{"id":428,"date":"2019-07-15T16:02:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T16:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pianofinders.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=428"},"modified":"2023-09-27T16:38:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:38:44","slug":"the-private-and-public-sides-of-celebrity-pianos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pianofinders.com\/wordpress\/the-private-and-public-sides-of-celebrity-pianos\/","title":{"rendered":"The Private and Public Sides of Celebrity Pianos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"gmail-article-thumbnail gmail-col-xs-12 gmail-col-md-4 gmail-text-center\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-399\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-399\" src=\"http:\/\/pianofinders.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/LucyTonyDesiPhoto1b.jpg\" alt=\"Lucile Ball, Tony Terran and Desi Arnaz\" width=\"500\" height=\"381\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucile Ball, Tony Terran and Desi Arnaz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-white-bg\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"gmail-article-summary\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Private and Public Sides of Celebrity Pianos<br \/>\n<em>(from Acoustic &amp; Digital Piano Buyer Book)<\/em><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAREN E. LILE<\/p>\n<p>A piano can acquire a history, through association with a celebrity, that will give it extra value\u2014even (though rarely) into the millions of dollars\u2014above and beyond what it might be worth solely as a musical instrument. Some of these \u201ccelebrity pianos\u201d are known to the public through famous people who design and market their celebrity status for a charity or business. But in my experience, it\u2019s more common for a celebrity or a celebrity\u2019s heirs to part with a piano in a private transaction than to direct public attention toward their personal property.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gmail-CommandButton\" href=\"http:\/\/pianobuyer.tempdevlocation.com\/Articles\/Detail\/ArticleId\/278\/The-Private-and-Public-Sides-of-Celebrity-Pianos\" target=\"_blank\">Read Entire article at: Acoustic &amp; Digital Piano Buyer<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Private and Public Sides of Celebrity Pianos (from Acoustic &amp; Digital Piano Buyer Book) KAREN E. LILE A piano can acquire a history, through association with a celebrity, that will give it extra value\u2014even (though rarely) into the millions of dollars\u2014above and beyond what it might be worth solely&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-428","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pianofinders.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pianofinders.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pianofinders.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pianofinders.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pianofinders.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/pianofinders.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477,"href":"http:\/\/pianofinders.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/428\/revisions\/477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pianofinders.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}