Fully restored French-polished Bechstein model B in Rosewood
A nice example of a French-polished Bechstein model B which has undergone a full restoration including re-finished soundboard, re-gilded frame, re-stringing and complete action restoration, as well as a full re-polishing by Antiques & Piano restorations.
This instrument is available for inspection her by appointment at an asking price of only £11,950.
Bechstein Lilliput Model L Grand Piano s/n 128743 in Mahogany
We have been asked to sell this delightful Bechstein model L Grand by its present owner, who has had to move to smaller premises and now finds she has insufficient room to house this lovely instrument, which, as the photos show, is in immaculate condition. We are able to offer this instrument for a remarkably reasonable price of £9,950 which includes delivery to its new home. The piano itself is in virtually perfect condition having been comprehensively restored when its present owner acquired it a few years ago, since which it has not been heavily used. The piano is presently in Babington, Cheshire, and well worth a visit to view, by prior appointment
Görs & Kallmann 5 ft.2 in. baby grand
This is a stunning baby grand from Görs & Kallmann, one of the most respected of German makers, which has been restored to immaculate condition with perfect original ivory keys. For a piano of this comparatively small size, the instrument has a stunningly powerful tone and represents an excellent investment at only £9,750 including ground-floor delivery and a rise-and-fall concert piano stool
This instrument carries the serial number 58452 which suggests it was made around 1917. The restoration of this instrument has involved a full re-polishing of the case, soundboard, frame and action and the instrument has been re-strung with the finest German piano-wire, with new German hammers giving an amazingly bright and powerful tone with a remarkably full bass.
Ask a Question • Tell-a-FriendWendl & Lung 178 cm. Grand Piano
We have been greatly impressed both by the build quality and the amazing tonal characteristics of this remarkable new grand piano from Wendl & Lung, the Viennese piano-maker with almost a hundred-year pedigree of piano design and manufacture.
At only £8,250 (including a matching rise-and-fall stool and delivery), this is an instrument of a quality not even remotely matched by other instruments in this price-range.
Wendl & Lung pianos are made in a state-of-the art factory in Ningbo, China, and regulated and tone by skilled Viennese technicians and offer an impressive combination of power, even tone throughout the compass and a satisfying and responsive action. They are gaining growing acceptance by concert pianists, teachers and students alike.
Technical data:
• Massive fir soundboard, embedded and precisely glued, provding a robust and durable construction with a full-balanced and rich sound.
• Climate-proof multi-laminated pinblock in combination with a high-tech CNC-produced iron frame assures excellent tuning stability.
• The well-balanced Wendl & Lung grand action facilitates responsive performances by both beginners and professionals.
• No plastic parts are used in the action.
• All keys are multi-laminated no less than 17 times, making them very robust, even in dramaticaly changing climatatic conditions.
• Soft-drop fall (key-cover) assures safe handling by children and fits in perfectly with the rest of the high quality cabinet.
• The large grand piano wheels and the robust pedal / lyre construction underline the extraordinary qualities of this instrument.
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Wendl & Lung 161 cm Grand Piano
The 161 cm Wendl & Lung is similar to the 178 cm instrument featured above but with a shorter overall length of just over 5’ 3”. In spite of its restricted size, this piano manages to produce a very full sound and retains much of the bass tonal characteristics of its larger brother.
At only £6,950 (including a matching rise-and-fall stool and delivery), this is an piano which stands comparison with rivals at double the price.
Wendl & Lung pianos are made in a state-of-the art factory in Ningbo, China, and regulated and tone by skilled Viennese technicians and offer an impressive combination of power, even tone throughout the compass and a satisfying and responsive action. They are gaining growing acceptance by concert pianists, teachers and students alike.
Technical data:
• Massive fir soundboard, embedded and precisely glued, provding a robust and durable construction with a full-balanced and rich sound.
• Climate-proof multi-laminated pinblock in combination with a high-tech CNC-produced iron frame assures excellent tuning stability.
• The well-balanced Wendl & Lung grand action facilitates responsive performances by both beginners and professionals.
• No plastic parts are used in the action.
• All keys are multi-laminated no less than 17 times, making them very robust, even in dramaticaly changing climatatic conditions.
• Soft-drop fall (key-cover) assures safe handling by children and fits in perfectly with the rest of the high quality cabinet.
• The large grand piano wheels and the robust pedal / lyre construction underline the extraordinary qualities of this instrument.
Wendl & Lung 122 cm upright piano
We are delighted to be able to offer this really high-quality 122 cm upright piano from Wendl & Lung of Vienna, with matching rise-and-fall stool and delivery, for a remarkably keen price of only £2,895 in black polyester. Wendl & Lung pianos are designed and built to the highest standards, delivering an outstanding tone and touch unrivalled by any other instrument at this price.
This model is also available in a variety of finishes for £2,995 including black satin and white polyester, bordeaux, mahogany and cherry (both satin and polyester), beech, walnut and maple (satin only). All these uprights are available with Wendl & Lung’s excellent Silent System for an extra £995.
Wendl & Lung have been making pianos since 1910, blending tradition and innovation. The current range has been designed by Peter Veletsky, the renowned piano master-craftsman and designer. In 2007, this 122 model won a top rating of 6 stars in the prestigious French ‘Diapason d’Or’ award. The jury commented: “Its pleasing sound is unquestioned. With clarity and roundness of tone, it is well-balanced across registers,with a high quality of sound even in the extreme areas: It provides a generous bass and a high treble, which isn’t overly aggressive, whereas the medium treble range can really sing. The 122 provided a winning combination of quality and price during this test. We can truly say that a demanding pianist with a limited budget, looking for interesting sounds to work with, will be amazed and satisfied by this piano.”
Ask a Question • Tell-a-FriendTurn-of-the-Century Bechstein Model B Grand Piano in Rosewood
One of the best pianos we’ve had for a many years, and the finest of many Bechsteins we have restored, it’s a long time since we’ve seen a more beautiful grand than this, and we are proud to be able to offer it at only £19,500. The instrument has been painstakingly restored in every detail to the very highest standard, including a complete re-veneering in rosewood with a subtle polyester finish to make the case durable. Click on the picture to see more details of this lovely piano and its painstaking restoration. This instrument is available for viewing at Heritage & Heritage in the Furniture Cave, 533 Kings Road, Chelsea SW10 0TZ (tel: 020-7352 6116)
This Bechstein has undergone a full restoration, with the soundboard and frame in as new condition, new strings and pins in a new pin-block, a complete action overhaul, replacing all hammers and felts, and a beautiful case newly re-veneered in glowing rosewood polyester. It has a rich and sumptuous tone and will provide many years of fine music-making.
Ask a Question • Tell-a-FriendTurn-of-the-century 6' 3" Bluthner Aliquot grand in black polyester
This classic turn-of-the-century Aliquot-strung Bluthner 6’ 3” grand in black polyester has undergone a complete factory rebuild, including refinished frame, painstakingly restored original soundboard, new pin-block, re-stringing, complete action rebuild and restoration of the case to “as new” condition. This is a lovely piano and represents extraordinary value at only £13,950 including ground-floor delivery and post-delivery tuning and toning to suit the piano’s eventual new home, anywhere within mainland UK.
The result of all of this expert reconditioning is a piano with a tone unmatched by any modern instrument of this size. The patented Bluthner Aliquot system, which provides a fourth string to each note from the middle of the piano upwards, resonating an octave above the actual frequency of the other three strings, further enhances this piano’s rich tonal characteristics and Bluthner’s very under-rated Patent action has all the responsiveness of a roller action, but it manages to achieve this with a significnatly lighter touch-weight.
Upon completion of the factory rebuild, the Patent action has been “finessed” by Mike Lewis, our Technical Director, who is undoubtedly one of UK’s top piano technicians, and a renowned expert on Bluthner Patent actions, resulting in a piano which is enormously satisfying to play.
Completely restored Bechstein model B Grand in Black Polyester
This Bechstein B grand made in the 1890s has just been completely restored and is now available for only £12,950 including ground-floor delivery and tuning and toning to suit the piano’s eventual home, anywhere in mainland UK.
This lovely 6ft 7in Bechstein B grand from the last decade of the nineteenth century is another fine example of this iconic model. The instrument has the full 88-note keyboard and it has been totally restored to the very highest standard, with a a new wrest-plank. re-finished frame and a completely rebuilt action
The original soundboard has been retained and completely repaired, as the tonal characteristics of the existing soundboard are almost always superior to that of a new replacement and we have also been fortunate enough to be able to retain and restore the original hammers,
Ask a Question • Tell-a-Friend1907 restored Art Nouveau Schiedmayer upright
This is a lovely Schiedmayer from their golden period before the first World War which is currently undergoing restoration, which will include a delightful, newly french-polished mahogany Art Nouveau case, fully reconditioned action, perfect ivory keys and complete restringing with Heller strings. This will also an impressive musical instrument with a fine, powerful but mellow tone, and represents outstanding value at only £4,750
The 126 cm height of this instrument, together with the custom-made bass strings by John Delacour of Poole, guarantees a really impressive tone and the completely renovated action with all new tapes, hammers, felts and bushes will ensure that this instrument will remain in excellent condition for many years to come.
Ask a Question • Tell-a-FriendToyo 123 cm black polyester upright
This is one the nicest of the new pianos from the Far East we’ve seen and a worthy competitor to the up-market Yamaha models at only a little over half the price. We are offering these instruments for only £2,950 including a rise-and-fall stool and ground-floor delivery within the M25
Toyo are still not very well known in this country but they are actually Japan’s third-largest piano-maker and their instruments are well designed and built to high standards.
We’ve been impressed by both the tone and the touch of these instruments. If you don’t have room for a really decent-sized grand, then this instrument is a worthy alternative.
Ask a Question • Tell-a-FriendBroadwood Concert Grand Piano
An 8ft 6in Broadwood straight-strung concert grand from the 1870s with rosewood case in working order for only £4,995
This is a rare and charismatic example of an English straight-strung concert-grand.
Ask a Question • Tell-a-FriendDavid Rubio French reproduction double-manual harpsichord
Copied from the famous 1769 Pascal Taskin harpsichord in the Russell collection in Edinburgh, this must be one of London’s most frequently heard and seen harpsichords - it goes EVERYWHERE!
With 2 x 8’ stops, a 4’ stop and buff (with a peau-de buffle stop also available if required) this fine harpsichord, made by David Rubio in 1974, has the ultimate “romantic harpsichord” sound so characteristic of the late French makers.
Taskin “cut his teeth” on the “Grand Revellement” technique which was lovingly applied to a large number of the much-prized harpsichords made in the previous century by Hans Ruckers in Antwerp, renowned for their sweet tone.
The “downside” of the Ruckers harpsichords was simply the fact that their compass was too limited to allow performance of the music of fashionable composers such as Couperin and Rameau and so, rather than part with their beloved Ruckers harpsichord, wealthy owners would pay makers such as Taskin to completely rebuild them, retaining the soundboard in the centre section but grafting on a new extended bass section. At the same time, the two keyboards, which had originally been designed with the upper keyboard transposed half an octave apart from the lower manual, to facilitate “instant transposition” up a fourth or down a fifth, for the benefit of singers whose voice was too low (or high) for the music “as written”, were realigned so that the instrument could be used for the performance of virtuoso harpsichord music writeen for two manuals (such as J. S Bach’s Goldberg Variations) and also for use in the performance of harpsichord concertos.
The proof of the value of these instruments was that a Ruckers, after undergoing a “Grand Ravellement” would actually be worth more than any newly-manufactured instrument.
This instrument is available for short to medium term hire, including delivery and collection and concert tuning and standby. Please contact us for a quotation.
Ask a Question • Tell-a-FriendJohn Barnes Single-manual Italian harpsichord
This is a large - and powerful - Italian harpsichord with the full 63-note compass with two 8’ stops, one operated by knee-lever, which is available for hire for concerts and recording sessions.
John Barnes built this large Italian instrument in 1971 and we were fortunate to be able to acquire it shortly thereafter. Since then it has been used in numerous concerts and recording sessions. The instrument is unusual in being strung in berillium-copper throughout and has a powerful tone throughout the compass. This, combined with the delightfully shallow touch, makes it the perfect instrument for the performance of virtuoso harpsichord music by Scarlatti, Soler and the other mediterranean composers of the high baroque period.
Ask a Question • Tell-a-FriendAdlam Burnett reproduction Heilmann Viennese Fortepiano
Made for us in 1978, this lovely copy of a Heilmann fortepiano of 1785 by Derek Adlam is probably the most frequently-heard fortepiano anywhere in the UK, having done innumerable seasons for Glyndebourne, Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Garsington, Grange Park Opera, English National Opera, The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and literally dozens of Haydn ‘Creation’ and ‘The Seasons’ performances at venues from small local churches to the Royal Albert Hall (including a memorable performance early in this summer’s Proms season of ‘The Seasons’ performed by The Handel & Haydn Society of Boston, conducted by Roger Norrington.)
This is as fine an example of a Viennese fortepiano as anything made at the time or recently, having a five-octave compass with sustain, felt-damped “soft pedal” and the strange, clanky ‘jangle’ sound of the curios ‘Fagotti’ stop; all of which are worked by knee-levers. The touch is (to the first-time player) unbelievably light and the depth of touch unbelievably shallow, which helps to explain how Beethoven could have thought to put those octave glissandi into the last movement of his first piano concerto! On this instrument one can actually play them without ripping the skin off one’s fingers!
Most of the instrument is double-strung although the top fourteen keys are triple-strung.
The instrument is quite happy at A=440 (it’s even been as high as A=443 and doesn’t seem to mind) or down at A=430 or even lower.
Hire fees start at £150.00 per day plus delivery and collection and tuning and standby.
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