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Posted 6 years ago
yougottaha…
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Sign isn't in the best of shape. Thin Tin
Made by a.w.bogart 24 Place N.Y. Day sold and rented music Stuff as well as teach Got the sign at an on-site auction at a N.H. Antique house had an addition added just for a Grand Piano. Beautiful view looking at the White mountains.
Measures 14 by 10"
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Brunwick and Anything here is the piano sign. I beleive the piano in the room was a Chickering???
THANKS, YGHS!! :-)
That's a depiction of what's called a "square grand" style of piano. (which indeed CHICKERING made, along with others) That sort of piano was popular in the late 1800's more because of its size (as furniture) than anything else, being easier to fit into the typical music room or parlor of the day than a conventional grand piano. Many, in fact, served much more as "furniture" than as a "musical instrument" whether intended by their makers or not -- it turns out their often lovely cabinets also happen to be a generally *REALLY BAD* shape/size* to try to squeeze a working piano into...
While they did manage to do it, such instruments usually had shorter keyboards (read: fewer total playable notes) and much more complex thus less durable/reliable actions (read: all the tiny little mechanical parts between the keys and the strings inside) that also tended to make them very difficult to properly 'tune', so they truly were mostly unsatisfactory as musical instruments no matter how pretty they were -- people that actually wanted a piano to *make music with* still bought either conventional grand or "upright" styles, depending on their available floorspace. (or funds?)
Thanks for the info!!! Now that you pointed out about the Chickering!!! The piano that was in the addition was very large and looked like a Grand piano. Like I said the view while whoever played it was beautiful..