This is an 1892 Cable Piano. Built as a commemorative edition for the Columbian Exposition at the Chicago Worlds Fair. The Commemoration plates read
Worlds Columbian Exposition In Commemoration of the Four Hundredth anniversary Of the Landing of Columbus MDCCCXGII MDGCCXGII To The Cable Company
The Cable Company
PLVS VITRA
Christopher Columbus
OCT XII MCCCCXGII
I was told it would be several thousand $ to make it a working piano, it would still be green and I don't play. After seeing PianoDesks online, I restored it to make a desk out of.