The Antique Piano Shop is proud to feature this outstanding piano, a very rare Prairie Style Influenced Smith & Barnes Arts & Crafts Upright Piano, a Smith & Barnes Piano Inspired By Chicago and Prairie Style Geometric Craftsman Design.
The Arts & Crafts Movement in America was most popular from about the 1900 – 1915 period, and had all but disappeared before 1920. Although the Arts & Crafts Movement was a relatively short-lived design era, hundreds of thousands of homes were built and furnished in the popular Craftsman/Mission style. Today, there is a huge Renaissance in the Arts & Crafts Movement; Original Craftsman style homes are being renovated, new Craftsman style homes are being built, and most major furniture lines are manufacturing and selling furnishings in the Craftsman style to reflect the Mission/Arts & Crafts period.
Because the Arts & Crafts movement was such an extreme change from traditional period styles, piano manufactures were very slow to adapt. Very few manufacturers went to the time and expense of adding Craftsman style pianos to their line. By the time these few makers added Craftsman design pianos to their product line, the Arts & Crafts movement seemed to fade away almost as quickly as it came. As a result, Craftsman style pianos are exceedingly rare today.
This rare Craftsman style piano was built by the Smith & Barnes Piano Company of Chicago in 1910, right at the height of the Arts & Crafts movement in America. This piano is made of richly figured quarter sawn oak wood and features raised front pillars reflecting the Chicago and Prairie Style, while the front panels are adorned with beautiful rose-pattern geometric carvings.
This piano is being completely restored, inside and out, with a historical perspective in mind. If desired, this piano can be equipped with the QRS Pianomation player system and can play by itself by streaming music live on an iPod, computer, iPad, etc.
An authentic matching piano bench is included. If you are interested in purchasing this amazing antique piano, please contact the Antique Piano Shop today.
Specifications:
YEAR: 1910
FINISH: Quarter Sawn Oak Wood
A special note from Michael Stinnett, the Founder of The Antique Piano Shop:
As founder of The Antique Piano Shop, I have personally collected Mission / Arts & Crafts style pianos for over 25 years. I have a great passion for anything Mission / Arts & Crafts, including Craftsman homes, furniture, and accessories. If you are a true Arts & Crafts enthusiast, you will appreciate how impossible it is to find true Arts & Crafts / Mission style pianos in today’s market. Nearly three decades of collecting and preserving these “impossible to find” instruments has allowed me the opportunity to present the largest collection of true Mission / Arts & Crafts style instruments anywhere in the world.
We are proud to offer the serious enthusiast the option of adding an authentic period instrument for their Craftsman home.
– Michael Stinnett, Founder, The Antique Piano Shop, Inc.