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Maker: Christian Baumann
Date: 1783-1785 ca.
Place Made:Deuxponts (Zweibruecken), Germany, Europe
Model: NA
Serial No: None
SignedCHRISTIAN BAUMANN, / Facteur d'Orgues & d'Instruments / à Deuxponts [on paper label pasted to soundboard]
DescriptionCompass: FF-f3 (5 octaves).
Three hand stops: buff, two dampers at each side of keyboard.
Naturals: Black (ebony?) with two scribe lines including head/tail seam
Sharps: ivory slips on dark-stained wood (ebony?)
Flat, dark-stained wood key fronts
Tuning pins on right
Prop stick on left
Walnut, inlaid cross-grain lid panels, rosewood banding
4 round, tapered and fluted legs
Double-strung throughout
Prellmechanik ("primitive German," according to Clinkscale Online)
Three hand stops: buff, two dampers at each side of keyboard.
Naturals: Black (ebony?) with two scribe lines including head/tail seam
Sharps: ivory slips on dark-stained wood (ebony?)
Flat, dark-stained wood key fronts
Tuning pins on right
Prop stick on left
Walnut, inlaid cross-grain lid panels, rosewood banding
4 round, tapered and fluted legs
Double-strung throughout
Prellmechanik ("primitive German," according to Clinkscale Online)
DimensionsThree-octave measure: 470 (Sigal)
Length=1,497 (Sigal)
Width=525 (Sigal)
Height=615 (Sigal)
Length=1,497 (Sigal)
Width=525 (Sigal)
Height=615 (Sigal)
ProvenanceGift of Marlowe and Elise Sigal, 2019
Terms
Credit Line: Gift of Marlowe and Elise Sigal, 2019
Not on view
Published References_Clinkscale Online: A research database dedicated to the worldwide cataloging of pianos built before 1800_. CEP no. 6297.
Albert R. Rice. _Four Centuries of Musical Instruments: The Marlowe A. Sigal Collection._ Arglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer PUblishing Ltd., 2015. Page 60.
Albert R. Rice. _Four Centuries of Musical Instruments: The Marlowe A. Sigal Collection._ Arglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer PUblishing Ltd., 2015. Page 60.
Object number: 15075