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Chopin's ‘Own’ piano

Compass: C1–a4; 3-Octave span 490. Stringing: Bichord C1–e; trichord F–a4; Bridge divided at E/F; bolted frame. Action: English grand action. overdampers to d3 (reconstructions). Pedals: Keyboard shift; Dampers.

  • Date:
    1848
  • Maker:
    Pleyel, Ignace Joseph [Person]
  • Collection:
    Cobbe Collection
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  • Place of production:
    Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
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  • Inscriptions:On inside face of keyboard cover: Médailles d'Or 1827, 1834, 1839, et 1844 / Ignace Pleyel & Compie / Facteurs de Pianos / No20 Rue Rochechouart Paris|Stamped on treble soundboard bead: PN 13819 D|Stamped on inner lid, keyslip, cheek-blocks, keybed: 13819|Stamped on lyre beam: 13819 E|Stamped on case-wall under wrestplank: 13819 SCHL|On action frame: 13819 DEESS|In ink and pencil on rear of nameboard: 13819|In ink and pencil on hammer rail: Donoghou 25 [?]46|In ink and pencil on lowest key-lever: Picar[d]|(From Pleyel's "Registres de fabrication"): Modele D. 25 I 1847 Schlacter, caisse. 11 XII / Norguin, tableur. 27 XI Filleron, monteur de cordes. 8 V Picard, clavier. 18 XII Deesz, finisseur. 11 XII Esslinger, ferreur. 8 I [1848] Donsset, vernisseur. 31 XII [1847] Prétôt, égaliseur
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  • Repository:Cobbe Collection
  • Measurements:L. 2037. W. 1276. D. 311.