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17-02-2012, 10:58
An Early upright piano made by Erard Paris serial number 13725 finished in March of 1836. Originally sold April of 1836 and delivered to Rue du Faubourg Poissonniere. Piano was traded back in late 1845 or early 1846 and resold in January of 1846 to a Mme Dreyfus.  Charlotte Alexandre-Dreyfus was a piano teacher, and organist in Paris known as one of the celebrities of the music salons of Paris during this time! She is listed (Paris Library 1863) as a known musician... For more photos and info see Full Story. 15-02-2012, 17:35
Martin Freres à Toulouse Upright Piano Exposition - Year 1835 Exposition des produits des Beaux-Arts et de l’Industrie de Toulouse de 1835  Martin Freres à Toulouse upright pianoforte style Charles X. Interesting case made of Rosewood having inlaid palmette motifs in fruits wood. "Niche de Chien" form having pedal on the right and left sides of the hole... For more photos and info see Full Story. 2-02-2012, 10:13
Igance Pleyel Grand serial number 5884 - Year 1837  Igance Pleyel concert Grand piano (GP=Grand Patron) having a length of 230 cm Long. Made in Paris in the year 1837. Case is in mahogany with keys of 6 ocatves and four notes C to F in ivory and ebony.! Française : Igance Pleyel Piano à queue grand patron, longeur 230 cm. Fabriqué à Paris en 1837. Caisse en Acajou, clavier de 6 octaves et une quarte (do-fa) Chopin Period! For more photos and info see Full Story. 3-01-2012, 03:42
Chopin's Iconic Piano: A Historic Family Feud in Majorca
 This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global-news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was originally published in Süddeutsche Zeitung. The news from the courthouse in Palma comes as a tough blow for Frédéric Chopin fans who paid good money to see what was supposed to be the piano and living space used by the legendary composer during his late-in-life sojourn on the Spanish island of Majorca. For a century, the Ferrá-Capllonch family, which owns Cell No. 2 in the former Carthusian monastery in Valldemossa, lured tourists to where they claimed Chopin had lived with his mistress, George Sand, and her children. The site also features the piano on which he supposedly completed his 24 Preludes, Op. 28. As it turns out, they were wrong — about both the living quarters and the famous piano. Based on extensive research, the jurists were able to show conclusively that the instrument in Cell No. 2 was built after Chopin's 1849 death, and that the composer had in fact occupied another cell — one that's owned by a family with the surname Quetglas. The court awarded the Quetglas family exclusive marketing rights, cutting the Ferrá-Capllonch family completely out of the Chopin legacy. What's more, the Ferrá-Capllonch family must now publicly announce that their piano is not the real thing. The piano had attracted approximately 300,000 tourists per year to Valldemossa, where visitors paid for tickets based on the idea they were buying a bit of proximity to the life and work of a man who is one of music's all-time greats. (See the 50 best websites of 2011.) Chopin arrived in Majorca on Nov. 15, 1838, accompanied by his mistress, the French writer Amantine Dupin, or Baroness Dudevant (1804-76), who used the pseudonym George Sand. At the time, Majorca was considered a remote location. Valldemossa was even more off the beaten path — a dark village in the picturesque Tramontane mountain range, an ideal place for a celebrated musician to get well away from it all. Sand wrote a book about the sojourn, Winter in Majorca, which was to become as much a part of her legend as it is of Chopin's.... For more info and complete Article see Full Story. 29-12-2011, 07:28
Ibach Concert Grand Piano - Circa 1912  A beautiful Black gloss cased concert grand piano made by Ibach in the years circa 1912. Case is in a brilliant black case having 88 notes and a length of 243 cm long. This is the famous Richard Wagner model!! Excellent condition and sound. For more photos and info see Full Story.
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