Jones Beale

An unfinished legacy.

Worn ivory keys and the aged timber of an old upright piano

From 1893, Octavius Charles Beale built pianos in Sydney.

The strings and cast plate inside a grand piano, in black and white

More than a century on, his great-great-grandchild builds them again.

The Ghost: a white upright piano with panels of pale resin lit from within

Not restored. Reimagined.

Original Australian Beale pianos, transformed into one‑of‑one contemporary pieces.

The instrument and its history stay. The exterior is reimagined in timber, resin, lacquer and light, by the great-great-grandchild of the man who founded Beale.

A vintage upright piano beneath a window, in black and white

Since 1893.

Octavius Charles Beale founded the Beale piano company in Sydney in 1893. Jones Beale was founded by his great-great-grandchild, and carries that piano-making heritage into a completely different modern form.

Our Story

The strings and cast plate inside a grand piano, in black and white

From Beale to Jones Beale

Every piece follows the same order: the instrument first, the design second.

  1. Sourced

    An original Beale is found and chosen for the integrity of its frame, soundboard and action.

  2. Restored

    The instrument is restored and prepared before any design work begins.

  3. Reimagined

    Cabinet, finish, resin, hardware and light are built to the design's own identity.

  4. Tuned

    Specialist piano technicians service and tune the mechanism before the piece leaves the workshop.

The Process

The Collection

Each piece is built from an original Beale and named for what it becomes.

The Black Swan: a mirror-black Jones Beale upright with a wave of black crystal set into its panels and a gold monogram, in a candlelit library The Black Swan 002 Elegance has a dark side. ReservedOne of one The Revenant: a charred-black Jones Beale upright with veins of molten copper resin glowing through its panels, in a dark library The Revenant 003 What time took, we reclaimed. CommissionedLimited design The Ghost: a white Jones Beale upright with marbled resin panels threaded with crystal, lit from within, in a dark library The Ghost 004 Some legends never leave. AvailableOne of one

Discover the Collection

A Jones Beale made for you.

Bring us a Beale you own, or let us source one, and we will design a piece around it.

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