Seeburg Style G Cabinet Variations

(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz)

Seeburg style G cabinet and glass used with Gram and Seybold pianos. The front legs are small and stop below the keyboard, with curved brackets gracefully arching under the keybed, and leg extensions continue above the keyboard framed in small moldings, with small pyramidal caps. The upper door frames have pyramids applied to the corners, and the cornice under the lid has 5 ornamental appliques. The sides of the cabinet are framed with rectangular moldings. The green and caramel glass each have a solid color, the inset pictures in the center doors have light blue sky. Each torch top approximately forms a semicircle, and the curved top of each center door forms less than a semicircle. (Seeburg G #18,624, made in 1913 with a Seybold piano.)

(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz)

Seeburg style G cabinet and glass used with Haddorff and Seeburg pianos made in the Seeburg factory. The front legs are massive and extend up beyond the keyboard as in a Style F, surmounted in large caps with shaped edges and pyramidal tops. The upper door frames only have four pyramids at the outer corners of the case, and the cornice has three long narrow horizontal moldings with pointed ends, with large appliques only at the far left and right. The trim on the sides of the cabinet is arched at the top. The green and caramel glass is marbleized, the torch tops are elongated, and the arches on the center doors form semicircles. The rosy pink colored torch flames shown here are very rare; most examples of G glass of both styles have red flames. Some collectors prefer the marbleized glass and rugged look of the Haddorff/Seeburg style case with its heavy front legs, and others prefer the somewhat more delicate look of the Seybold/Gram style. (Seeburg G #94,919 made in 1921 with a Haddorff piano.)