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 that will be auctioned off at the end of January, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers announced today. Auctioneers estimate the cost of the piano to be $20,000-$30,000.
This summer, music producer which was home to the iconic Caribou Ranch Recording Studio, to Indian Peaks Holdings LLC for $32.5 million. In its heyday, Caribou Ranch attracted a long list of stars to its studio, including Elton John, Chicago, Michael Jackson, Earth Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder and many more.
The new owner, a private family, . After the sale, , “This gives us a good chance to focus on our ranch in Montana and Caribou’s induction into Colorado’s Music Hall of Fame later this year.”
Along with the grand piano used on John’s “Caribou” album, a Burton acoustic guitar left on the the ranch by Willie Nelson is being auctioned off. A Wm. Knabe & Co. baby grand piano used by John, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Frank Zappa and others is available.
Other items for sale are a Hammond B3 organ used by nearly every artist who recorded at Caribou, a Gibson Thunderbird bass played by Terry Kath of Chicago, a Bosendorfer grand piano used on albums by Chick Corea and Al Di Meola and even a 1985 black Corvette with personalized Caribou plates. You can view the
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.
At the time of the sale, Will Guerico told the Denver Post that about half of the memorabilia would be given to the Colorado Music Hall of fame to be put on display at the Trading Post at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
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