Piano Collection (page 87)

ZOFFANY: THE MINUET. The Minuet. Oil on canvas by John Zoffany (1733-1810)

CARLISLE SCHOOL, c1901. Debating class at the Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston, c1901

ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE. A classroom in a rural American one-room schoolhouse. Photograph, 1873

KINDERGARTEN, 1856. Diorama of the first American kindergarten, a German-language school opened at Watertown, Wisconsin, by Margarethe Meyer Schulze in 1856

MONTANA: HOME, c1900. Interior view of an unidentified home in Helena, Montana. Photographed c1900

ELLIS ISLAND, c1915. A group of immigrant children learning American songs in a classroom at Ellis Island. Photograph, c1915

AD: PIANOS, 1926. American advertisement for Jesse French & Sons Piano Company, 1926

ADS: PIANOS & ORGANS, 1890. American magazine advertisements for pianos and organs, 1890

Tuning Piano Organ
1907: A man tuning a piano organ in the Italian colony in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Sing-Song
1908: A family have a sing-song round a piano. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Piano Primate
circa 1900: Esau the ape at the piano. (Photo by Reinhold Thiele/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Musical Hands
The hands of composer and pianist Leff Nicolas Pouishnoff (1891 - 1959), at the piano. In 1938 he was the first classical pianist to make a televised performance. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Illustration Of Beethovens Study
Illustration depicting the study of German composer Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), with a piano, chair and bookshelves, Vienna, Austria, early 19th Century

Antique illustration of dance music piano lesson

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The Piano Grande a large flat inwardly-draining plain in spring Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy

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The Piano Grande a large flat inwardly-draining plain in spring Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy

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The Piano Grande a large flat inwardly-draining plain in spring Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy

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The Piano Grande a large flat inwardly-draining plain in spring Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy

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The Piano Grande a large flat inwardly-draining plain in spring Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy

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The Piano Grande a large flat inwardly-draining plain in spring Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy

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Castelluccio di Norcia and the Piano Grande in late spring with snowy mountains Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy

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Piano Grande in spring as viewed from the south Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy

American Pianist and Composer Ernest Schelling
Ernest Schelling (1876-1939) - American Pianist, Composer, Conductor and Musical Director. Date: circa 1910

Man at the end of his tether with piano-playing singing wife
" Every Morning I feel like shooting." An American man seemingly at the end of his tether with the less-than-tuneful efforts of his enthusiastic piano-playing, singing wife

Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Polish pianist, composer, statesman
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) - Polish pianist, composer and statesman. Date: circa 1903

Alexander Ilyich Siloti - Russian Pianist Conductor Composer
Alexander Ilyich Siloti (1863-1945) - Russian Pianist Conductor Composer Date: 1904

Mark Hambourg - Russian-born pianist
Mark Hambourg (1879-1960) Russian-born pianist. Date: circa 1905

Two young children discuss the merits of piano size
" Do you like them big pianners better than the likkle uns Aurelia?" " No, Dolpaus, they take up to much room; an besides they don t make any more noise than the little uns

Dandy Pianist - a Wow with the Party Ladies
Botany - The Dandelion - a florid little man! A wow with all the ladies (up to a point!). A pianist, possibly modelled in part on popular Polish pianist Paderewski? Date: circa 1907

Dulcimer - a variety of the psaltery, has been in use from very early times. Represented on Assyrian monuments and mentioned in texts from the time of Nebuchadnezzar

H. R. H. on the Way to India Sunday morning at sea is a peculiar feeling day. You
H.R.H. on the Way to India Sunday morning at sea is a peculiar feeling day. You remember that the usual rubber at whist cannot be, that chess is esteemed sinful

Ivor Keys, the 17 year old schoolboy of Christs Hospital School, who has written several works and has conducted the London Symphony Orchestra who played his own work recently. 28th August 1938

L Evershed Martin (left) founder of the Chichester Festival Theatre, and Michael Langham Director of the Festival Theatre in Stratford Ontario, Canada

Young children receive their buns from the Guy Fawkes Charity. 1935

USA, Oregon, Shaniko. Main street in ghost town. Credit as: Nancy & Steve Ross / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

USA, Oregon, Shaniko. Close-up of old piano on main street in ghost town. Credit as: Nancy & Steve Ross / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

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Canada, Alberta, Calgary: Fort Calgary Historic Park, Antique Organ

The stage of the London Palladium 19 June 1927

Girl Pianist Fame Miss Adelaide Newman the 14 year old girl who won the Pip, squeak and Wilfred musical competition at the Aeolian hall, Bond Street London last July

The London studio of the British Broadcasting Co. The Marconi microphone will be readily recognised on its stand in the centre. Marconis Wireless Telegraph Co Ltd. 1 January 1925

Mr B Feldman, the music publisher

Miss Renee Kelly in a new sketch at the Coliseum. Miss Renee Kelly at the piano. 27 February 1923

Piano Making at Brinsmeads Factory. Polishing a fine satinwood case. 10 December 1920

Lady Newnes

British actress, Jessie Matthews singing on stage at the opening of the Granada cinema at Welling in Kent. 1938

The Papermakers Arms pub in Hawley, Kent. A photo of the interior. 11 March 1939

The empty dance floor at the Ideal Club in Sidcup, Kent. 1937

Bishop of Rochester opens St Johns Hall, Kent. 1934

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