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THE PERIOD PIANO COLLECTION

Performing - Studying - Exhibiting - Conserving

A 501(c)3 Non-Profit Corporation email contact

Bill Shull, RPT, M.Mus. Founder and President

610 Amigos Dr C, Redlands, CA 92373 909 796-4226 PERIOD PIANO CENTER SINCE 2006


	We seek to rediscover the art of the piano as the composer heard it on the instruments of the time; to collect and study the instruments themselves, conserving many for history, and performing on many, so we might rediscover history’s magic. We exhibit and curate instruments, tell the great stories of piano and society, and study the history of the piano, its technology and its builders.


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	Steinway and Sons Pianos in our Collection

English Pianos in our Collection

		American Pianos in our Collection

			German Pianos in our Collection


		Pianos in the Collection This page is being re-organized into sub-pages of different countries. Another organizational unit is by manufacturer, for major manufacturers. Click on the list of your choice. Please bear with us as these changes take place. Most pianos are acquisitions, a few are loans This is a Near-Complete List of the Period Piano Collection: (You may right-click the search or “find on page” function to search for pianos)

	We are adding to the collection the pre-1860 Pianos of The Piano Museum of Hopkinton, MA - more to come! (there will be a separate list). Below are pianos which do not easily fit into country or manufacturer categories: V. LLinares Barrel Piano, Barcelona, Spain, c. 1900 Wing and Son Vertical, 5 pedals Giovanni Schmid Grand #404, (Naples Italy) ca. 1850 Exhibited in Redlands, CA Sprecher and Butte Vertical (Switzerland) Artifacts 1875 8’9” Steinway Centennial #35349 back action (first generation sostenuto mounted on belly), other action sample parts, donated by Jude Reveley of Billerica, MA 1862 early scale Steinway grand soundboard, donated by rebuilder Mark Phillips of Pennsylvania 1887 8’10” Steinway “D” # soundboard, bridge caps and pinblock only. Seen are elements of the original 1884 Theodore Steinway “D” design prior to the 1892 re-design by Henry Ziegler, including angled unison terminations in the mid-treble, and a larger bass cut-off bar than that of later “Ds”, donated by Dale Fox of North Highlands, CA 1878 7’2” Steinway Style 2 #38497 pinblock only, traditional stretcher type, donated by Bill Shull 1884 Steinway “D” #52473 original front duplex coverings (buckskin) and other artifacts from this very early first generation Steinway “D”. Donated by Richard Blais and Craig Hair of Hampshire Piano, Holyoke, MA Hard Cover Piano Catalog and Piano Construction Catalog with color lithographs by Wing and Son Piano Chickering 1880s Vertical Piano Iron Action Artifacts, donated by Richard Blais and Craig Hair of Hampshire Piano, Holyoke, MA


	Chickering and Sons Pianos in our Collection

Erard Pianos in our Collection

			French Pianos in our Collection

		Viennese Pianos in our Collection


	EXHIBIT: 19TH CENTURY PIANOS IN THE HOME