The Art Case Collection - The Julianne
Steinway & Sons Proudly Announces the Sale of This Fine Instrument
- Art and Music in Perfect Harmony
- Many Artists Inspired by Steinway
- First Art Case Steinway Grand Piano (#1225)
By Terrance Hunt
Model O
Furniture designer, Terrance Hunt, collaborated in the design of the Model O “The Julianne” piano.
The case is constructed of African mahogany enhanced to suggest a Chris-Craft type color and coated in a high-sheen polyester resin reminiscent of the lacquer finish of a wooden speedboat. The mahogany is inlaid in the fashion of such a craft, and the lid in particular resembles the decking one would expect to see. The music desk has a clever windshield look and actually folds down as the screen on a wooden runabout would.
The rim of the piano is laid-up like a wooden hull. The case displays a speedboat-type curvature that translates into a rounded-off version of what would be the waterline of a boat, complete with All-American red and white line detail below. Like the tapering on a boat, the trim is thicker at the keyboard end and diminishes toward the rear of the case. The cast aluminum legs have a sail shape and lend the piano the look of something racing across the water.
The bench resembles the stern of a classic lakester. The seat includes a short back and aluminum legs, and is tufted with hand-stitched beige leather. The rear of the bench is patterned after a class stern and has a space for the owner to spell out the name of the yacht on which the piano will set.
Terrance Hunt
Rochester, New York
A graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, furniture designer Terrance Hunt has been perfecting his craft for the past 15 years. He currently designs and builds one-of- a-kind, limited edition and production fine furniture for both residential and corporate patrons, including Chase Manhattan and the University of Rochester. Expertly skilled in the use of exotic woods and precious metals, Terrance combined the beauty and strengths of both of these elements to create Ellipse.