The 1910 Steinway & Sons grand piano used to record Elton John’s “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” is one of 400 pieces of music history memorabilia from the legendary Caribou Ranch that will be auctioned next month by .
Objects and instruments from the collection of music producer Jim Guercio will be on display from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 19-23 at the Denver Design Center East Building and from 10 a.m. until the auction begins at 3 p.m. Jan. 24.
This summer, Guercio and his family sold the 1,600-acre Caribou Ranch property near .
In its heyday, Caribou Ranch attracted a long list of stars to its studio, including Chicago, Michael Jackson, Earth Wind and Fire, and Stevie Wonder.
at $10,000 to $15,000.
Other instruments offered for sale include a Burton acoustic guitar left at the ranch by used by other artists when they played around the campfire during their stays at the ranch, auction house spokeswoman Maron Hindman said. The sale also includes a .
, as well as the Hammond B3 organ used by nearly every artist who recorded at Caribou, a Gibson Thunderbird bass played by Terry Kath of Chicago, a and Al Di Meola, and even a 1985 black Corvette with personalized Caribou license plates.
A portion of the proceeds from the auction will go to The Colorado Music Hall of Fame, which Caribou Ranch will be inducted into this year.
told The Denver Post that about half of the memorabilia from the ranch would be given to the Colorado Music Hall of Fame to be displayed at the Trading Post at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
