Arts and Crafts style, 1899, Bechstein upright piano with a walnut case. Cabinet features sizeable, brass hinges on the fall and top lid with trefoil embellishments. Part of the cabinet design, the large sculptural candlesticks sit atop the square piano legs. The openwork music desk is in a vertical slatted design. The brass key escutcheon is in a clover leaf design. Bechstein manufacturers logo inscribed on a brass plaque on fall. Design by Walter Cave. Piano has an eighty-five note keyboard and two pedals.
Piano has had previous resotration work. Action has new hammers, dampers and pins.
Walter Frederick Cave (1863 - 1939) was an English architect, active in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who worked firstly in the Arts and Crafts style, and latterly in the Classical Revival. In addition to architecture, Cave worked as a landscape gardener, interior designer, furniture maker and cricketer.
Arts and Crafts decorative style was based on the following principles; handmade, simple forms with little ornamentation, beauty of natural materials, copper and pewter, stylised flowers, allegories from the Bible and literature, upside down hearts, Celtic motifs. |
This piano comes with the Besbrode Pianos Warranty.
Price includes:
- 12 month warranty as is or 5 years after rebuild
- Up to £45 towards first tuning. Usually 4 weeks after piano delivery to allow "settling in".
- Free piano stool
- Free delivery to a ground floor residence within mainland UK.
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| If you are interested in this Bechstein piano, give us a call on 0113 244 8344 and ask for Steven Leeming who will be happy to discuss your requirements. |
| Email: info@besbrodepianos.com |
| This piano comes with a free piano stool: |
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Free Piano Stool
PRICE: FREE |
| Piano Stool Upgrades: |
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Adjustable, Real Leather, Concert Piano Stool - Available in black and brown
PRICE: £350.00 + VAT |
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Bespoke, Adjustable Piano Stool - Available in different finishes and leg styles - This is an example of a burr walnut finish
PRICE: £1000.00 + VAT |
| Optional Extras: PianoDisc iQ HD Airport Digital Player Piano System |
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PianoDisc iQ HD Airport Digital Player Piano System: The intelligent, invisible player system with Apple Airport Express and iPad.
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| Optional Extras: Adsilent® Digital Silent System |
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Adsilent® Silent System: Retrofit this system to your acoustic piano. Enjoy and play any time of day!
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