My Favorite : Unique Art-Cased Pianos

I've got those pics from Mark Goodwin Pianos' Picasa Web Albums and Best Brode Pianos. Both of the site had cool pics of unique pianos. I love it! Well, I can't say anything for more, they are TOO FABULOUS! Most of them are old pianos, but have been restored and tuned. Just like the time machine, I am brought to the past. Where the pianos were looking good and perfect. Some of them might look.. umh.. weirdoo, but might be so glamorous and precious. When I found the gothic art-cased one, it was.. a bit scary for me. Just like a piano which Count Dracula used to play in his castle. Rawrrr! But at least, they are great. Wish I could own one.

Allison Upright with Bronze Mountings

Besbrode art-cased upright, it looks modern :)

Double-curved Carl Ecke baby grand piano. I dunno why it looks weirdoo..

Debain et Cie upright piano. It looks so glamorous. It would be shiny and luxurious, should be put in a 70's or 80's ballroom. I am interested in this piano by the design and it has candlesticks on body. Yay! Blinkie, is it gold? Because it looks goldie!

The candlesticks. Imagining this piano and its glorious moment in the past. Someone must have played this in the midnight, and lighted the candles. A bit spooky, but sounded romantic.

  Manufactured in Paris. Yeah, Paris.. Probably, that's why this piano was made beautifully. As I've known that Paris has been famous for its arts.

Dulcitone instrument, looks frail...

Gebruder Knake, rosewood case. Decorated with brass, pewter, and mother of pearl. Expert design, artistic. But it has only one big pedal.

Joseph Streicher, oyster mahogany and satin finish. This piano has two-piece bone keyboard, unlike the others or the one we own at home.

Two-piece bone, cool! But again, it looks weirdoo. The keys look rustic.

Knake lift-tail grand piano. Phew, looked.. I dunno, am I stupid? Looked very unusual, I wouldn't get used to playing this piano.. I guess..

Pleyel grand piano, hand-painted case. Signed by Georges Meunier.

Rippen upright, walnut body. Asymmetric-cased, looks unusual. Unique! Let's see the instrument inside :

Hmm.. the instrument board follows the shape of the case. But in this section, the board seems proportional with the case, unlike the outer-face.

This is it, the piano that I've told you before. It looks frightening, reminds me of Count Dracula. Rare Gothic designed, great piano for the old-cathedral or spooky mansion.

Steinway & Sons grand piano. Rosewood case, hand-painted.