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Square piano

case: mahogany banded in satinwood with purplewood, box and ebony multiple stringing; nameboard: satinwood banded in purplewood; natural keys in ivory, sharps in ebony; brass underdamper system; hammers: leather; the top ten keys extend underneath the soundboard and are on a separate frame; compass: FF-c4, 68 notes; width 1630; depth 610; height 840; keyboard: width 934, depth 124

  • Date:
    1801
  • Maker:
    John Broadwood & Sons [Corporation]
  • Collection:
    Royal Northern College of Music
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  • Place of production:
    London (Timezone: Europe/London)
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  • Inscriptions:on nameboard: John Broadwood and Son, / Makers to his Majesty and the Princesses / Great Pulteney Street London 1801 (?1811) Golden Square|in ink on wrestplank (serial number): 6162
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music