Serial number: 12946 (written in). This piano was manufactured in Germany in the late 1950’s.
This is a lovely quality piano, beautifully built in every way: the standard of finish, the beautiful walnut casing with moulding details, German tone, all express and resonate volumes. The sentiment of, “Quality speaks for itself!” really comes to mind. The condition is original and extremely clean.
It has a strong and mellow tone. The piano has 85 keys – with a medium weight touch – and 2 pedals. The dimensions are a height of 112 cm, a width of 144 cm and a depth of 57 cm.
The DE 674 Geyer Upright Pianoforte and stool is available for hire and sale.
Hire price: a launch charge of R 1950.00 and a charge of R 475.00.
Sale price: R 36 000.00 (incl. VAT).
There are not many Geyer pianos in South Africa, so it is not a familiar brand, however one should not underestimate the value of this piano. Although the manufacture of the “Geyer” piano brand only started in 1947 after WW2, within the second year of manufacture, the production surpassed predicted expectations of how many pianos they hoped to produce.
Furthermore, the make exhibits the influence, vast knowledge and experience of Adolf Geyer, acknowledged to have established the piano industry in Eisenberg, Germany with opening his factory on 2 December 1877. His father manufactured piano leather and he gained experience in the trade with an apprenticeship in Zeitz (Germany) and working in many piano factories in Germany, Canada as well as New York before founding his own factory. He lived in a time of the revolution of pianos.