Have you ever seen a Steinway Grand Piano like THIS?

Words cannot describe this 1882 Steinway Grand Piano, named the "Liberty Piano". Can you imagine how long it took to do all the carving? And the extraordinary carving skill involved! I can't imagine having such carving skills. I find it difficult to even carve a Halloween pumpkin. My greatest carving skill involves triangle facial features, and a half-moon mouth with a tooth or two.

George Schastey was the man behind turning this beautiful seven foot Steinway Model B grand piano into something even more stunning and grand than anyone could ever imagine. There is an entire website dedicated to this exquisite piano, where you can learn more about the piano itself and George Schastey: http://www.libertypiano.com

At the website, I learned that after George Schastey finished his work, the piano was delivered to the residence of William Clark at 346 Mt. Prospect Avenue in Newark, New Jersey. I was imagining what the delivery would have involved in the 1800's, and what the home must have looked like with that piano as the centerpiece of a room. I wondered what the home looked like now, so I looked it up on google street view. I discovered an abundance of children's playground equipment in the yard. I looked up the address in another google search and found that the home is now a community center. If you stroll around the home using google street view, you will see that the grounds look different than they would have looked in the1800's. However, it is still fun to look at that home and just imagine the sound of this piano coming from an open window on a spring day in the 1800's.

Here's the google maps link: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=346+Mt.+Prospect+Avenue++Newark+New+Jersey&sll=40.752865,-74.177907&sspn=0.009265,0.01929&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=346+Mt+Prospect+Ave,+Newark,+Essex,+New+Jersey+07104&ll=40.763544,-74.171426&spn=0.009199,0.01929&z=16&layer=c&cbll=40.76362,-74.171383&panoid=pMzg173Xk62rPi-hb6o7tA&cbp=12,284.11,,0,-10.22

Thank you to libertypiano for posting this video on YouTube, which gave me the opportunity to find out about a beautiful piano I knew nothing about until today.