Historical piano collection 2011
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Inventory number 11
John and Archibald Watsons
Edinburgh, Makers from London 1792
Square piano
Manufacturer’s label:
John and Arch Watsons
Edinburgh
Makers from London
Case:
Mahogany veneer.
Body measurements: 160 x 55 = W x D.
Keyboard:
Extent: F
1
- f
3
.
Lower keys ivory,
upper keys ebony.
Action:
English action without resolution,
hammerheads covered with leather,
damping underneath.
Purchased as ruin in 1992 by Knut Michael
Fischer, Poyenberg.
Carefully restored in 1996
by Peter Zehmisch, Hamburg,
and Gerd Sühring, Aukrug.
Square Pianos
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