Pianoforte Collection

Playing the piano in an Edwardian parlour - early 1900s

Music cover, The Official RAF March Past, WW2
Music cover, The Official RAF March Past, by H Walford Davies, pianoforte solo, showing Spitfire Fighter Planes, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Music cover, Old Westminster March, by Carl Mahler
Music cover, Old Westminster March, composed by Carl Mahler for the pianoforte Date: circa 1880

Music cover, Sabbath Recreations No. 4, a Collection of Sacred Airs for the Pianoforte, arranged by J Pridham, with a view of St Paul's Cathedral, London Date: 19th century

Chappell Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Chappell, pianoforte and gramophone salons in London. The image showsa Chappell piano in a fine interior by a fireplace, The choice of the conoisseur. Date: circa 1922

Advert, Bluthner Pianos, Wigmore Street, London
Bluthner Pianos, Wigmore Street, London W1 Date: 1927

Advert for Chappell & Co.s musical instruments 1875
Adverts for wooden pions and organs. Date: 1875

Musical comedy, The Medal and the Maid, song, She ought to have a prize for that, music by Sidney Jones, words by Charles H Taylor. Simon Pentweazle (Mr J Robert Hale)

Music cover, The Man on the Flying Trapeze, song waltz, words by George Leybourne, music by Alfred Lee, performed by Shaw and Weston. 1934

Grand Pianoforte, manufactured for Queen Victoria 1856
Grand Pianoforte, mouldings and rim of piano of bronze, chased and gilt, manufactured for Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, by Messerss & P Erard, for the concert room at Buckingham Palace. 1856

Music cover, Intermezzo, The Prodigal Son
Music cover, Intermezzo by J M Glover, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in The Prodigal Son, arrangement for pianoforte

Music cover, Sabbath Recreations, J Pridham
Music cover, Sabbath Recreations, A Collection of Sacred Airs for the pianoforte arranged by J Pridham, with a view of Rochester Cathedral, Kent. 1880s

Inside a cabinet piano, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842
The action or internal mechanism of a cabinet pianoforte, Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842

Fret cutter at work, Broadwood piano factory, London
Fret cutter at work, Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. Date: 1842

Piano keys and action, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842
Square pianoforte keys and treble action, at the Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842

Man at work, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842
Man at work cutting keys, at the Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842

People at work, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842
People at work, Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842

Broadwoods Pianoforte manufactory 1858
John Broadwood & Sons at Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. Showing the extensive building and a large area in which it covered, employing a large number of workmen. Date: 1858

International Exhibition - John Brinsmead & Sons pianos 1885 International
International Exhibition of Inventions, held in South Kensington, showing John Brinsmead & Sons pianoforters. Date: 1885

Advert for Grays Inn Pianoforte Manufactory 1851
Advertisement of Grays Inn Pianoforte Manufactory, C.Cadby patent grand and cottage pianoforte maker. Showing the front of the shop and product. Date: 1851

Advert for John Brinsmead & Sons pianos 1889
Victorian lady playing The Moonlight Sonata, on a piano, with gentlemen in white tie gather round to listen. 1889

Music cover, Say it with a Ukulele, words and music by Art Conrad, sung by Miss Gwladys Stanley. 1923

Music cover, Mozart Selected Sonatas and other Pieces
Music cover, W A Mozart Selected Sonatas and other Pieces for the pianoforte, Cotta Edition. 1896

Frontispiece of a mazurka by Chopin
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849). Polish composer. Frontispiece of a mazurka for the pianoforte. Music Library of the Court. Turin. Italy

Kaiser Wilhelm II, Imperial March
Music cover of The Kaiser, Grand Imperial March, for pianoforte, composed by Ezra Read

John Brinsmead & Sons Pianoforte works 1883
Interior and exterior of John Brinsmead & Sons Pianoforte manufactory, in North-West London. John Brinsmead & Sons was known to build very well made pianos

Cartoon, Wilhelm Kuhe, German musician
Cartoon, Wilhelm Kuhe (1823-1912), German pianist, piano teacher, composer, administrator, and promoter of concerts, including an annual festival, in Brighton -- Brightons Grand (Pianoforte) Old Man

View down Corporation Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. Date: circa 1905

Music cover, The Advance of the Cossacks Cappriccio, written for the pianoforte by E Donajowski (possibly a fictitious name). 19th century

Music cover, Le Panier de Fruit, by W H Birch
Music cover, Le Panier de Fruit, waltz for piano by W H Birch. circa 1880s

Music cover, National Polkas by Camille Schubert
Music cover, National Polkas (Les Rivalles) from France and Bohemia, composed and arranged for piano by Camille Schubert, and dedicated to the Marquess of Londonderry. circa 1840s

Music cover, Shakespeares Flowers, a set of original compositions for the pianoforte by Isabel Hearne. 1892

Music cover, Madame Gassiers Waltz, Etude Caprice, composed by Venzano, arranged by Jules Normann for the pianoforte. 19th century

Advert for Chappell & Co. musical instruments 1885
Adverts for iron-framed double overstrung pianoforte and a church or chapel organ, available from Chappell & Co. in New Bond Street, London. Date: 1885

Cover of a Pianoforte by Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898), engraved by Octave Lacour (1855-1921). In 1879 the painter Edward Burne-Jones was asked by a friend, William Graham

The Johnny Parker band
Photograph of the Johnny Parker band entertaining customers at the Crown and Anchor pub in Crown Street, Islington. The band used to play traditional jazz at the pub on Thursday nights as well as

Destruction by fire of Collards Piano Factory
Destruction by fire of Collards Piano-forte Manufactory - Oval Road, Camden, London on 19th December 1851. Date: 1851

Feodor Chaliapin Seated at his piano, 1913
The Russian opera singer Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin (1873 1938) seated at a Bluthner piano in his studio in 1913. Date: 1913

Music conference lecture 1888
Conference of the national society of professional musicians. Mr. A.J Hipkins illustrating his lecture on the history of the pianoforte. Date: 1888

Sheet music cover, Let By-Gones Be By-Gones, with words and music by Joseph George Gilbert. With a portrait of Issy Bonn (Benjamin Levin, 1903-1977), British-Jewish actor, singer and comedian

Dulcimer - a variety of the psaltery, has been in use from very early times. Represented on Assyrian monuments and mentioned in texts from the time of Nebuchadnezzar

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