Historical piano collection 2011 Forte pianos
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Inventory number 5
Conrad Graf
Vienna 1830
Fortepiano
Manufacturer’s label:
Con. Graf, K. K. Hof
Forte-Piano-Verfertiger (manufacturer) -
Wien
Case:
Walnut veneer.
Shortened from originally ca. 240 cm to
currently 170 cm length, width 128 cm in
the second half of the 19th century.
Keyboard:
Extent C
1
- g
4
,
lower keys ivory,
upper keys ebony.
Action:
Vienna Action,
hammerheads covered with leather,
damper box.
A metal brace between f’ and fis’.
Metal annex bar added when the instru-
ment was shortened.
Switching system:
Lyra, currently with two pedals (originally
three pedals: moderator):
$ Forte
$ Shifting
Acquired by Alfred Taubmann,
Klagenfurt, through Peter Zehmisch,
Hamburg.
1996 restored by joinery maker Jensen,
Kellinghusen and Gerd Sühring, Aukrug
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