Mid-State Piano Gallery & Music
1301 Madison Street
Shelbyville, TN 37160
931.773.3071 - Showroom
931.434.1002 - To schedule Tuning, Moving, & Service
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A+ Rated
Piano Restrining
Full Restorations
Piano Moving
Piano Tuning
Five Star Rated!
Fine Rare Pianos
Our selection of rare and unusual pianos.
If you've been searching for a fine vintage upright piano with an ornately beautiful cabinet design or an exotic wood, or a hard-to-find style of piano, such as a Butterfly Grand or Coffin Case, you've finally found the right page.
The restoration of this instrument is pending. A 50% deposit is required on instruments pending restoration. This deposit reserves the instrument, keeping it from being offered to other clients, and prioritizes that piano’s restoration. Once the restoration work has been completed, we invite the client to visit our shop to see, hear, and play the piano. If the client is unable to visit our shop, we will send photos and videos of the piano for review. The client then has the option of paying the balance and purchasing the piano, or transferring their balance to another piano in our shop.
1928 Chickering 3IR
Quarter Grand Piano
$35,000.00
after restoration
Chickering & Sons was a historic, highly respected American piano manufacturer. Founded in Boston in 1823 by Jonas Chickering, the company became the first American piano builder, forever cementing its place in piano history. Chickering became known for pioneering innovations like the full-iron frame and overstrung scale, becoming a leading brand that rivaled Steinway and even supplied pianos to the White House. Today, Chickering vintage instruments are highly valued for their craftsmanship, rich tone, and history.
The Chickering Model 3IR is an art-case piano with highly detailed carved legs and tasteful exterior appointments. The quarter Grand size makes it suitable for most spaces, becoming an outstanding visual piece of art as well as a finely crafted instrument that is a dream to play.
Wing & Son
1910 Model 27
Rare Five-Pedal Design
*Call For Price
*Serious Inquiries Only!
Wing & Son, Est. 1868, as Doan, Wing & Cushing, at 13th St. and 9th Ave. New York City. The company changed its name to Wing & Son in 1873. Wing & Son pianos were sold directly to consumers and by mail order. In 1900, they began producing five-pedal designs that quickly became popular in silent movie theaters, stage productions, saloons, and speakeasies. The five-pedal design incorporated pedals for Sustain, Half Soft, Full Soft, Orchestral Rail, and Mandolin Rail. These rare pianos have become highly sought after by collectors and piano enthusiasts. Known for their exceptional build quality, volume, and projection, Wing & Son pianos are the quintessential player's piano.
Wurlitzer
Art Deco Butterfly Grand
*30,000.00 After Restoration
The Art Deco period was an influential design movement that originated in France before World War I and reached its full, global expression between 1925 and 1940, ending with the outbreak of World War II. The style represented luxury, glamour, exuberance, and a faith in social and technological progress. The Art Deco period is marked by the use of both rare, expensive materials, such as ebony, ivory, and exotic woods, and new, modern materials, including chrome plating, highly polished brass, stainless steel, aluminum, and early plastics. This Wurlitzer Butterfly grand epitomizes Art Deco styling, and its symmetry and size make it suitable in spaces where other pianos might not fit.
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Wurlitzer
1938 Mini “Americana Series” Red
$7,995.99
Fully Restored
& Available!
The famous Rudolph Wurlitzer Company claimed to be sellers of “Everything Musical”, a slogan that was quite accurate! Rudolph Wurlitzer immigrated to America in 1854 and established his first firm in New York City. Wurlitzer moved to Cincinnati in 1856 and became a successful retailer of pianos, organs, and general musical merchandise. Wurlitzer’s firm was so successful that he built “The House of Wurlitzer”, a large factory with splendid showrooms, in 1861. During these early years, Wurlitzer manufactured organs and melodeons, but imported the majority of its other instruments from European makers, which were sold under the Wurlitzer label here in America.
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company was incorporated in 1890, and Wurlitzer’s eldest son, Howard Wurlitzer, was admitted into partnership. Sons Rudolph H. Wurlitzer and Farny Wurlitzer also joined the firm shortly thereafter. By the turn of the century, Wurlitzer was specializing in some of the first coin-operated player pianos and orchestrions manufactured and sold in the United States. Rudolph Wurlitzer retired in 1906 and was succeeded by his sons.
By the 1920s, Wurlitzer had an endless array of mechanical musical instruments in addition to their traditional pianos and player pianos. Several brand names were controlled by Wurlitzer by the early 20th Century, including Apollo, Julius Bauer, Melville Clark, De Kalb, Ellwood, Farny, Kingston, Merriam, Strad, and Underwood. After the Great Depression era, Wurlitzer built several lines of spinets, consoles, and baby grand pianos well into the 20th Century. The giant Wurlitzer Company continued to build pianos until the 1990s, when the Wurlitzer name was sold to the famous Baldwin Piano & Organ Company.
This piano is a 61-note miniature piano built in 1938 as a limited release and was a part of the “Americana” series. These 'Mini" pianos were originally unavailable to the general public, being built as playable mini displays for retail locations that carried the Wurlitzer line of products. They were produced in three colors: Red, White, & Blue. These colors would be revived in the early 1970's when Wurlitzer again offered the finishes on its electric pianos, with the Baby Blue finish being the rarest of these offerings.
The limited production of these pianos made them quite rare, hard to come by, and collectible. Later, the mini pianos would be reintroduced and made available to the buying public between the 1960's and 1980's, reigniting the demand for these novelties and making the originals command impressive prices among serious collectors. This piano is from the original 1938 production; it has been meticulously restored and restrung, returning it to its original state.