Thursday, February 26, 2009

A Really "Cute" Square Piano






I found these photos showing rather a "cute" piano while surfing through the web today.

It is really small when compared with other square pianos. It was made by Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Co., and its model name is "Colibri."

I read that the square pianos went out of favor at the turn of the 20th century partly because of its rectangular design posed limitations; the soundboard of a square piano is much smaller than those of upright pianos and its action is cumbersome to service.

Usually, square pianos are not symmetric, but this piano is quite close to being symmetric, which makes it more attractive.

I want to own and play this curiosity. A pretty little piano.

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