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| Liberace Grand Piano, 1984 Maker: Baldwin Cincinnati, Ohio |
| photo by M. Erixon-Stanford |
| Liberace (Wladziu Valentino), 1919-87, built his musical career on the romance of the piano, dressing himself in lavish consumes and placing extravagant candelabra on his pianos. He made his name in the 1950s with romantic, nostalgic performances broadcast to the mass audiences of television. To harmonize with Liberace's glittering image, Baldwin customized this fine grand with 125 pounds of Austrian rhinestones for Liberace's Radio City Music Hall appearances. |
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| Miniature Grand Piano, 1851 Maker: Kirkman & Son London, England |
| photo by Hugh Tallman |
| Kirkman and Son made this handsome miniature piano for the 1851 Crystal Palace world exposition in London to display their current developments. It is said that the midget General Tom Thumb, promoted by P.T. Barnum, played upon a piano similar to this. |
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| Grand Piano, 1903, "White House" Maker: Steinway & Sons New York |
| photo by SI |
| This piano was given to President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903 as a gift to the American people in gratitude from the Steinway family on the fiftieth anniversary of the firm's founding. Designed by R. H. and J. H. Hunt and carved by Juan Ayuso, the lid was decorated by Thomas Dewing with a depiction of the nine muses. |
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