Orphica
Alternate name(s)
- Piano
- Pianoforte
- Fortepiano
Date1815-1825 ca.
Place MadeVienna, Austria, Europe
Modelnone
Serial No.none
SignedUnsignedMarkingsnone
DescriptionViennese action, with metal Kapseln and checks
Four octaves, C to C4
Damper-rail is present, but dampers are missing
Ivory naturals, ebony sharps
Mahogany veneer
DimensionsOverall length: 122.8 cm
Overall width: 39 cm
Overall depth: 11.5 cm
ProvenancePurchased from Bernhard von Huenerbein, Cologne, Germany.
Published ReferencesJohn Koster. "Museum Acquires Rare Viennese Orphica: An Instrument 'For the Night, for Friendship, for Love." America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 25, No. 4 (August 1998), pp. 4-5.
André P. Larson. Beethoven: Musical Treasures from The Age of Revolution and Romance. With essays by John Eliot Gardner, William Meredith, and Gerhard Stradner. Exhibition catalog, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, California, January 30-March 21, 1999. Santa Ana: The Bowers Museum, 1999. Page 5.
André P. Larson. Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848. With essay by John Koster. Exhibition catalog, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 12-November 2, 2003. Vermillion: National Music Museum 2003. Page 80.
Credit LineRawlins Fund, 1997
Object number06094
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