Welcome to the 1920s!

Here are more photographs of my player piano and its home. We think this has been its home since 1929 and the house has changed remarkably little since this time.

I own and live in, with my sister and brother-in-law, an 1850s farmhouse, which was vastly enlarged and remodeled in the 1920s. ALL of the old craftsmanship has been retained within the house and it is quite a lovely thing to see in 1998. One could be convinced that they are in 1925 when they are in this old house.

We are not rich, but merely found through our great good fortune, a beautiful old house for a song (no pun intended) which we all dearly love. It is a happy house and home.

I was also fortunate to inherit the remarkable instrument you may have heard on my main page. It came with the house. It has taken me five years to have it repaired.

Click on the thumbnail views to see the larger pictures.

	Here is a close-up of the player. You can see how good the finish still looks after 70+ years. It is a very rich and dark mahogany finish (which was quite the thing in the 1920s).
	Is it 1925 or 1995? You be the judge. This is our hall at one time or the other.
	Here is the player piano from the far end "front parlor" wall. The "parlor" makes a decent concert hall or dance floor.
	Guess again! 1925 or 1995? This is from the dining room/library.
	The remarkable, decades old keyboard. It looks great--nice and even thanks to Mr. Tuttle. You can also see another view of the amazing un-refinished case. The wood is long-grained mahogany.
	Here is my beginner's roll collection. If you "zoom in" you can also see the ordinary desktop microphone with which I started to record the songs on this site. Also visible on the right is the vacuum cleaner bag used to clean the inside of the player. It started out empty and is full now. I am keeping it for some reason. A recent QRS roll order is to the right in this photograph.
	The following four photos were taken with my sister's (Gemma) and brother-in-law's (Marc) Sony digital camera. It is "way cool!" Here is a nice view of the player ready for operation.
	A few moments later from the left of the player.
	This was taken from the indoor "North Porch." The porch is encircled by windows which open--so in the summer I expect to be giving concerts to the neighborhood.
	This is very similar to one of the views above, but in this view you can see the precarious positioning of the player over the front door. It only looks precarious.

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