SCHIEDMAYER GRAND PIANO
Entire cabinet decorated with ormolu mounts of swags, bows and festoons
Art Case, Schiedmayer grand piano for sale with a quarter cut mahogany cabinet. Entire cabinet features exquisite, ormolu mount embellishment. Strapwork, praterae and beading accent the cabinet architecture. Festoons of swagged flowers and bows decorate the piano tail. An ormolu mount of a festoon of flowers, a wreath and musical instruments sit above the piano fall. The openwork music desk features interlocking ovals. The piano lyre is a traditional design with floral ormolu accents. The turned, fluted piano legs feature strings of ormolu bellflowers.
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Price: £20,000POA
Piano Details
- Ref: 3060
- Brand: Schiedmayer
- Serial Number: 20731
- Age: 1901
- Wood: Quarter Cut Mahogany
- Finish: Polished
Schiedmayer
Schiedmayer is the name of a highly respected, German instrument manufacturer. It was established in 1735 as a keyboard instrument manufacturer. Keyboard making within the family spanned multiple generations. The first instrument maker in the family was Balthasar Schiedmayer, an organ and piano maker in Erlangen, who built his first instrument in 1735. Three of his sons also learned the art of piano making. Schiedmayer & Sons and J & P Schiedmayer became the two largest piano manufacturing firms in South Germany. After 1984 Schiedmayer pianos were made both by Kemble in the UK and Kawai in Japan.
