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  • 1.  Looking for info on this Copenhagen piano with a great design.

    Member
    Posted 07-27-2023 10:24

    Doe anyone know the details about this piano; make, years made, history and value? I really like the style and design of the piano but the only markings on the instrument is the Copenhagen, Denmark marking on the left side of the keyboard.

    See two attached pictures.

    Any info would help.

    Thanks, Joe



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    Joe Burros
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    www.fmi-newengland.com
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  • 2.  RE: Looking for info on this Copenhagen piano with a great design.

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-27-2023 18:20

    I have a customer with a piano almost this same design.  The front curves down like that, but it has a separate lid.  The top lifts up and there is a nifty music rack that unfolds from inside.  It has a brand name Hornung & Møller which sounds Danish to me, and it says Kammerpiano with a serial of 49098.  It has a spinet type action. This probably isn't much help to you, but I thought it was interesting. 



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    Laura Wright, RPT
    Ivory Keys Piano Service
    Durango CO
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  • 3.  RE: Looking for info on this Copenhagen piano with a great design.

    Member
    Posted 07-27-2023 19:11
    Thanks for this info Laura. The seller can't find any other info on the piano other than the place of manufacture. Looking closer at the photos I realized that the piano only has 7 octaves on it, rather than the standard eight. Does your customer's piano have 7 or 8 octaves on it?
    Thanks!









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  • 4.  RE: Looking for info on this Copenhagen piano with a great design.

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-30-2023 13:11

    Keep in mind that the standard piano only has 7 full octaves. This one is only missing the top three keys which used to be the standard for many pianos. Good luck!



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    Tim Foster
    New Oxford PA
    (470) 231-6074
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  • 5.  RE: Looking for info on this Copenhagen piano with a great design.

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-30-2023 14:23
    For further clarification, yes the now-standard 88 keys encompasses 7 octaves, PLUS 1/4 octave (3 additional keys), so a total of 7 1/4 octaves. In an 85-note piano, whether A0-A7, or imagine C1-C8, the highest key just completes the 7th octave. If you want to say "the highest note starts the 8th octave, ok, but since there isn't an 8th complete octave, I think 7 1/4 is clearer. Bösendorfer extended keyboards are outliers, far from standard, so for another conversation. Hth. 

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  • 6.  RE: Looking for info on this Copenhagen piano with a great design.

    Member
    Posted 07-27-2023 21:18

    I was in Copenhagen last year and saw some Andreas Christensen pianos with a very modern design.  It might be a long shot, but the style reminds me a bit of those pianos.



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    Robert Scott
    Real-Time Specialties (TuneLab)
    fixthatpiano@yahoo.com
    Hopkins MN
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  • 7.  RE: Looking for info on this Copenhagen piano with a great design.

    Posted 07-28-2023 09:34

    Hi Joe,

     A quick google search for "Copenhagen Pianos" produced these photos (hopefully I've attached them correctly). It looks to be a Brøder Jorgensen "Pianette Minerva". I wasn't able to find much else about it. 



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    Tyler Ayala
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  • 8.  RE: Looking for info on this Copenhagen piano with a great design.

    Member
    Posted 07-28-2023 09:45
    Thanks so much. I believe you have identified the thing. I have notified the owner.
    Once again. Many thanks!!
    Joe









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  • 9.  RE: Looking for info on this Copenhagen piano with a great design.

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-30-2023 13:40

    Joe, one of my customers has one of these. Not special at all, unless you're especially devoted to art deco/Scandinavian furniture. 



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    Patrick Draine RPT
    Billerica MA
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