I inherited this antique upright piano marked “R. Gors and Kallmann, Kaiserl. U. Konigl. Hoflieferanten, Berlin.” I believe it dates from approximately 1913 or 1914. The black finish was ...

Today, Sept. 21, pianist Geoffrey Burleson performs a recital in Ashburnham on an 1877 Erard grand piano from the Frederick Collection of historic pianos. It is part of the Collection’s recital ...

Fully restored Victorian Steinways, like the one in Kelley’s possession, can go for nearly $30,000, according to The Antique Piano Shop, a shop in Tennessee that specializes in historic pianos.

"Square pianos were very popular for use in small salons and domestic music-making," Dr Peres Da Costa said. "It was a very important part of the lifestyle of the middle and upper classes.

In the early to mid-1800s “square” (or more accurately rectangular) pianos and melodeons were status symbols proudly enthroned in middle class parlors all across America. Pianos, or more ...

At the end of the 1800s and start of the 1900s, the production of pianos took off as demand for the instruments increased in well-to-do homes. But the pianos made during that era are now ...