Historical piano collection 2011
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Inventory number 7
John Broadwood & Sons
London 1841
Fortepiano
Manufacturer’s label:
Patent Répetition Grand Pianoforte
John Broadwood & Sons Manufactures
to Her Majesty 33 Great Pulteney Street
Golden Square London.
Case:
Mahogany veneer,
inside keyboard area Palisander veneer.
Body measurements: 234 x 127 = L x W.
Keyboard:
Extent: C
1
- f
4
.
Lower keys ivory,
upper keys ebony,
riser maple.
Action:
English action with
bronze comb mounting of hammers
special repetition quills,
hammerheads covered with leather.
Strings run through perforated bronze
tracks in agraffe style,
six forged spreaders.
Switching system:
Lyra with two pedals:
$ Forte
$ Shifting
Acquired1993 in Hamburg,
Restored 1995 by Peter Zehmisch,
Hamburg, and Gerd Sühring, Aukrug.
Forte pianos
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