A Spanish 55 note hand-wound barrel piano with bells in CGAE...

Hammer

£550

A Spanish 55 note hand-wound barrel piano with bells in CGAE, together with cart.
In an elaborate case with the original paintwork, featuring a pictorial scene hand-painted to the rear of the piano and the original song sheet, or original re-pin sheet, present inside the piano. The bell mechanism is intact and functioning.

Likely bought from Bournemouth by Milly and Colin Williams, this piano has travelled far from its native Spain. It has been fitted with a new wrest plank, pins and strings by Colin Williams. Wrest plank wood from a piano supplier was used to do this. The wrest plank on the bottom is original.

The wrest plank is the quickest to go - wrest pins split the wrest plank under the pressure from being pulled down by strings. It gets to a point when wrest pins can't be tightened any further. Songs are as illustrated in the picture.

DIMENSIONS OF PIANO:
Height 123cm
Depth 58cm
Width of case 123cm
Width with handles 133cm

DIMENSIONS WHEN ON CART:
Height 164cm
Width 61cm without wheels
Width with wheels 111cm
Length 206cm

Colin Williams Collection