Pianos For Sale
While the main thrust of Accutone Piano Service’s business is in repairing, maintaining, and restoring instruments owned by our customers, we are pleased to be able to offer a small number of specially selected, hand-picked, fully-restored or Accutone Certified Pre-Owned instruments for sale.
Note: If you are interested in having a digital player system installed in your existing vintage or modern piano, please visit our PNOmation3 information page.
Delivery available throughout contiguous United States! [*]
A 1927 Knabe baby grand, and a 1928 Schaff Brothers player upright in our shop. Both are completely restored and waiting to find new homes. (See below)
Current Offerings
1927 Wm. Knabe 5’2″ Style O Grand
1928 Schaff Brothers Player
1930 Sterling 5’3″ Grand — SOLD!
Knabe Grand
Equipped with the QRS PNOmation Digital Player System
1927 Wm Knabe Model O baby grand
- Year: 1927
- Size: 5′ 2″, Style “O”
- Wood: Mahogany
- Finish: Accutone Signature (hand-rubbed tung oil)
- Recently fully restored
- Tone: rich
- Touch: balanced
- Matching antique bench (not pictured) included
Asking price: $21,900[*] restored and equipped with PNOmation System
This beautiful 1927 Knabe Style O grand piano has recently undergone a full restoration and refinishing. It is equipped with the QRS PNOmation Player system that includes several thousand complimentary songs; the instrument also has access to a paid library of music, with many thousands of songs available.
Wm. Knabe pianos were among the finest quality instruments among their contemporaries. They are a particular favorite of our technicians. Their sound is always extraordinarily rich for their size. At the time this piano was constructed, Knabe house literature made the bold claim that they were “the World’s Best Piano”. Knabe was then the official piano of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
Before restoration, the piano had a wonderful sound, particularly considering the aged wire. We found that its bass section was particularly impressive for its size, and restoration has greatly enhanced its tone.
The piano has an all-new Accutone Signature hand-rubbed finish, and has been returned to its original, rich reddish-brown color. We have replaced all of the pins and strings, and have installed all-new hammers. This instrument features the original ivory keys, which are in nearly-mint condition — a genuine rarity.
Please enjoy this selection of photographs of the fully-restored instrument.
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1928 Schaff Brothers Player Upright
Fully Restored Pneumatic 88-note Player Piano
1928 Schaff Brothers Player
- Year: 1928
- Size: Full-size player upright
- Wood: Mahogany
- Finish: Accutone Signature (hand-rubbed tung oil)
- Fully restored
- Tone: warm
- Touch: balanced
- Matching antique bench (not pictured) included
Asking price: $12,500[*]
This particular instrument is a musical and historic treasure straight from the heyday of the player piano. When it came into our shop, it was in need of a complete restoration of both the piano and the original pneumatic player system. However, the results of the restoration process are simply stunning!
Schaff Brothers pianos were reportedly very well made instruments. Having inspected every component of this piano’s structure, we agree with those reports entirely. In the course of the restoration process, we replaced the pins and strings, replaced the original hammers, refinished the beautiful cabinet, and completely restored the original pneumatic player mechanism. The cabinet features an unusual, and beautiful, dark mahogany that makes it a true standout in appearance.
The piano’s tone is warm but crisp, a seasoned sound that should please even the most discriminating ear. The bass section of the piano is impressively ‘grand’, easily surpassing the sound of most baby grand piano’s bass section, but with a very rich and warm timber.
The original pneumatic player system will play any standard 88-note piano roll, vintage or new, and performs brilliantly. We have added an electrical vacuum motor so that when one is tired of pumping manually, the piano can play itself at the flip of a switch.
This historic photo shows the original factory in Indiana where Schaff Brothers built these pianos.
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Sterling Grand
SOLD!
Featuring the QRS PNOmation3 Digital Player System
- Year: 1930
- Size: 5′ 3″
- Wood: Mahogany
- Finish: Accutone Signature (hand-rubbed tung oil)
- Fully restored, with new hammers
- Tone: brilliant
- Touch: balanced
- Matching adjustable-height artist’s bench (not pictured) included
Above: The Sterling goes “rat pack” playing Michael Civisca’s rendition of “That Old Black Magic”. Below: The Sterling goes back to the music of when it was new, playing “Jelly Roll” Morton’s “The Crave”.
[*] Prices within Central New York State region include delivery, a tuning on delivery, and a 1-year warranty on the piano and our work on the instrument. (Note: Additional fees may apply for delivery of pianos outside of Central New York region.)
– For pianos featuring the QRS PNOmation3 digital player system, the prices also include network setup, in-person tutorial on operation, and a 1-year manufacturer’s warranty on the player system.
– Accutone Certified Pre-Owned pianos have not been fully restored, but have been returned to like-new working order, and come with a 1-year warranty on the instrument and our work on it
