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CURIOUS AND UNUSUAL PIANOS

If you thought a console, spinet, upright, or grand piano were your only choices, think again!

Artists and architects have envisioned the fantasy piano of your dreams, or depending on your point of view, a piano that might keep you up at night!

Enjoy this curated collection of unusual, bizarre, weird, curious, and fantasy pianos!

Moth Sculpture with Recycled Piano Keys

Here's a Valentine of a piano! Reminiscent of hearts, flowers, gilt valentines and lace ... All you need is a box of chocolates and a romantic song! Happy Piano Valentine's Day! ❤️ 🎹 ❤️

From Lucid Pianos

For International Crochet Day we have a chic piano dressed in lacy crocheted pantaloons , down to the bench! Remember 1960s macramé! "Piano Dentelle" by Joana Vasconcelos , 2008-2011 🎹

Are you a knitter or crochet aficianado? You might recognize the British term for a quarter note, “crotchet” from an Old French word meaning “little hook,” inspired by its shape. ♩

If you're near the seashore and have a bucket and shovel, you too can build a piano sandcastle for SANDCASTLE DAY! In 2013, in Pera, Portugal, the International Sandcastle Contest, Fiesa, had a theme of musicians, past and present. Shown below, a sandy Johann Sebastian Bach, playing on his harpsichord or maybe even his piano!! 🏰 🏖️ 🎹

Although it is sometimes believed that Bach composed for and played only the harpsichord or the clavier, the piano was invented during his lifetime (1685-1750) and he not only played the piano, but actually composed at least two of his pieces specifically for the instrument!

From pianist ad author Charles Rosen, he writes: It was on May 7, 1747, that Bach visited Frederick the Great at Potsdam. The Prussian king preferred the pianoforte -- then called "forte and piano" -- to the less nuanced harpsichord or the organ; so much so that he had 15 of the instruments built for him. During this visit the king led Bach from room to room to try them out. (Bach had encountered pianos before the royal visit; he had complained that their action was too heavy, their treble too weak.) Frederick played for Bach a theme of his own and then asked Bach to improvise a fugue on it. After Bach obliged with a three-voice fugue, the king demanded a more spectacular six-voice fugue. Bach improvised a six-voice fugue on a theme of his own, but on his return to Leipzig wrote out a six-voice fugue on the royal theme. He had it printed with a number of other works all based on the same theme, and sent it to Frederick as "a musical offering."

It's Crystal Clear! The Crystal Piano is a transparent design created by Canadian manufacturer Heintzman Pianos! Not only beautiful, it is currently the most expensive piano in the world! 🎼 🤑🎹

This beautiful instrument was played for the first time in front of an audience at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games by Chinese pianist Lang Lang. It was later sold at an auction for $3.22 million!

A Polka Dot Piano! Five-year-old Ron Dervina plays the Polka Dot piano outside City Studio under the Cambie Street bridge beside the Aqua Bus dock. Vancouver, June 28 2013. Photo courtesy of Gerry Kahrmann

A whale-shaped and inspired grand piano by polish designer Robert Majkut called "Whaletone"! To see and hear how to use the inside of the piano strings to create whalesong, click this "whale of a piano."

A Concert Grand Piano many entirely of 2798 LEGOS! Click to see it in action!

Gingerbread Piano with licorice keyes!

Finally, a piano for guinea pigs! HEY! I MEAN, HAY!!! If there ever was a piano suitable for guinea pigs (or rabbits), it would be this one! 🐹🎹🐇

"This little piggy went to market" and this little piggy turned into a piano! Do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do-oink!

A piano architected to have hints of the music staff and great view of the inside workings!

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The Curious Pianist

It's Midsummer! School is out! A time of warm nights, visits to the beach, and magic! Listen to the music of Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream or learn the chords to Surfin' Safari!

🧚‍♀️ 🎹 HAPPY JUNE! 🎹 🧚‍♀️