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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 251104, member: 37"]It is big enough to have been made from a piano since some of the earlier ones were this small. If so, someone has done a very nice job with the conversion. Here is a similar piano as originally made. Would think this dates to the 1830s or so. By the 1850s, they began to get larger and heavier with more stout legs. By the 1860s, you began to see scroll legs rather than turned style legs. </p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjZ-8vgtcvUAhWhyoMKHSn7AIQQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shafferpianos.com%2Fsquares%2F&psig=AFQjCNH8cd3B-j7YPDcZ2rQ77qyKOI1rgw&ust=1498013613771798" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjZ-8vgtcvUAhWhyoMKHSn7AIQQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shafferpianos.com%2Fsquares%2F&psig=AFQjCNH8cd3B-j7YPDcZ2rQ77qyKOI1rgw&ust=1498013613771798" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.shafferpianos.com/squares/firth-hall-square.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a similar desk conversion from a later piano.....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiexISsuMvUAhVs4oMKHbgABI0QjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F152981718569048749%2F&psig=AFQjCNE8JGQ3XA_wCWLtKiXIxrFwHF2k-A&ust=1498014144096905" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiexISsuMvUAhVs4oMKHbgABI0QjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F152981718569048749%2F&psig=AFQjCNE8JGQ3XA_wCWLtKiXIxrFwHF2k-A&ust=1498014144096905" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/5a/69/d5/5a69d5312d7748af3ba7541c4ab91d85.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 251104, member: 37"]It is big enough to have been made from a piano since some of the earlier ones were this small. If so, someone has done a very nice job with the conversion. Here is a similar piano as originally made. Would think this dates to the 1830s or so. By the 1850s, they began to get larger and heavier with more stout legs. By the 1860s, you began to see scroll legs rather than turned style legs. [URL='https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjZ-8vgtcvUAhWhyoMKHSn7AIQQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shafferpianos.com%2Fsquares%2F&psig=AFQjCNH8cd3B-j7YPDcZ2rQ77qyKOI1rgw&ust=1498013613771798'][IMG]http://www.shafferpianos.com/squares/firth-hall-square.JPG[/IMG][/URL] Here is a similar desk conversion from a later piano..... [URL='https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiexISsuMvUAhVs4oMKHbgABI0QjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F152981718569048749%2F&psig=AFQjCNE8JGQ3XA_wCWLtKiXIxrFwHF2k-A&ust=1498014144096905'][IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/5a/69/d5/5a69d5312d7748af3ba7541c4ab91d85.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/QUOTE]
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