Grand piano
Maker
Ignaz Bosendorfer
Date1845-1849 ca.
Place MadeVienna, Austria, Europe
Serial No.2726
SignedIn gold on the fallboard:I. Bosendorfer
Kaiserl. Konigl. Hof- [imperial coat of arms with double-headed eagle] Piano- Verfertiger
WIEN.
In ink on the soundboard:
I. B"sendorfer
KAISERL, KÖNIGL, HOF [imperial coat of arms with double-headed eagle] PIANÓ=VERFERTIGER
WIEN
MarkingsStamped on the soundboard, below the maker’s inscription: 2726
In ink on the curved soundboard bar: No 2259
In pencil on the underside of the damper rail, at the bass end: 2930
In pencil on the underside of the damper rail, at the treble end (reading of the first letter very uncertain; it could be a monogram incorporating two letters): M No 84
In pencil on the inside of the bass keycheek (reading very uncertain): No G. W[?] 84
DescriptionGrand piano. S-shaped bentside incorporating the tail. Compass AAA to a4 (7 octaves); ivory naturals, black-stained pearwood sharps. Viennese action. Two pedals: shift (una corda) and dampers. Case veneered in mahogany. Three screw-on legs.
Dimensionsnot including the lid, length 2327 mm, width 1365.
Published ReferencesSilva, Ana Sofia. "Digging the Fifties: A Curatorial Perspective on 50 Objects from the NMM Collections." NMM Notes (October 2023): 33.
Credit LineGift of Davidi Gilo, 2007
Object number13550
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