ARTS AND CRAFTS BECHSTEIN MODEL VI GRAND PIANO
with an inlaid, figured mahogany case and copper mounts.
Arts and Crafts, Bechstein Model VI grand piano with a figured mahogany case and beaten copper mounts. Cabinet inlaid with geometric designs, hearts, bellflowers and celtic knotwork. Piano has vaulted arched, gate legs attached with a cross stretcher. Music desk is an openwork slatted design with mother of pearl inlay. Piano has an eighty-five note keyboard and a two-pedal lyre.
This art cased instrument combines exquisite craftsmanship with restored performance. This Bechstein grand piano has a restored instrument. The soundboard has been replaced by a Ciresa soundboard from Tesero, Italy. Soundboard is made from spruce from the Fiemme valley. Ciresa are partners with: C. Bechstein, J. Blüthner, Fazioli, A. Förster, Petrof, Pleyel, C. Saute – Germany and Schulze-Pollmann, Visit: www.ciresafiemme.it
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Price: £POA GBP
Piano Details
- Brand: Bechstein
- Ref: 3075
- Wood: Figured Mahogany
- Finish: Polished
Arts and Crafts
The Arts and Crafts Movement was an international design movement that flourished between 1880 and 1910. The movement stood for traditional craftsmanship using simple forms and often applied medieval, romantic or folk styles of decoration. It advocated economic and social reform and has been said to be essentially anti-industrial. It sought to reassert the importance of design and craftsmanship in all the arts in the face of increasing industrialization, which they felt was sacrificing quality in the pursuit of quantity. Arts and Crafts objects were simple in form, without superfluous or excessive decoration, and how they were constructed was often still visible.
They tended to emphasize the qualities of the materials used. The movement was successful in raising the status of the craftsman and promoting respect for native materials and traditions. In Germany after 1871, the Arts and Crafts movement developed nationalist associations under the encouragement of the Bund für Heimatschutz (1897) and the Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk founded in 1898 by Karl Schmidt. The Deutscher Werkbund, formed in 1899, was an arts and crafts association influenced by William Morris. Its leading members, van de Velde and Hermann Muthesius, had opposing opinions about the place of machinery in production.
