Online Museum
Online Museum
Did you know we have an online museum? Through our extensive ephemera collection, photos and historical texts, we are able to share nearly 200 years of history that has been locked away in private collections for decades. Scroll through original sales catalogs, vintage advertising and trade cards for a rare glimpse into the piano & organ industry as…
Season of Gratitude
As we enter a season of thankfulness and gratitude, we want to take a moment to focus on what we are grateful for this year as a business and community. First and foremost is always our clients. We are so grateful for each and every one of you. We are thankful for trusting us with…
Annual Company Fall Festival
This past week we held our annual company Fall Festival! One of the best parts of working in a small business is the community it creates. We loved the chance to meet each other’s families, talk about life, and celebrate each role we play that makes this company a success. Not to mention enjoy some…
Meet Beth Bowman
After last week, Fall officially has landed in the smokey mountains and we are loving watching the leaves turn. We’re also excited to continue to introduce our new team members to you as we grow! Today we’d like to introduce you to our new Marketing Manager and Content Creator, Beth Bowman. Beth and her family…
Meet Bill Kasper
It’s almost Fall here in East Tennessee! We’re excited for cooler weather and all the changes happening around the shop. Our company has expanded and we’ve been fortunate enough to hire on additional members to our team to help enhance our restoration processes. Over the next couple weeks we want to introduce them to you!…
For Immediate Release; Antique Piano Shop featured by Rolls-Royce Owner’s Club of America
It is with great pride and honor that Antique Piano Shop announces it is partnering with the St. James’s House, one of Britain’s leading custom publishers, to be a participating patron at this summer’s Rolls-Royce Owner’s Club (RROC) event in French Lick, Indiana. On behalf of Rolls-Royce, St. James’s House offered Antique Piano Shop of…
Antique Piano Shop highlighted in The Craftsman Bungalow
Antique Piano Shop is honored to be highlighted by The Craftsman Bungalow for having the world’s largest collection of Mission/Arts & Crafts pianos available for purchase. You can read the full article by clicking on The Craftsman Bungalow. The Arts & Crafts Movement in America was most popular in the 1900 – 1915 period and had all…
Antique Piano Shop opens its doors for the news to share a typical day inside the shop
The crew at Antique Piano shop knows full well just how unique and special of a place our shop is. Every day we get to work on some of the rarest pianos in the world and restore them better than anyone else in the world. We aren’t afraid or ashamed to say that we can…
Antique Piano Shop featured on front page news
Antique Piano Shop was honored to host The Daily Times of Maryville, TN into its shop to show off what makes this such a special place to work. The crew loved seeing their work highlighted on the front page of the newspaper! The article features our Royal Piano, which is an 1877 concert grand built…
Antique Piano Shop Featured Piano: Vose & Sons Mahogany Library Model Mission Upright Piano
The Antique Piano Shop is pleased to announce our featured piano, this exquisite Vose & Sons Mahogany Library Model Mission Upright Piano, a lovely Craftsman style piano made of Honduras Mahogany. While most Arts & Crafts style pianos are made of Quarter Sawn Oak, mahogany pianos like this Vose & Sons Mahogany Library Model Mission…
Antique Piano Shop of Tennessee leads growth in increasingly popular Mission/Arts & Crafts Piano Movement
The Antique Piano Shop, a restorer and retailer of Antique Pianos, is helping to lead the revitalized Mission/Arts & Crafts piano movement through the restoration of this piano style, with the world’s largest collection of Mission/Arts & Crafts pianos available to those interested in this unique style of pianos for personal or business use. The…
Antique Piano Shop Featured Piano: Chickering Victorian Concert Grand Piano from 1861
The Antique Piano Shop of Tennessee is proud to offer this absolutely stunning Chickering Victorian Concert Grand Piano that dates from 1861 and offers an amazing history from the American Civil War. This Chickering Victorian Concert Grand Piano is The King Of The Victorian Concert State and this Model Chickering was preferred By Famous Pianists…
Antique Piano Shop Featured Piano: Prairie Style Influenced Smith & Barnes Arts & Crafts Upright Piano
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…
Antique Piano Shop Featured Piano: Autopiano Arts & Crafts Player Piano
The Antique Piano Shop is proud to offer our latest featured piano, this absolutely stunning Autopiano Arts & Crafts Player Piano, this exceptionally rare and fully restored Mission/Arts & Crafts Style Autopiano Player Piano that dates to 1907 and is made of gorgeous Quarter Sewn Oak. This is very rare “Model S Mission Oak” Arts…
Antique Piano Shop Featured Piano: Crown 4 Pedal Craftsman Style Upright Piano
The Antique Piano Shop is pleased to feature this beautiful and unique featured piano, a Crown 4 Pedal Craftsman Style Upright Piano, a very rare 4-Pedal Craftsman Style Crown Upright Piano In Fumed Oak Finish. Dating to 1911 and featuring a rich, fumed oak finish, Crown 4 Pedal Craftsman Style Upright Piano Crown brand pianos were…
Antique Piano Shop Featured Piano: Knabe Victorian Eastlake Parlor Grand Piano
The Antique Piano Shop is proud to feature this outstanding Knabe Victorian Eastlake Parlor Grand Piano, an absolutely stunning antique piano that dates to 1889 and offers a wealth of magnificent features that would add beauty and elegance to any decor, especially for those looking for a Victorian period piano. Knabe is the official piano…
Antique Piano Shop Featured Piano: Berry Wood Coin Operated Nickelodeon Player Piano
The Antique Piano Shop is proud to feature this amazing musical piece, a Berry Wood Coin Operated Nickelodeon Player Piano, an extremely rare coin-operated Berry Wood Nickelodeon Player Piano With Stunning Art Glass Front that is offered by the Antique Piano Shop. This lovely Berry-Wood piano was originally built as a coin-operated nickelodeon piano in the…
Antique Piano Shop Featured Item: Mathushek Orchestral Model Square Grand Piano
The Antique Piano Shop is honored to share a featured antique piano from our collection of magnificent Mathushek Orchestral Model Square Grand Piano that dates from 1876. This Mathushek Orchestral Model Square Grand Piano was the highest grade, most expensive model square grand piano built by Mathushek and is highly desirable for the brilliant Brazilian Rosewood finish and…
Antique Piano Shop Featured Item: Custom Designed John Broadwood & Sons Concert Grand Piano
The Antique Piano Shop is proud to offer this Custom Designed John Broadwood & Sons Concert Piano that is available for sale. Adorned with exquisite inlay, marquetry and paintings, this custom made Broadwood Concert Grand Piano was designed and decorated by the illustrious firm of “Monblond & Coiffier” and subsequently sold by Trollope & Sons’…
Antique Piano Shop releases stunning Knabe & Gaehle Gothic Style Square Grand Piano
The Antique Piano Shop, a restorer and retailer of antique pianos, is pleased to announce the recent release of their latest restoration project, a Knabe & Gaehle Antique Custom Made Gothic Inspired Square Grand Piano that is available for purchase on a global basis. The firm of Knabe & Gaehle was one of the most…
Preserving Musical Memories from “Auld Lang Syne”
As another year ends and the New Year dawns, it’s tradition to sing the old Scottish song “Auld Lang Syne.” Though it’s difficult to pronounce in the vernacular (even the English translation gives some of us trouble), its meaning is simple: as time goes by, we remember old friends. To us at Antique Piano Shop,…
The Keys to Success
Located in the friendly town of Friendsville, Tennessee, Antique Piano Shop is one of the only companies in the world that restores antique musical instruments to historically accurate glory and customizes pianos and organs to suit any interior design need specified by designers and homeowners. For those who may be new to our blog, our…
Piano and Pinot: The Perfect Pair
When attending a wine tasting, connoisseurs like to engage all senses in the experience, not just taste. Mike and Sandy Davis, owners of Napa’s Davis Estates winery, enlisted the help of Antique Piano Shop to give their guests a sensational sense of melodious hearing that adds to the taste and aroma of their award-winning wines.…
Antique Piano Shop featured in the Boston Globe
Even though he didn’t travel from Antique Piano Shop’s Friendsville, Tennessee, location, Michael made it to Boston and beyond. Recently featured in an amazing Boston Globe story that was circulated to hundreds of thousands of readers, Michael shared a glimpse of the piano restoration business and a compelling story about a famous Boston piano making…
Michael Stinnett and the Antique Piano Shop Featured on NBC TV’s Your Stories
Here’s your chance to see Michael shirtless, in pajamas, a three-piece suit, and an outfit reminiscent of pioneers on the western plains. Wardrobe changes for a costumed play? No, rather, they’re from candid photos Michael’s mom picked out, showcasing slices of his life through the years—always with a connection to pianos. We’re excited to share…
Antique Piano Shop: Where Pianos Go to Survive
Warehouses full of used, unwanted pianos waiting to be taken to their final resting place at the dump; Pages of ebay listings and Craigslist ads of cheap unwanted uprights that can’t find a bidder or even someone to take a worn-out piano for free: These may as well be scenes from a horror film, if…
Interview With Michael Stinnett on ABC TV
Reporter Gene Patterson with Knoxville, Tennessee, ABC-affiliate WATE interviewed Michael Stinnett about the Antique Piano Shop, his love affair with pianos and why he feels what he’s doing is important. Michael shared, “There is a demand for this. Very few are doing it. Most of the technicians I’ve known have passed away. And, there are…
For What It’s Worth – The Story Behind a Beloved Story and Clark Piano
In the sunny corner of a large Victorian home in Tyronza, AR, stood a mahogany Story and Clark grand piano purchased as a wedding gift for the homeowner’s bride. Bellwood Farrell, M.D., had traveled to New York City to search for the finest instrument he could locate for Beulah Mae, his beloved fiancée. During the…
A “Win-Win” Restoration: Junior League of Charleston’s Broadwood
One of the less obvious advantages of a piano’s expense is that their value can increase with restoration and be sold for a profit – with the right buyer, of course. This is just what Junior League of Charleston, S.C. intends to do when the restoration of their 1865 Broadwood Cottage Grand Piano is complete.…
Home is Where the Heart is: A 1909 Mission Arts & Crafts Style Vose & Sons Piano Returns to its Native City
Estate sales are fun places to stumble upon unique and even rare objects. Recently I purchased a Vose & Sons piano from an estate in St. Louis that was no ordinary piano. For starters, Vose & Sons built truly exceptional pianos. The company was established in 1851 by James Whiting Vose in Boston,…
Restoring the Un-restorable: Flood-damaged Steinway Pianos from Grand Ole Opry Brought Back to Life
Click here to watch Michael Stinnett discuss the restoration process of the historic Opry pianos: http://youtu.be/trRo_Hh1qQI The 1,000-year flood in Nashville caused enormous swelling of the Cumberland River in 2010 and damaged many buildings throughout the city, including the Grand Ole Opry House. The Opry lost many of its valuable, historic keepsakes and instruments, and three…
Giving Back to Dollywood
Antique Piano Shop Restores 1901 Lester Victorian Upright Piano, Donates to Robert F. Thomas Dollywood Chapel On August 4, guests witnessed the majestic sounds of a 1901 Lester Victorian filling the Robert F. Thomas Chapel at Dollywood, which was packed to the gills and spilling out the doors with people who came to hear the…
