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Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62570 03/30/07 06:39 AM
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 6,574 Bucksport, Maine Piano World OP Piano World Founder - Piano Tuner - Pianist 6000 Post Club Member
OP Piano World Piano World Founder - Piano Tuner - Pianist 6000 Post Club Member Joined: May 2001 Posts: 6,574 Bucksport, Maine	Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick FOUR craftsmen took six months to build a two-inch-square working model of a Steinway grand piano, illustrated below. Played with a toothpick, it has thirty-six ivory keys and is strung like a full-size instrument. With other objects in the photo â€”miniature enamel furniture, and a dancing girlâ€™s toe bell from Bombay, India, displayed on a finger â€”it forms part of a private collection of 28,500 curios from fifty-four countries exhibited recently in San Francisco. From an article in Popular Science, Dec. 1940 Have to wonder how you tune it :-) - Frank B. Original Founder of Piano World Owner of... www.PianoSupplies.com Maine Piano Man My Keyboards: Estonia L-190, Roland RD88, Yamaha P-80, Bilhorn Telescope Organ c 1880, Antique Pump Organ, 1850 concertina, 3 other digital pianos ------------------------- My original piece on BandCamp: https://frankbaxtermrpianoworld.bandcamp.com/releases Me banging out some tunes in the Estonia piano booth at the NAMM show... It's Fun To Play the Piano ... PLEASE Pass It On!

Re: Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62571 03/30/07 08:46 AM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,203 Marietta, GA Les Koltvedt 3000 Post Club Member
Les Koltvedt 3000 Post Club Member Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,203 Marietta, GA	I would think by now it's due for new hammers & strings at least...maybe even a complete rebuild including soundboard... Les Koltvedt Servicing the Greater Atlanta area www.LKPianos.com PTG Associate

Re: Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62572 03/30/07 11:26 AM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 3,895 San Francisco whippen boy 3000 Post Club Member
whippen boy 3000 Post Club Member Joined: May 2005 Posts: 3,895 San Francisco	You'd have to play the minute waltz.

Re: Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62573 03/30/07 11:46 AM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,941 Florida LisztAddict 2000 Post Club Member
LisztAddict 2000 Post Club Member Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,941 Florida	That's really neat! I wonder if it has crowned soundboard and working sustain pedal. Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/4001TD/videos

Re: Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62574 03/30/07 11:49 AM
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 11,199 Maryland/DC/No. VA S Steve Cohen Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Steve Cohen Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member S Joined: May 2001 Posts: 11,199 Maryland/DC/No. VA	Gee, a piano for those with small talents! Piano Industry Consultant Co-author (with Larry Fine) of Practical Piano Valuation www.jasonsmc@msn.com Contributing Editor & Consultant - Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer Retired owned of Jasons Music Center Maryland/DC/No. VA Family Owned and Operated Since 1937.

Re: Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62575 03/30/07 11:56 AM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 253 Philly burbs oldcars Full Member
oldcars Full Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 253 Philly burbs	Uh oh...I can hear a whole bunch of puns coming from Trucker, among others, regarding the pieces that can be played on this piano: A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You, Little Bit O' Soul, A Little Bit of Heaven, Little Bitty Girl, Little Bitty Pretty One, A little Bitty Tear, Little Black Book, Little Deuce Coup, Little Woman, Little Devil Composed by Tiny Tim and Tiny Hill, or Little Eva, or Little Caesar and the Romans and my favorite Little Anthony and the Imperials... But since puns are a little play on words, I shouldn't be taken literally.... Have a good weekend BÃ¶sendorfer 225 Yamaha CVP 307 -------------- Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. Henry David Thoreau

Re: Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62576 03/30/07 12:17 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,257 Williamsburg, VA Piano*Dad Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Piano*Dad Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,257 Williamsburg, VA	"It's a Small World After All" https://www.youtube.com/user/dhfeld/videos

Re: Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62577 03/30/07 12:28 PM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 384 Nottingham, U.K. F Fraggle Full Member
Fraggle Full Member F Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 384 Nottingham, U.K.	Or for a change of pace how about something by Little Richard. Will

Re: Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62578 03/30/07 12:55 PM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 36 PA Solo Piano Full Member
Solo Piano Full Member Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 36 PA	You would have to have to skill to play that little baby lol, your right.. you do have to wonder how to do it.. or does it stay tuned? www.solopianoradio.com ^^Great website, all the solo piano you need, hosted by David Nevue^^

Re: Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62579 03/30/07 01:21 PM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 342 BsAs C Cultor Full Member
Cultor Full Member C Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 342 BsAs	Perfect for my living room!

Re: Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62580 03/30/07 03:46 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 53 Vanvouver BC groundH2O Full Member
groundH2O Full Member Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 53 Vanvouver BC	Has anyone tried playing a full-sized grand piano with a giant toothpick? Brent what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying "And another thing ..." twenty minutes after admitting he's lost the argument. - Douglas Adams

Re: Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62581 03/31/07 06:30 AM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 9 himynameisjc Junior Member
himynameisjc Junior Member Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 9	I Want one! what for you may ask? oh ya noe, those inklings, they come and go That's one Dandy Warhol-

Re: Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62582 03/31/07 09:04 AM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 271 Ohio McLaughlin Full Member
McLaughlin Full Member Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 271 Ohio	Quote Originally posted by groundH2O: Has anyone tried playing a full-sized grand piano with a giant toothpick? ROTFL!! Brian Lucey - M&H BB 1930 the day job: Magic Garden Mastering "the economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the ecology" - unknown

Re: Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62583 03/31/07 09:34 AM
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,051 K kenny 7000 Post Club Member
kenny 7000 Post Club Member K Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,051	How was the soundboard crowned?

Re: Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62584 03/31/07 09:46 AM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,502 CT C CTPianotech 1000 Post Club Member
CTPianotech 1000 Post Club Member C Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,502 CT	Quote Originally posted by McLaughlin: Quote Originally posted by groundH2O: [b] Has anyone tried playing a full-sized grand piano with a giant toothpick? ROTFL!! [/b] Got the biggest headache when I tried that. Stupid fallboard.. Rich Lindahl Piano Restorations in Central CT www.rivervalleypiano.com

Re: Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62585 03/31/07 10:05 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 243 K Kingfrog777 Full Member
Kingfrog777 Full Member K Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 243	Only $99,999.99....MAP $49,999.99 MSP $2.00 Piano, pro audio,guitar and MI sales. Yamaha, Pearl River, Bergmann, Remington.

Re: Tiny Grand Piano Can Be Played with a Toothpick #62586 03/31/07 10:20 AM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,203 Marietta, GA Les Koltvedt 3000 Post Club Member
Les Koltvedt 3000 Post Club Member Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,203 Marietta, GA	Frank...see what you started!!! Les Koltvedt Servicing the Greater Atlanta area www.LKPianos.com PTG Associate