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Square piano

Piano with sixty-eight notes, FF-c4, chromatic, with simple rectangular mahogany case and stringing of various woods, standing on four square tapered legs, joined by a large mahogany shelf near the top of the legs. The nameboard is veneered in satinwood, with pierced fretwork at both ends, and swags of drapery with sprigs of foliage flanking an elypitical enamel plaque, set in a wreath and placed in the centre.

  • Date:
    ca. 1795 (made)
  • Maker:
    Longman & Broderip [Corporation]
  • Collection:
    Victoria and Albert Museum
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  • Place of production:
    London
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  • Materials:Mahogany case with stringing of various woods, partly painted satinwood veneered nameboard with pierced fretwork and enamel name plaque
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  • Inscriptions:New Patent Longman & Broderip/ London 606 Winger [or possibly Winget?] No. 60
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  • Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 165.6 cm, Width: 59.4 cm, Height: 22.6 cm Height of piano without its stand, Height: 85.5 cm Height of piano on its stand