Pianos & Musical Instruments
Flowers after a recital are lovely, but a tiny porcelain piano after a recital is legendary. Limoges piano and musical instrument boxes are made for the piano teacher, the band kid, the choir director and the uncle who still spins records on Saturday night. Every one is hand-painted in France, hinged and arrives gift-boxed. Sheet music gets dog-eared and gadgets go out of date, but a little grand piano keeps playing on the shelf for years. It is applause you can keep.
The orchestra pit is crowded with charm. Look for grand pianos in black, light blue and white, upright pianos with painted music, and a mini ballerina twirling beside her keys. Strings get their moment with violins in cases, harps, a mandolin and a cello played by a frog in a tuxedo. The brass section brings saxophones, a jazzy frog with a trumpet and an angel with a horn. Drums, a jukebox with dancers and a theater playbill finish the program.
A violin is a sweet thank-you for a music teacher, and a piano makes a perfect recital or graduation gift for a young pianist. Many collectors build a little family band, adding the instrument each person plays until the whole ensemble is on the shelf. The lid of a real piano is the natural stage, but a bookcase beside the sheet music works just as well. Try a shadow box styled like a concert hall with instruments grouped by section. Take a bow, then wrap it up.
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