Old Upright piano Krakauer & brothers upright grand

[BBgunmaster67]

The middle pedal on the piano is just a dummy pedal it was a sales gimmic at the time. Now that piano sounded great just needed tuning. Im about to do similar work on a piano I am restoring, maybe I will post a vid of what it sounds like when I get the soundboard repaird and the strings on.

[CocoAkitaLuv]

This is an amazing piano.  I had a full grand upright for many years and used to love playing it. What a wonderful treasure.

[Barrelhousekjell]

This sounds like a great blues upright piano. You should play some old blues on it :-D

[Ccyawn123]

Nice. The best old upright I have ever played was an A B Chase, made in 1917. Had the burl veneer like this one, but the middle pedal was a sostenuto like a grand. Original strings still sounded new. A B Chase was among the best of their day, and one in good shape or rebuilt is worth investing in. I have thought about trading my rebuilt Baldwin Grand for that old upright if the lady that has it would consider it..

[umajunkcollector]

We HAD a 1907 Francis Bacon player pianee. It sure was fun, miss it. We sold it to a lady cheap, and she had some wimpy guys move it for her = they broke our front porch steps ala BOOM on the fist step, too heavy at over 500#. We also had a 54 Marshall Wendall player back in 79, nice sounding - with lots of rolls too. My brother is a piano technician and tuner.

Sometimes the two pedals are a split damper for bass/treble.

Hey Brandon, howz about makin a vid of that 1919 Hoover sweeper?

[tnmtemerity]

@cody1800212 That Should date it at early 1908.

[tnmtemerity]

As for the sound of Steinways in the showroom - pianos usually are sent without much prep work and dealers aren't willing to spend the money necessary to prep them. I'd also bet your grandmother's grand didn't recieve the recent rebuilding this piano had - maintaince is very important for good piano sound. - Concert Grands in Carnegie hall are not neglected and expecting any pianist to sound good on a neglected piano is wishful thinking at best. Great buy - did you make a profit selling it?

[Brandotuomikoski]

Unfortunatly I didnt make a profit selling it. I had it apraised at $10,000. But I was in a rush to buy a erard from 1855. So i sold this piano for $600. The deal didnt go through in the end so I ended up with nothing.

[umajunkcollector]

@tnmtemerity A 9' concert "Stoneway" (haha The Flintstones) is beautiful. no doubt. But I think the ultimate concert grand is the Bosendorfer! Last I heard, either will set you back over 60K$! IF you compairreed them side by side, i think you'd agree that the Bosendorfer is just beautiful! I hear that Roland digitized the Bosendorfer for their electronic keyboards. I like the sound of a Baldwin for a poor man's grand.

[tnmtemerity]

@umajunkcollector I personally think the most beautiful piano sound in the world may currently be the overs piano made in austarlia - you can look the site up online and even download mp3s - the one of Rachmaninoff's variations is pretty spectacular sounding. I've never seen a steinway and Bosendorfer side by side but, I have played on both. I'm not sure how many overs are in the US but, I know it was a sensation at the piano technicians guild conference...

[umajunkcollector]

@tnmtemerity I am not familiar with Over. I will look it up. I found this little thing on YT:

watch?v=-aw71tufMJI

but I did not find an Over on YT.

[Brandotuomikoski]

@umajunkcollector Cool! I love BOSE! One of the best brands. Fantastic pianos

And a concert grand will set you back probably well over $200,000 from them! Steinways are about $160,000 or so for concert grands.

I love Baldwins. Older ones that is. Ones made before 1980. Fantastic very very very well built pianos. Top grade. I have a 1922 now. Got it for free. its a model H, which is now the model R, a 5'8" grand. Beautiful, great full sound.

Ill make a video of all my vacs soon, 17 now!

[tnmtemerity]

The Song you don't know the name of is by CPE Bach - "Solfeggio". BTW it isn't odd at all for the pedals to be arranged like that. In Quality Grands the Middle Pedal is usually a sostenuto pedal which will sustain only the notes you have depresed when you press down on the pedal.

[tnmtemerity]

@cody1800212 The Piano in this video was built in 1914 as indicated by looking up the serial number 40466 in the Pierce Piano Atlas - what is the serial number of yours?

[Askelairlines747]

it sounds like a Honky Tonk

[Brandotuomikoski]

happy to say that I found a much better piano! I just got a 1905 Story and Clark special upright piano. There is no other piano like it in the world! Its beautifully carved with big round colums all around it even on the sides. Its unrestored but is like new.

infact story and clark wanted to buy the piano and put it in the front of their building and display it because its so special.

[JamesPriceJohnson]

can u put up a video of it please!!!!?????

[OrganistGreg]

Is this your piano you had to sell, Brandon? It needs a tune but looks in great shape. I wish i could have an acoustic piano in my apartment. I have to make-do with my digital Yamaha piano and the organ :)

[Brandotuomikoski]

Yes it is. It is still at my house. The lady is waiting for some movers to find a time to come get it. Aparently the store is packed full for moving till the end of the month. She has payed me for it.

My beloved piano is no more. It looks unused, no Joke. There is not a scratch on it at all.

[Danny15LL]

are you kidding me??

that has horrible sound.. or you just need to tune it lol

anyways dont you like grand pianos better because they are pretty??

i mean people dont like ugly pianos, no fence in anyway

[Brandotuomikoski]

camera sucks. Its reall great. And well ya it needs tuning.

I do like some grands. Pre 1880s though.

[BizzMarki]

you paid 50$? thatts insaneI need a piano so bad

[Cindermakers]

shit comes from your mouth. you do not know what you talk about.

[Brandotuomikoski]

whats your problem?

[Brandotuomikoski]

its a darn shame too. You seem to like the organ as well... too bad you cant care for other people...

[CosmicGrooves]

How do you know how old it is?

[Brandotuomikoski]

it is enscribed on the inside. and the guy bought it from the original owner!

[KMNKeybordValt]

love your Piano it sound good for a old piano

[Brandotuomikoski]

Thank you! It is a great piano!

[steverabb]

I agree, some of these old uprights can sound better than the most expensive Steinways. The restoration was well done. The tone is really good, all it needs is tuning. I used to tune and fix up old pianos like these myself years ago for fun.

[Brandotuomikoski]

The songs played are Fur Elise and Solfegetto or something like that!