PARLOR GRAND PIANO MADE BY BELL PIANO COMPANY, NEW YORK

YOU ARE BIDDING ON A BELL PARLOR GRAND PIANO.  THIS PIANO IS SMALLER THAN A GRAND PIANO, BUT LARGER THAN A BABY GRAND PIANO.

THIS PIANO WAS MADE BY BELL PIANO CO., AND AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE PICTURES, IT IS MARKED BELL PIANO COMPANY, NEW YORK.  I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH, AND IT APPEARS THAT BELL PIANO COMPANY ACTUALLY ORIGINATED IN TORONTO, CANADA.

I HAVE OWNED THIS PIANO FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS.  BEFORE I OWNED IT, IT WAS OWNED BY MY AUNT, WHO OWNED IT FOR 30 YEARS.  SHE INHERITED THE PIANO FROM MY GRANDFATHER, WHO HAD IT WELL BEFORE MY 71 YEAR OLD MOTHER AND 69 YEAR OLD AUNT WERE BORN.  I DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT AGE OF THIS PIANO, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT IS AT LEAST 75-100 YEARS OLD.

THIS PIANO IS IN GOOD CONDITION FOR ITS AGE.  IT HAS IVORY KEYS THAT ARE INTACT, WITH SOME CHIPPING ON THE EDGES, AND SOME MINOR CRACKS.  THE PIANO PLAYS WELL, WITH 3 STICKING KEYS. 

I BELIEVE THAT THIS PIANO IS MAHOGANY, BUT IT HAS BEEN BRUSH PAINTED ANTIQUE WHITE.  MY AUNT AND MOTHER PAINTED IT MANY YEARS AGO, BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THE NATURAL WOOD UNDERNEITH THE PAINT HAD BECOME SUN STREAKED.  I CAN NOT CONFIRM OR DENY THIS, AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN PAINTED IN MY LIFETIME.

THIS PIANO COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL BENCH, WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN PAINTED ANTIGUE WHITE.

THIS IS A VERY, VERY HEAVY PIANO, AND THE INSIDE WORKINGS ARE BRASS.  EVERYTHING WITH THIS PIANO IS COMPLETE, BUT IT IS AN OLD PIANO.  I FEEL IT IS IN REALLY DECENT SHAPE FOR ITS AGE, AND I WAS PLAYING IT DAILY UNTIL FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I MOVED.

THIS PIANO IS CURRENTLY HOUSED IN MY BROTHER'S FINISHED BASEMENT IN HARTLAND, WI.  THE WINNING BIDDER WILL NEED TO MAKE ARANGEMENTS TO MOVE THE PIANO.  IT IS VERY, VERY HEAVY, AND WILL EITHER NEED TO BE MOVED UP SOME STEPS OR TAKEN OUT A SLIDING GLASS DOOR AND UP A SIDE HILL (THIS WAS MY CHOSEN ROUTE WHEN I MOVED IT INTO MY BROTHER'S HOUSE).  I HAVE MOVED THIS PIANO THREE TIMES---TWICE WITH THE HELP OF STRONG FRIENDS, AND ONCE I HIRED A MOVING COMPANY.  THE FACT REMAINS THAT THE WINNING BIDDER WILL NEED TO MAKE MOVING ARRANGEMENTS AS A CONDITION OF WINNING THIS AUCTION, AND IT WILL REQUIRE SOME MUSCLE TO MOVE THIS PIANO!

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS PIANO IS HOUSED IN HARTLAND, WI.

THIS PIANO IS BEING SOLD AS-IS.  I HAVE TAKEN NUMEROUS PHOTOS, AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

FOR THE PAST 70 + YEARS, THIS PIANO HAS BEEN IN A SMOKE FREE AND PET FREE ENVIRONMENT.

THANKS FOR LOOKING!