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Grand piano
Maker: William Stodart
Date: 1820-1821 ca.
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedIn ornate script: William Stodart / Maker to their Majesties & Royal Family / Golden / Square London
MarkingsSee Koster’s notes:
inked on CC lever: No 4757 Javine 69
inked on CC♯: Stuart 398
inked on CC lever: No 4757 Javine 69
inked on CC♯: Stuart 398
DescriptionCompass: CC to c4
Two pedals: una corda, dampers
Materials: mahogany case; cross banded with rosewood and inlaid with brass
Decoration: name board (plate) is inlaid with brass ornamentation (similar to Kearsing square)
compass: CC to c4 (6 octaves)
Two pedals: una corda, dampers
Materials: mahogany case; cross banded with rosewood and inlaid with brass
Decoration: name board (plate) is inlaid with brass ornamentation (similar to Kearsing square)
compass: CC to c4 (6 octaves)
DimensionsLength: 7’ 9 ¾”
Width at keyboard: 3’ 8 ¾”
Height: 2’ 11 7/8”
Width at keyboard: 3’ 8 ¾”
Height: 2’ 11 7/8”
Terms
Credit Line: Board of Trustees, 1983
Not on view
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 19, 45.
Rodger S. Kelly, A Catalog of European Pianos in the Shrine to Music Museum, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota, 1991, p. 35-43.
Darcy Kuronen, "Keyboard Instruments at The Shrine to Music Museum," Early Keyboard Studies Newsletter, Vol. VI, No. 1 (October 1991), p. 11.
Malcolm Rose and David Law. A Handbook of Historical Stringing Practice for Keyboard Instruments 1671-1856 (Lewes, England: Malcolm Rose and David Law, 1991), pp. 37 and 164.
Martha Novak Clinkscale, Makers of the Piano 1700-1820 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993), p. 288.
Rodger S. Kelly, A Catalog of European Pianos in the Shrine to Music Museum, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota, 1991, p. 35-43.
Darcy Kuronen, "Keyboard Instruments at The Shrine to Music Museum," Early Keyboard Studies Newsletter, Vol. VI, No. 1 (October 1991), p. 11.
Malcolm Rose and David Law. A Handbook of Historical Stringing Practice for Keyboard Instruments 1671-1856 (Lewes, England: Malcolm Rose and David Law, 1991), pp. 37 and 164.
Martha Novak Clinkscale, Makers of the Piano 1700-1820 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993), p. 288.
Object number: 03332