Historical piano collection 2011
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Inventory number 12
John Broadwood & Son
London 1802
Square piano
Manufacturer’s label:
John Broadwood & Son
Makers to His Majesty & Princesses
33 Great Pulteney Street Golden Square
London
Case:
Mahogany veneer.
Body measurements: 163 x 58.5 = W x D.
Keyboard:
Extent F
1
- c
4
.
Lower keys ivory,
upper keys ebony.
Action:
English action without resolution,
hammerheads covered with leather,
damping underneath.
Origin:
Sotheby’s London.
Acquired 1980 by Knut Michael
Fischer, Poyenberg; acquired 1992 from his
private collection as ruin
to be scavenged.
Restored 1994 by Peter Zehmisch,
Hamburg, and Gerd Sühring, Aukrug.
Square Pianos
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