Piano Action Models

These interactive action models are built using parts from a salvaged D. W. Karn piano, built c. 1905 in Ontario. The remaining functioning components were used to make these models.

These models have found their way to customers around the world, notably including the collection of Bill Buxton.

Each model is meticulously handcrafted from the key and action components of a single note, and then adjusted to correctly demonstrate what happens when you strike a key on a vertical piano.

The models are available with either white or black keys, with the black key models using the original solid ebony sharps. There may be imperfections, chips, and dents on the keys, a testimony to the age of the donor piano.

It has been decades since pianos were built in Canada.

With each model, a small slice of Canadian music history dodges the landfill by becoming an art piece.

Each model ships fully assembled.

PRICE: 200 CAD + shipping

Units are shipped after 3 business days after an order is placed, due to the time required to build and package the model. Orders of multiple units will require additional time.