Vintage piano lid/top board
 
Width (typical range):19-22 cm
Length (typical range): 155-165 cm
Price: $22 (incl GST) each
 
(Pictures, while taken from Pianos Recycled stock, are for illustrative purposes only. Each lid is likely to be unique. A large range is available for inspection at our warehouse)
 
Shop and pick up from our warehouse only.
 
Good condition but there may be signs of previous love and entertainment.
 
From the top of a piano – wooden cover that is hinged to the spine and folds down to protect the interior of the piano when it is not being played. When raised the lid acts an amplifier and helps in creating different levels of sound frequencies from the soundboard.
 
Usually veneered with 150-200 year-old European or North American timbers. The inner core is often birch, fir, spruce or poplar.
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Many different types of wood are used in an American or European piano for various parts. These include birch, maple, fir, oak, mahogany, ebony, spruce, cherry, walnut, rosewood and many other exotic woods.
 
Australian piano makers like Wertheim and Beale used local timbers such as cedar, Queensland walnut, Victorian Ash, Queensland silky oak, and rosewood (Australian Rose Mahogany).
 
Pianos were built as both instruments and pieces of fine furniture to satisfy the demand from the rising middle class in nineteenth century western countries. Piano making businesses would employ not only specialist instrument makers but also skilled cabinet makers to handcraft the piano case and decorative moldings.
 
NOTE:
Pictured product is for illustration only. All our products are handmade and while they will closely resemble the item in this picture, the product you purchase will be unique with its own individual characteristics.