Square piano
Maker
Christian Baumann
Date1783-1785 ca.
Place MadeDeuxponts (Zweibruecken), Germany, Europe
ModelNA
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)
DimensionsLength: 1497 mm (Sigal)
Width: 525 mm (Sigal)
Height of case: 180 mm
Height: 615 mm (Sigal)
Three-octave measure: 470 mm (Sigal)
ProvenanceGift of Marlowe and Elise Sigal, 2019
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.
Credit LineGift of Marlowe and Elise Sigal, 2019
Object number15075
On View
Not on view
1790 ca.
