Featured Sqaure grand piano Help with date and value

Hello All, Just sharing another inherited piece from my wife side of the family, Love to hear your thoughts and comments on date and value. Thinking it might be early1900's. Thanks M77

 

pianos are the strangest things. that piano could cost you at least 30k$ restored retail or you can get it for free if you will go get it.

 

The finish is a bit tattered, but overall its in decent condition. I had inherited another standard grand piano some thirty years ago that was built in the 1940's and sold it to a piano dealer for 9k. I'm sure he double his money thinking back. I was a (kid) in my thirty's and didn't play or have a place for it.

 

alot of fingers have tickled those ivories.

 

I'm sure they did, you wouldn't want to tickle those keys now. I bet it's been 50 years since being tuned.

 

So beautiful! Mid-19th century would be my guess.....1860 or so. Rosewood.

We have one, an upright from 1892, almost as pretty as yours. Sadly, it's now one of the world's biggest paperweights. We don't play it, but it was a wedding gift for a great grandmother, so it's still in the house. At this point, if we wanted to get rid of it, we'd have to pay someone to take it. There is virtually no demand for pianos, and an overabundant supply.

But yours is just so.....gorgeous. Yes, it takes up so much space and is heavy as hell. I know. But is there any way to hang on to it? That level of craftsmanship and use of beautiful wood and wonderful carving.....it will never come back again.

 

Thank you Ghopper, your right about the paper weight LOL. Yes we are keeping it, it's a great conversion piece. It took 5 grown men to move it here. It's a sentimental piece for my wife and we have a Great Room so it really doesn't fill the room.

 

Good deal.

 

Does it convert into a baby grand, she asks innocently.

 

JMHO.
first thing finding the serial no. in the guts of the beast. there are more than enough infos available on the net to have an approximate age.
or you appraise it online as the piano Keith Emerson used when playing "America" with the Nice.

 

Agree with a circa 1860 date. There are pianos and then there are PIANOS. This looks the same or very similar....

http://www.antiques.com/classified/...Antique-Emerson-Square-Grand-Piano-circa-1867

 

I meant to say "conversation" piece, that's what happens don't read what you've written.

 

I'll tried to look for serial #, Thank you all your comments

 

Love too these glass balls in the talons feet!

 

As near as I can tell this is the stool that came with the piano. I did see another Square grand piano w/ same exact stool. Yeah it's pretty cool!

 

Hi,
They used the glass balls on the piano seats to keep the carpet from getting rusty spots. Wasn't much AC then.
greg

 

I found the serial number #27585 and did a web search which up turned up the following. Thanks everybody for your comments!
Age: 139 years
Manufactured:between 1875 - 1880
Made in:United States
Founded: United States, Boston 1849

 

All the more reason to keep it.....