Piano from history has home in Tallahassee
DeVoe Moore has an eye for rare items and over the years has built and furnished the Tallahassee
Antique Car Museum with a collection of the truly unique. Moore purchased the Steinway & Sons'
Alma-Tadema piano in 2002 for display in his museum.
The original Alma-Tadema was commissioned by famed painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema in
1887 and was intended to be a visual work of art in itself.
DeVoe Moore has an eye for rare items and over the years has built and furnished the Tallahassee
Antique Car Museum with a collection of the truly unique. Moore purchased the Steinway & Sons'
Alma-Tadema piano in 2002 for display in his museum.
The original Alma-Tadema was commissioned by famed painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema in
1887 and was intended to be a visual work of art in itself.
The reproduction, the most expensive new piano ever created, was one of the most elaborate projects Steinway has ever undertaken. This
grand piano features an intricately hand-carved case, lid and legs. It has mother-of-pearl inlays, and above the keyboard is an elaborate
rendering of Edward J. Poynter's "The Wandering Minstrels" topped by an arched brass lyre.
It took 22 months for a group of the intricate carving on the case, done by a team of seven artists. It cost $675,000.
Steinway's interest in re-creating the legendary pianos is to convey the history of the instruments, so a museum is the perfect place.
grand piano features an intricately hand-carved case, lid and legs. It has mother-of-pearl inlays, and above the keyboard is an elaborate
rendering of Edward J. Poynter's "The Wandering Minstrels" topped by an arched brass lyre.
It took 22 months for a group of the intricate carving on the case, done by a team of seven artists. It cost $675,000.
Steinway's interest in re-creating the legendary pianos is to convey the history of the instruments, so a museum is the perfect place.
