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55,000.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2007 Jul 03 @ 17:48UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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ItsOnlyRockNRoll.com is honored to be able to offer a musical artifact with such a rich history; the upright grand piano from New York City’s Record Plant Recording Studio that came to be known as the “John Lennon Piano.” Record producer and recording engineer Jack Douglas was most familiar with the piano’s history as staff engineer at the Record Plant between 1969 and 1976. Douglas engineered and co-produced “Double Fantasy” with Lennon at the Record Plant in 1980 and; in fact, noted that Lennon was playing the piano shortly before he left the studio after mixing “Walking On Thin Ice” with Douglas on December 8, 1980. In this excerpt from a letter written on Record Plant stationary, Douglas talks about the piano he affectionately refers to as the “Old Grand”: “…I first saw the piano in the storage room behind studio “C”. It was frequently used for studio work I personally saw Don McLean play it during sessions for the song “American Pie.”…At some point, at the request of Chief Engineer Roy Cicala, expert maintenance man Paul Prestopino carefully inserted tacks into the hammers to give it that special “Honky Tonk” sound. It was moved down to studio “A” shortly before John Lennon arranged for the “Imagine” sessions. John fell in love with it as soon as he sat down to play it. The sound was rich and bright and had a certain nostalgic sound that John associated with early American Rock and Rhythm and Blues. I saw him sit at that piano many times working on the piano parts he would use on the album or composing new songs. For the rest of its days that piano was known to us at Record Plant as “The John Lennon Piano”; he loved it so much he had it moved to every studio he worked in at the complex. I watched him write songs with both Elton John and David Bowie at this piano. He used it for composing and as an instrument on “Walls And Bridges.” When we were mixing “Double Fantasy” in the “mix room,” he had it brought up and installed in the wall next to the control room so he could go bang on it between mixes. It was there on his last day on earth, which he spent with me in the “mix room” working on “Walking On Thin Ice.” He was playing that piano shortly before he left. In addition to John, I witnessed Bob Dylan play it on sessions I did with him while recording the poet Alan Ginsberg. I also saw Peter Townshend of The Who sit and play a few tunes on it while we were recording tracks for the album “Who’s Next.” I, myself used it on recordings I produced with Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, Patti Smith, Rick Derringer, and John Lennon. I liked to use it as an effect to heighten the percussive sound of the guitars. It can be heard on the Aerosmith albums “Get Your Wings,” “Rocks,” “Toys In The Attic,”…on “Radio Ethiopia” by Patti Smith, on the first Cheap Trick album…and on “Watching The Wheels” from the “Double Fantasy” album…It is also on the first New York Dolls album…It is impossible to remember all the great artists who passed through Record Plant and had a go at the old beauty, but I believe Lou Reed liked to tinker on it while we recorded his “Berlin” album as well as Alice Cooper during the recording of his records in studio “A”….I hope you have enjoyed hearing a little history about the “Old Grand.”…Jack Douglas. Douglas’ letter of authenticity accompanies the piano. The vintage, upright grand piano from the famous Record Plant Recording Studios in New York City, affectionately known as the “John Lennon Piano” by Record Plant staffers was manufactured by the New England Piano Company of Boston, Massachusetts. Until its transfer to Las Vegas, the “old grand” has been safely kept in storage at Record Plant. Its place in the history of popular music cannot be overstated!
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