RCA STORYTONE ELECTRIC PIANO vintage tube c1939 art deco wurlitzer story & clark

Description

A rare and historically important instrument, the RCA Storytone piano was built in 1939 in a joint venture between Story & Clark and RCA. The first American electric piano, it debuted at the 1939 World's Fair. It has an art deco/streamline design that rivals that of the finest furniture of the era.
The piano has normal strings and action but no soundboard -- this Storytone has electromagnetic pickups and a speaker system, and its original tube amplifier and power supply.
When amplified, i
t works especially well for sustained styles of playing, and sounds much more like a real piano than a Rhodes, Wurlitzer or Helpinstill, and fuller and thicker than a Yamaha CP-70 or Kawai EP-308.
This RCA Storytone comes with the original "deluxe" bench with turntable and radio inside.
The price includes refinishing so that the piano has the overall appearance of the one shown in the first ten photos (the last two photos are of the actual storytone being sold). If you want it "retouched" (rather than fully refinished) to keep its original patina, we can give a 10% discount.
Please note that the shipping cost in this listing is an average/estimate and that the actual shipping cost to the buyer will vary based on the buyer's location, and buyer will pay the actual shipping cost. For instance, moving this to the east coast would cost 0-900, while moving this within the Los Angeles metro area would cost 0-250