1925 Cable Piano Company Inner Player catalog - I own this :)

[barengeist.livejournal.com]

I picked this Euphona Player Piano up at a garage sale in 2007 from a friend of mine in Newton. Everything had to go before he moved out of his house. I couldn't let this classic pass by. This was manufactured at the height of the piano business in 1925. The crash in 1929 put most piano manufacturers out of business. I scored a huge box of rolls to go with it. I still have to find a sustain (right) pedal that will fit it properly. The player action pump pedals fold up inside the doors you see at the bottom center.





This is before I did any cleanup. The piano had been stored in the garage for about thirty years.


EDIT: the rest of the catalog pages behind the cut:

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[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

one of my grandmother's friends had this same player piano...how exciting for you that you were able to save it, and its music!

have you gotten it playing yet? i'm very happy for you!

[barengeist.livejournal.com]

It does play. The pedal that is missing is the regular piano right (sustain) pedal.

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

Is it made of Walnut?

[barengeist.livejournal.com]

It is made of Mahogany and Burl Walnut.

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

I thought so. I love Walnut.

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

When i was a kid, we often went to my grandfather's farm; in one of the barns, he had an old player piano which was pretty much trashed, and alongside it he had a Studebaker in similarly irreparable condition.

Yours, however, is in amazing condition!

You might want to look up the work of Conlon Nancarrow (http://conlonnancarrow.org/nancarrow/Home.html), who—as the site states, "…composed approximately fifty Studies for player piano, some of the most remarkable music of the 20th century." At the end of Tinseltown Rebellion (http://www.amazon.com/Tinseltown-Rebellion-Frank-Zappa/dp/B0000009T1), Frank Zappa says, "Let's hear it for another great Italian–Conlon Nancarrow!"

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

It's lovely, especially post-cleanup. I can see a male cat had access to it and considered it his territory. I'd know those pee stains anywhere! BAD KITTY!

[hutchlover.livejournal.com]

That is gorgeous!

And what a beautiful job you did cleaning it up.

[versailles-rose.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a real find. It looks like it's in great condition, too. =)

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

Cool!

[1islandinthesea.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you're saving and enjoying this!

[barengeist.livejournal.com]

It's even more fun this time of the year when I slightly freak out everyone in the house by playing random bits of the original "Halloween" score on it :D

[chris chernobieff (from livejournal.com)]

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