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Baldwin M Grand #99287 (1942)
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A very unusual design with four string unisons in the two topmost sections. Unlike the sympathetically vibrating fourth string in the Bluthner the fourth string is actually struck by the hammer. This produces a noticeably louder… |
Bluthner Grand #33206
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This Bluthner Grand has the well known sympathetic strings. They are meant to improve the tone quality in the upper registers by adding a fourth string to the normal three string unisons. The fourth string is not struck by the hammers but… |
Chickering Cocked Hat Grand #15435
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For a few years Chickering and others made the "Cocked Hat" pianos. So named because when they were lined up in the factory on their sides awaiting shipment, they had the appearance of a hat cocked back on someone's head. There are… |
Chickering Model 131 Concert Grand #15058 (1924)
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Frederick Zangenberg Grand
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One of the many names made in the Steinert factory in Leominster, MA. Details to follow. |
Gilbert (Timothy) Cocked Hat Grand #7497 (1869)
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The Gilbert Cocked Hat is very much like the Chickering only a little more heavy duty. Some of the design features are reminiscent of pianos made in the Hallet Davis factory. Notably the rounded fronts of the ivory and sharps and the detail… | |
Guild Cocked Hat Grand #4143
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The Guild version of the cocked hat piano differs from the Chickering in that it has three distinctly different legs, rounded fronts on the sharps and a different layout for the beams. Like the Chickering it has two string unisons… |
Henry Miller Concert Grand
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Henry Miller started out in the factories of the earliest makers but ended running one of the largest factories in the Boston area. |
Hume 6'11" #10480 (1906)
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Again Hume has copied a Steinway model. In this case the model B at 6'11" was copied almost exactly with the exception of casting in instead of bolting in the diagonal brace in the plate. The action is Wessel, Nickel & Gross. A nice flamed… |