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Brown & Simpson Upright #4204
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Long before O.J. became infamous, the names of Brown and Simpson came together to build pianos in Worcester, MA. Like many other very small companies at the time, they made a much smaller number of pianos than the big guys, but the quality… |
C.C.Briggs Upright
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Some older 85 note pianos went from C to C rather than the more conventional A to A. There are a number of pianos with this scale in the collection including the Chickering cocked hats and the Marshall & Wendall upright. |
Chickering Upright #49037
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Most upright action are separate from the keys. Here the action and keys are removed as a unit as in a grand while the dampers remain in the piano (also like a grand). The hammers are very small but the tone quality is excellent. Many… |
Chickering Upright #55377
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Like Chickering upright #49037, this action is attached to the keys and keyframe so that they slide out together. But in this one the dampers come with the action. |
Chickering Upright #64604 (1884)
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Chickering created this all metal action upright. Like some of the others the action and keys are removed as a unit. In this case thugh the action is so heavy it requires two people to lift it. |
Chickering Upright 24575
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This piano is the twin to the one in the Ford Theater when President Lincoln was shot. The strings pass through agraffes that are cast directly into the plate. |
Coops Upright
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Another very small company, Coops was for a time made in Boston but later moved to California. I have never seen a more heavy duty construction than a Coops and that includes Chickering and Ivers & Pond, who seemed to have no limit to the… |
Daniel Chandler Hewitt Upright
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This piano is old enough to predate a cast iron plate. The keyboard is constructed with a curved pattern in an ergonomically improved layout. The keys are longer than the average keys. |
Daniel Maling White Screwstringer Upright
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This tuning system works by means of a tuning pin with a machine thread that is threaded into the plate. Each pin has a turned recess that accepts a forked lever, the other end of which holds the piano wire. When the tuning pin is turned it… |