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AUG 21, 2008

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Where There's Smoke...
Steinway baby grand
piano

designer:
Maarten Baas

design year:
2007

manufacturer:
Maarten Baas, Netherlands

materials:
piano in walnut wood, burnt and finished with an epoxy resin followed by a transparent polyurethane lacquer with UV-filter, original 1938 ivory keys, stool upholstered in black wool felt created by Claudy Jongstra Studio, the Netherlands

notes:
rare, vintage baby grand piano manufactured by Steinway & Sons, Hamburg, Germany, dated March 21st, 1938 burnt by Maarten Baas, 2007

The piano's serial number (290337) enabled Steinway & Sons, USA, to identify the piano for us as being a rare 'Model S Chippendale', completed on March 21st, 1938, in their Hamburg, Germany workshop.

This piece was specially commissioned by Moss for the opening exhibition of its new gallery in Los Angeles. (June 2007)

dimensions:
approximate dimensions:
length: 5 feet
width: 4 feet 9 inches
height: 3 feet 5 inches (with lid closed)

This piece has been sold.