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Grand piano
Maker: John Broadwood & Sons
Maker: Broadwood
Date: 1855
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Model: Full Sized (1851 model)
Serial No: 18807
SignedOn fallboard:
Patent
Repetition Grand Pianoforte
John Broadwood & Sons
Manufacturers to Her Majesty
33 Great Pulteney Street, Golden Square
London
Patent
Repetition Grand Pianoforte
John Broadwood & Sons
Manufacturers to Her Majesty
33 Great Pulteney Street, Golden Square
London
MarkingsIn ink on board over balance rail: Mountain
In ink on front of hammer rail, towards the right: Murray
In ink on label on spine interior under wrest plank: Lindley / 18807
Stamped on back ends of keyblocks: 18807 / WM
In ink on front of hammer rail, towards the right: Murray
In ink on label on spine interior under wrest plank: Lindley / 18807
Stamped on back ends of keyblocks: 18807 / WM
DescriptionCompass: CC-a4 (6 3/4 octaves).
Two pedals: una corda, damplers.
Standard English grand piano action with the addition of a leather flap at the top of the hammer butt and a screw at the top of the escapement jack.
Straight strung, with three iron bars from the wrest plank to the hitch-pin plate.
Veneered in rosewood.
Two pedals: una corda, damplers.
Standard English grand piano action with the addition of a leather flap at the top of the hammer butt and a screw at the top of the escapement jack.
Straight strung, with three iron bars from the wrest plank to the hitch-pin plate.
Veneered in rosewood.
DimensionsLength (without lid overhang or moldings): 2440 mm
Width (without lid overhang or moldings): 1295
Width (without lid overhang or moldings): 1295
ProvenanceThe piano was formerly owned by Jean Rankin, Anaconda, Montana, who purchased it from an eBay seller in Manhattan.
Terms
Credit Line: Gift of Jean Rankin, 2013
Not on view
Object number: 14800