Bluthner Baby Grand Piano (Used)| Mahogany Finish

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Bluthner Baby Grand Piano (Used)| Mahogany Finish |5ft 6in| Bolton Store
This Bluthner Baby Grand Piano was manufactured in approximately 1928 and plays like a dream. When it was moved and arrived at the store it remained in tune and at concert pitch before our technician looked at it. It is very rare our piano tuner/technician gets excited, but he did when this arrived in the store. He explained to me that Bluthner made a ‘roller action’ on their pianos that was very responsive and this was changed after 1930 to one that was considered not as good. Garyth went on to tell me most professional pianists and technicians will agree that Bluthner made some of the best pianos they have ever produced during the 1920’s and this was one of them! He couldn’t stop telling me about it (this is not like him, he was clearly excited). Externally this piano has cabinet fading and marks (as shown in the pictures and video) and is not at its best on the outside but still looks OK. Internally this is in good condition and sounds very nice indeed. The keys are great, are all undamaged and feel lovely, the tone is amazing and key response is second to none. This really does sound great and makes you want to play it.
This piano is fantastic value for money and if the cabinet was fully restored we would estimate this piano could have a value of £12,000 plus. This is one of the nicest pianos I have ever played and I really do love the tone and feel.
Graham Blackledge – Rimmers Music

Dimensions:
Height: 3ft 2.5in
Width: 4ft 9in
Depth: 5ft 6in
About Bluthner pianos…..
In the middle of the 19th century, the city of Leipzig was one of the cultural centres at the heart of Europe equal to Paris, London or Vienna.

The enlightened and affluent middle-class of Leipzig was very ambitious, self-confident and open minded, and the city itself was already well known for its international trade and its university. Changing circumstances meant that scientific and cultural education was no longer reserved for the aristocracy. During this period, the people of Leipzig prospered. The advancements during this time can be seen in the history of the University of Leipzig, the prominence of the St. Thomas choir, the Gewandhaus orchestra and the Opera, and the Academy of Music (founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy).

The Bluthner family was richly influenced by the musical traditions of the city and inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit present in Leipzig. All of these were convincing reasons for Julius Bluthner to open his piano factory, without knowing that he was about to establish such a highly successful enterprise.

Julius Blthner
On 18th November 1853, with excellent credentials and a budget of “1660 talers, 2 new groschen, 1 penny and 1 farthing”, Julius Bluthner started his pianoforte factory. His instruments were quickly recognised for their outstanding technical and musical qualities and were established in concert halls all over the world.

“I will build new fortepianos and grand pianos of German and English design … and then sell them” This was the simple and consistent business plan of the young entrepreneur. Production began in a rented workshop with the help of three journeymen and the motto, “God will lead me!” Ten instruments were made in the first year, eight grands and two square pianos. Soon the instruments captured the attention of experts, top pianists and musical authorities. Around the world interested people were speaking about the unbelievable instruments built by Julius Bluthner in the city of Leipzig. Well known artists like Brahms, Jadason, Liszt, Mahler, Moscheles, Nikisch, Rachmaninov, Schumann, and Tschaikovsky were welcome guests in the Bluthner house. During their musical tours the artists reported about these most marvellous instruments. The appointment as purveyors to the court of Queen Victoria, the Russian Tsar Nicolas II, the Danish King, the German Emperor, the Turkish Sultan and certainly to the King of Saxony, underlines the approval bestowed on Bluthner instruments by the nobility.

Motivated by his success, Julius Bluthner started in 1868 to build an international sales and distribution network that soon spanned the world and can still be seen to flourish today. He used his participation at trade fairs and exhibitions in Brussels, Amsterdam, Melbourne, Paris, Philadelphia, Sydney and Vienna to present his latest instruments and innovations. The pianos received great acclaim for being serious concert instruments. All first prizes, gold medals and any decorations obtained subsequently in the history of the firm are still listed on the soundboard of every Bluthner instrument.

Soon the manufacturing facilities became too small for the growing level of production. Julius Bluthner purchased the rented workshop and also a large plot of land on which he built step by step until 1890 when he established the new factory suitable for 1,200 workers, with an 85,000 m2 manufacturing area to house the various production departments. During this time of rapid growth, it was important for Julius Bluthner to keep the company structured as a family business, and this attitude continued even after his death in 1910. Of his 8 children (4 girls and 4 boys), as was the custom of the time, his sons took on responsible positions in the company. Julius Bluthner was a strict teacher. All his sons were required to learn the business in detail and gain a thorough understanding of the entire production process.

Max, Bruno & Robert
On 1st July 1892 Max Bluthner started as a partner in the enterprise. Like his brothers Bruno and Robert, he learned the craft of piano building and then honed his skills in London and Paris. Soon Max became the successor to his father. His major task was the management of the technical side of the instrument production. Step by step, the responsibility for the production and the global business rested on the shoulders of Max and his brothers Robert and Bruno. Now, as Julius Bluthner had wished, all aspects of the business were being handed down to successive generations of the Bluthner family.
The advantages of a family business became clear during and after the First World War and also during the economic crisis in 1929 when Rudolph Blthner-Haessler was at the helm of the company. In 1935/36 the German leaders selected Bluthner, well-known as a particularly innovative company, for a special task. The specification was to build an extremely lightweight grand piano for the airship Hindenburg. And so the first Bluthner crossed the Atlantic Ocean in an aircraft where, to the astonishment of the world, it was used for the first piano concert in the air. That performance was broadcast live by 63 radio stations around the world.

Rudolph
In 1932 the merchant and lawyer Dr. Rudolph Bluthner-Haessler took over the reigns of the company. His was the difficult task of guiding the company through the Second World War. With the responsibility to continue to build the enterprise according to the traditional Bluthner philosophy, it was with a heavy heart that Dr. Bluthner-Haessler was to see the family’s company completely destroyed by fire during an air raid. Totally burnt out, nothing was left apart from the walls. After the war, many friends and customers encouraged the family to rebuild the company. With determination and a strong vision for the future, Dr. Rudolf Bluthner-Haessler restructured the company and, despite conflicts with the German leaders, undertook the monumental task of rebuilding the company to an international standard. It was in 1948 that instruments could finally leave the factory again. The company supplied famous conservatories and musical institutions such as the Tschaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and the Leningrad Conservatory (as it was known at that time), whose outstanding pianists demonstrated the prevailing quality of the instruments.

Ingbert
After the death of Dr. Rudolph Bluthner-Haessler on June 16, 1966, his son Ingbert Bluthner-Haessler took over the management. However, in 1972 the unlawful leadership and nationalization of East Germany by the government took place. His decision to stay in the company as managing director, in spite of the inherent pressure and doubt, was economically sound and crucially important for the future. After the fall of the wall in 1989, Ingbert Bluthner Haessler reorganised the traditional company back into a family business and, like the Bluthner generations before, expanded the production capacity. From 1994 to 1997 the family built a new factory in Strmthal near Leipzig. From 1995 Ingbert Bluthner-Haessler shared the management of the company with his two sons, Dr. Christian Bluthner-Haessler, who studied medicine and economics and Knut Bluthner-Haessler, who studied piano making and mastered every aspect of piano production.

Christian & Knut
Today Dr. Christian Bluthner-Haessler controls sales and finances of the company and Knut Bluthner-Haessler is in charge of production and all technical aspects. As a result of the large demand and the interest in Bluthner instruments, the company has subsidiaries and service centres in the United States, Great Britain, Russia, France, Netherlands, London, Vienna and Asia as well as a worldwide network of Bluthner dealers and business partners.
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