Thornhill Pianos is a family business specialising in reconditioning grand and upright pianos to the highest standards. We have been selling and renting pianos, fortepianos and harpsichords since 1988.
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
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.
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.
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.
This 6ft 7in rosewood Bechstein B grand from the turn of the century is one of the best pianos we have had for a long time, and the finest of many Bechsteins we have restored over the years. 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. While you would normally pay over £20,000 for such a beautiful piano, we are able to offer it for only £13,950.
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.
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 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
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
An 8ft 6in Broadwood straight-strung concert grand from the 1870s with rosewood case in working order for only £4,995
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.
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.
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.)
A stunning copy of an 1826 Graf, made in Frome in 2003 by Christopher Barlow. At 8 ft in length this unique collector’s instrument boasts a substantial tone and provides an outstanding insight into authentic performance of the nineteenth century piano repertoire.
This instrument is available for short-term rental at £250 per day plus transport and tuning as required
Sale price upon application
The simple answer is tone. The quality of timber used in pre-WWI pianos, especially in their soundboards, was far superior to that after the war. Irreplaceable stocks of mature and fully-seasoned wood were exhausted during the war. In addition standards of craftsmanship, particularly in the great German piano houses, were at their highest ebb.
Accordingly a sympathetically restored grand or upright from this period has an inherently more distinctive, musical and appealing tone than any of the blander, mass-produced pianos of today. At Thornhill Pianos we provide you with painstakingly-restored grand and upright pianos of the highest quality.
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