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Grand piano

Date1881 ca.

Place MadeLondon, England, Europe

ModelBoudoir Grand (Semi Grand)

Serial No.9942

SignedJohn Broadwood and Sons, London. (inlaid on nameboard)
MarkingsDecal on soundboard: Semi / Grand

Serial number appears twice on the instrument:
Underside of lid, where the peg holds up the lid
Backside of the lyre (pedals)

On left and right-hand cheek block and ends of nameplate: F HUBERT / 9942 /
C. F.

9942/W. Bell (punched on underside of lid)
T. S. 9942 (punched on left side of wrestplank)
9942 (punched on back side of pedal lyre, punched in three places on the action frame, in ink on bottom of piano)
F. HUBERT (punched in two places on action frame, punched on cheek blocks)
R. O. HARRIS (punched on key slip)
F. CAMFORD (punched on music desk)
10 (punched on front of action frame)
Parkinson 9942 (in ink on paper, underneath wrestplank, left side)
Semi/Grand (ornate decal on soundboard)
W. A./52 J. M. (punched on back edge of wrestplank)
Stephan - 1977/London M23824 (in ink on label on inside of left cheek)
DescriptionCompass: AAA-a4
Two pedals: Una corda, dampers
DimensionsLength: 7’
Width: 4’ 5½”
Height: 36¼”

(Kelly measurements:)
Length: 2240mm
Width: 1398mm
Height: 926mm
Height of case: 325mm
Spine thickness: 37mm
Tail thickness: 36mm
Bentside thickness: 29mm

Keyboard:
Three-octave measure: 493mm
Length of heads: 47mm
Width of heads: 22mm

Scaling (string length, strike point):
AAA: 1636mm, 206mm
CC: 1589mm, 198mm
C: 1448mm, 181mm
c: 1110mm, 137mm
c1: 599mm, 75mm
c2: 303mm, 38mm
c3: 154mm, 21mm
c4: 89mm, 10mm
a4: 48mm, 7mm
ProvenanceThe piano was formerly owned by Jerris McCollum, Sioux City, Iowa, who acquired it from Morley Galleries in London in 1977.
Published References"Jeannette Abbey Donates Funds for Rare Pianos," Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. XVI, No. 1 (October 1988), p. 2.

Rodger S. Kelly, A Catalog of European Pianos in The Shrine to Music Museum, M.M. Thesis (University of South Dakota: 1991), pp. 44-51.

Darcy Kuronen, "Keyboard Instruments at The Shrine to Music Museum," Early Keyboard Studies Newsletter, Vol. VI, No. 1 (October 1991), p. 10.

Credit LinePurchase funds gift of Jeannette G. Abbey, 1987

Object number04186

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