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Duc du Luynes's grand piano
Compass: F1–f4; 3-Octave span 488. Stringing: Originally trichord throughout. Bridge divided at G sharp/A. Action: Sébastien Erard's first patent repetition action, the "mécanisme à l'étrier" or 'Strirrup action'. No check. Overdampers to f3. Pedals: Originally 5 (3 missing): Keyboard shift (una corda); ?Bassoon or harp (? "jeu de basson" or "luth"); Moderator ("jeu céleste"); Drum ("tambour"); Dampers ("forte").
- Date:
1819 - Maker:
Erard Frères [Corporation] - Collection:
Cobbe Collection - Inventory number:
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Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
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- Inscriptions:On nameboard: Erard Frères|On soundboard: par Brevet d'Invention No 433 / Erard Freres Facteurs de Fortepiano & Harpes du Roi / de ses menus plaisirs / & ed la Cour Impériale de Russie / à Paris 1819.|On underside of f4 key-lever a pencilled signature: Christian|On side of f4 key-lever, in ink: à Damipièrre anno 1837 nebse Julio [remainder as yet undeciphered]
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- Repository:Cobbe Collection
- Measurements:L. 2050. W. 1096. D. 269.