"Reflections"
"Reflections",
Steinway & Sons Art Case Piano, Model B, 2000
This design uses "Flow Pattern" parquetry to produce
"Rhythm" and "Variations on a Theme" in a wood veneer
idiom. The
sweeping and recurving grain meets from the treble side and
base side directly over the rear leg in a "fountain"
pattern, similiar
to what is seen in the legs, above. This same pattern was
used in a different iteration for the fallboard (directly
behind the
keyboard), and changed again for the music desk to give an
image of an open manuscript. The underside of the lid,
though not readily
visible in this photograph, has grain which seems to flow
up and out of the interior, emulating the music generated.
The upper
side of the lid, when closed, has what appears to be a
counterclockwise flow of grain beginning on the treble side
of the
instrument. When the lid is opened and the flap folded
over, the grain now appears to have a clockwise flow
originating
from the bass side. Steinway describes it
as "inspired design".
