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Square piano
Square piano with a range of sixty-one notes, FF-f3, chromatic. The naturals are ivory-covered and the sharps ebony, and the nameboard is veneered with satinwood and painted with a laurel swag. The case is veneered with mahogany and bordered with strips of satinwood. It rests on four square tapering legs with satinwood veneers, mahogany edging and elliptical brass medallions at the top.
- Date:
ca. 1780 (made) - Maker:
Ganer, Christopher [Person] - Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum - Inventory number:
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London
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- Materials:Mahogany- and satinwood-veneered oak case and legs, brass medallions, inscribed satinwood-veneered nameboard painted with green laurel swags, ebony sharps and ivory-covered naturals
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- Inscriptions:Christopher Ganer Musical Instrument Maker / Broad Street Golden Square London
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- Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
- Measurements:Length: 156.8 cm, Width: 53.6 cm, Height: 82.2 cm total height above floor
- View the original record:http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O58873