How to identify antique pianos

How to appraise the value of antique pianos? Five important factors affecting the price of antique pianos;

I received many photos of precious antique pianos and asked me to evaluate their prices. But if I can't see the real thing, then I really can't help it. Because an important factor that determines the price of antique pianos is the condition of pianos. I really can't give you an accurate estimate if I didn't see it with my own eyes and hear it with my own ears, but today I will list several factors that determine the price of the clavichord.

(1) brand: Needless to say, this is the truth whether you collect antique cameras or old watches.

Steinway & son Steinway (USA), Mei Sen&; Hamlin Mei Sen Hanlin (USA), Bo Sendorff Besendorf (Austria), Chickering Kuchling (USA) and so on. Steinway & KLOC-Sons Steinway has been the boss for 0/50 years. Why Steinway? I will introduce it in a later article.

(2) Piano conditions: (a) Sound: deep bass, crisp treble and punctuality. (2) Keys: White keys are natural ivory, and black keys is high-grade ebony, which is very punctual. (c) Wood: the wood of the piano body is very important: one rosewood, two hearts and three walnut trees, which is super punctual. After that, the wood value is not high.

(3) Style. At present, we can generally see only two styles, grand piano and upright piano, both of which are familiar to everyone. If you really can't tell the difference between them, then I ... . . There is another kind that I want to focus on. The square piano (table piano), as its name implies, is like a big table. Beethoven, Mozart, etc. Everyone wrote masterpieces with this piano. I don't blame you if you haven't seen it, because there is really not much stock in the world today, and 19 will no longer be produced at the end of this year. At present, there is a piano museum in Gulangyu (the first piano museum in China), and Shen Kunsheng (the second largest piano collector in the world) has one. In Europe, there was little left after World War I and World War II, but it was a pity that it was not preserved, because all runners reached an amazing understanding when they fled for their lives, that is, they ran too slowly with their pianos on their backs. The situation in North America is better, but 1866 few pianos were produced before the end of the Civil War. Then 1904, major piano factories in North America burned a lot in Atlanta. If you find one in your own warehouse, I congratulate you first. Don't forget to open a bottle of Maotai and put it in front of your ancestors' memorial tablet.

(4) Theoretically, the older you are, the better. After 1930, it is not very valuable. Thirty years later, there are fewer and fewer manual components, and the piano is made faster and faster. Of course, let's not talk about death. Those pianos that have been blessed by an international pianist on some important occasions are still valuable. But one thing must be clear, the wrist is not small, and the wrist is not popular when it is big. Usually the date of production is not engraved on the piano, but it doesn't matter. You can find the date by serial number. There is specialization in the art, which is my strength.

(5) Size: If the above four points are the same, the bigger the better. Tibetan friends who have sold houses must have a deep understanding of this. The bigger the piano, the more brilliant the sound.

Vertical: small 39 ",medium 39"-5 1 ",large 51"or above.

Triangle: infant level 5'7 "or less, living room level 5' 10", professional level 6', studio level 6'4 ",living room level (artist level) 6'8"-6' 10", small concert level 7'4 ".

Concert level: 8' or above. (Unit: 6 feet 8 inches =6 feet 8 inches) This is detailed enough.

Seeing this, you must know something about antique pianos. Yes, this may be the last piece of pure land in the collection world. There is no way to make the water in our antique market too deep and dark. Auction companies are all fake. We can't expect all counterfeiters to be good one day. This is the same as the probability that you put your hopes for land reform on Huang Shiren and glory for the country on the national men's soccer team.