For sale: Steinway grand piano

Asking price Euro 21,000     now euro 19,500

• Location: Keulsekade 25, 3531JX Utrecht, the Netherlands
• Steinway model A (188 cm = 6 ft 1 to 2 inches)
• New York
• Serial number: 134814
• Year built: 1908 or 1909  — the golden age of pianos
• Purchased in 2004 from Bilthoven;
• Inside: new strings; hammer felts; regulated, voiced, refinished (polished) euro 5,500
• Ivory keys, French polish
• Moved to Bussum & Utrecht (current location)
• Regulated and voiced in 2008
• Damp-chaser installed for euro 500
• Regularly tuned and maintained & used for professional recordings of Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo and intimate concerts in Monument House Concert Series (twice a year).
• Reason for selling: owner lives in Hawaii now
• Additional background information, including history and sound clips.
• Also available: 30 folding black chairs from the Monument House Concert Series and sheet music

Please use LEAVE A REPLY box below for enquiries & appointments. These will NOT be posted but owner will reply.

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Steinway Grand at the Monument House, Utrecht, Photo: Fokke v.d. Meer, 2012

Steinway Grand at the Monument House, Utrecht. Photo: Fokke v.d. Meer, 2012

Steinway Grand at the Monument House, Utrecht. Photo: Fokke v.d. Meer, 2012

Steinway Grand at the Monument House, Utrecht. Photo: Fokke v.d. Meer, 2012

Sound clips:

Amaranthinesque – piano duet 4 hands, by Chip Michael, performed by Anne Ku & Brendan Kinsella, Utrecht, Netherlands July 2011

Fantasy Impromptu – Chopin – performed by Rie Tanaka, Bussum, Netherlands, June 2004 (shortly after purchase & restoration)

Dare to dream concert in Houston, Texas

Seven years ago, my duo declared our dream to travel around the world at our first concerts in London. I’ve nearly forgotten that dream after full-time conservatory studies and the subsequent immersion in the portfolio career of a musician.

We all need to dream, for dreams are what keep us going. We shouldn’t be afraid to dream, even if the dream may never come true.

Future house concert in Houston, Texas

We’re dreaming of a concert in a beautiful 7,000 sq ft luxury house that looks more like an art gallery than a private home. Once upon a time, it was the weather museum in Houston, and just a stone’s throw away from the loft apartment where I used to live, when I was working as a non-musician driving a red convertible.

Dream house in Houston, Texas

On our last visit to Houston (Robert’s first to the USA) in December 2007, the owner had shown us this building — before the renovation. She led us through the empty space and pointed to the kitchen, the bathroom, and shared her dreams of turning it into another fantasy home. Her previous house had already dazzled me. What could be next?

It was her hobby to create beautiful places to live and entertain. As a cultural connoisseur, she wanted space to display art works of painters she admired. In her previous palatial home, she even supported musicians through organising fundraising concerts.

7,000 sq ft of space in Houston, Texas

Nothing in our imagination could prepare us for these pictures. Now we start dreaming of filling that space with our live music.

We set ourselves a deadline. We need to get there before 21st October 2010. We have to give a concert there before it gets sold.

Outside the dream house in Texas