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Piano with 78 keys made in Austria at Conde-Charlotte Museum. Mobile, AL. | Giraffe piano (c1839) by Joseph Anton Knam of Vienna at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria. | Kuhn "Giraffe" piano (1860-80) by Kuhn Piano Co. (Baltimore, MD) earliest upright or vertical piano in America at Sag Harbor Whaling Museum. Sag Harbor, NY. | Piano harp in library at Hammond Castle Museum. Gloucester, MA. |
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Pyramid piano (c1810) by Wachtl & Bleyer of Vienna at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany. | Lyre piano (c1860) by Benedictus Schleip of Berlin at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany. | Upright piano with unusual height & shape (c1750-70) from Germany at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany. | Manxman Pianoforte (1897) by Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott of England at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL. |
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Upright piano (1900) carved by François-Rupert Carabin for Henri Hertz manufacturer (shown Paris Expo 1900) at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France. | End detail of upright piano (1900) carved by François-Rupert Carabin for Henri Hertz manufacturer (shown Paris Expo 1900) at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France. | Cycloid piano by Lindeman & Sons of New York at Vaile Mansion. Independence, MO. | Piano case made of tree roots by Antonio Meucci at his house, now Garibaldi-Meucci Museum. Staten Island, NY. |
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French Empire mahogany ormolu-mounted inlaid piano (c1820) by Beckers in Music Room at The Breakers. Newport, RI. | Willowwood piano (1910) painted by Phoebe Anna Traquair on Steinway case designed by Robert Lorimer at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Piano commissioned by President Theodore Roosevelt (1903) by Steinway & Sons with case by R.H. Hunt & J.H. Hunt plus lid painting by Thomas Wilmer Dewing at Smithsonian American Art Museum. Washington, DC. |
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