)
1869 8’ Erard London grand #11541
![Erard Gonzalez 3 Erard Gonzalez 3](../assets/images/autogen/a_Erard_Gonzalez_3.jpg) ![Erard Gonzalez Leg best Erard Gonzalez Leg best](../assets/images/autogen/a_Erard_Gonzalez_Leg_best.jpg)
1911 Erard 7’ Paris Grand #100377
![CAM00986-1 CAM00986-1](../assets/images/autogen/a_CAM00986-1.jpg)
ca. 1870 Promberger 6’6” Viennese grand #1103
![Promberger 1103 compr Promberger 1103 compr](../assets/images/autogen/Promberger-1103-compr.jpg)
ca. 1880 Roenisch Vertical #9722
![Ronisch Vertical 9722 Ronisch Vertical 9722](../assets/images/autogen/Ronisch-Vertical-9722.jpg)
ca. 1875 Bluthner flatstrung Vertical #9291 - flatstrung with shifting una corda
![zpfile000 zpfile000](../assets/images/autogen/zpfile000.jpg)
ca. 1875 Collard and Collard flatstrung Vertical with shifting una corda
![Collard and Collard Vertical Trichord compr Collard and Collard Vertical Trichord compr](../assets/images/autogen/a_Collard_and_Collard_Vertical_Trichord_compr.jpg)
Collard and Collard 7’ Grand case 5240
![Collard and Collard Toms Hollywood compr thumb Collard and Collard Toms Hollywood compr thumb](../assets/images/autogen/Collard-and-Collard-Toms-Hollywood-compr-thumb.jpg)
ca. 1850 Wilkins and Newhall Square Grand #1210
![Wilkins and Newhall opt Wilkins and Newhall opt](../assets/images/autogen/Wilkins-and-Newhall-opt.jpg)
Hallet Davis and Co. 7’4” Grand #38241
![Front_MG_7189compr Front_MG_7189compr](../assets/images/autogen/a_Front_MG_7189compr.jpg)
ca. 1825 Dubois and Stodart Square Grand #218
![Dubois and Stodart 218 opt thumb Dubois and Stodart 218 opt thumb](../assets/images/autogen/Dubois-and-Stodart-218-opt-thumb.jpg)
1890 Mason and Hamlin Screwstringer Vertical Style 5 #2196
![IMG_0186 IMG_0186](../assets/images/autogen/a_IMG_0186.jpg)
1890 D.H. Baldwin Vertical #76
![DH Baldwin #76 side compr 2 DH Baldwin #76 side compr 2](../assets/images/autogen/DH-Baldwin--76-side-compr-2.jpg)
1892 Valley Gem #2920 Vertical
![Valley Gem Vertical 2920 compr Valley Gem Vertical 2920 compr](../assets/images/autogen/Valley-Gem-Vertical-2920-compr.jpg)
Heintzmann #27374 Transposing Vertical
![Heintzmann Vertical 27374 Transposing Index Heintzmann Vertical 27374 Transposing Index](../assets/images/autogen/Heintzmann-Vertical-27374-Transposing-Index.jpg)
Sprecher and Butte Vertical
![Sprecher and Butte Vertical web Sprecher and Butte Vertical web](../assets/images/autogen/Sprecher-and-Butte-Vertical-web.jpg)
Foster and Co. Vertical #30350
![Foster vertical 30350 compr Foster vertical 30350 compr](../assets/images/autogen/a_Foster_vertical_30350_compr.jpg)
J&C Fischer bichord Vertical
![JC Fischer Vertical 1 compr JC Fischer Vertical 1 compr](../assets/images/autogen/JC-Fischer-Vertical-1-compr.jpg)
Steinway Square #29672 (No Picture)
J&J Hopkinson Vertical
![Hopkinson 2 Hopkinson 2](../assets/images/autogen/a_Hopkinson_2.jpg)
T. Gilbert Square #1591
![IMG_5398 IMG_5398](../assets/images/autogen/IMG_5398.jpg)
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 only. 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 only, traditional stretcher type, donated by Bill Shull
1884 Steinway “D” #52473 original front duplex coverings (buckskin) and other artifacts from this very early first generation Steinway “D”. Donated by Richard Blais and Craig Hair of Hampshire Piano, Holyoke, MA
Hard Cover Piano Catalog and Piano Construction Catalog with color lithographs by Wing and Son Piano
Chickering 1880s Vertical Piano Iron Action Artifacts, donated by Richard Blais and Craig Hair of Hampshire Piano, Holyoke, MA
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