Grand Piano Ornament

Yes, we have a piano ornament for the tree, our most detailed rendering yet, cast entirely in hand-blown glass. My great-aunt Colette had a real grand piano in a house too small for one, and built her entire living room around that one fact instead of around any actual furniture at all. Guests simply adjusted.

It tends to do well at white elephant, mostly because whoever ends up with it usually decides it deserves a shelf spot year-round rather than a box in the attic. Colette's guests learned to walk sideways past her piano bench for years, and nobody ever once complained after she actually sat down to play something.

It makes a solid gift for coworkers, specific without requiring much personal information about the person receiving it. Colette played the same six songs at every holiday gathering without fail, and the room went quiet in a way that had nothing to do with basic politeness. Some gifts just carry their own quiet authority.

Yes, it is made of real hand-blown glass, the body and lifted lid emerging together before the keyboard is painted in entirely by hand. Colette's actual piano went to my cousin after she passed, who has considerably more living room and considerably less patience for practicing regularly. The instrument, apparently, is still waiting patiently.

The Grand Piano ornament measures about 3.5 inches tall and nearly 4 inches wide, one of the larger pieces in this collection. Colette's actual piano dominated a room that was clearly built for something a third its actual size. This version asks for a sturdy branch instead of an entire floor plan.

Wrap it in tissue and store it upright in its own compartment, since the lifted lid is the most fragile point. Colette's piano has sat mostly untouched since she passed away, waiting the way she always insisted a good piano is entitled to wait for someone. This ornament asks for far less patience than that.

Yes, the Purple Tape Measure ornament sits nearby, measuring absolutely nothing about pitch or tone at all. Colette would have found that particular ornament genuinely baffling, entirely on principle alone, and said so at considerable length regardless of that. Browse the Music & Hobbies ornament collection for the rest of that particular range.

It is not packaged in a presentation gift box, but it does ship in secure, padded packaging built to protect the lifted lid. Colette never once wrapped a gift without also including a full explanation of exactly why she chose it. We'll let this ornament speak for itself here instead of explaining.