PIANOFORTE,
SQUARE
straight-strung
146-stringed (two 2-string wound
choirs, seventy-one 2-string
unwound choirs)
73-keyed (keyboard extent is F
of the contra octave — f of the
three-line octave)
G. Gloger’s Workshop.
Russia, St. Petersburg, 1810s
“G. Gloger. / ST. PETERSBOURG.” — a printed label embedded in the nameplate
1755×615×230
Wood, metal, bone, fabric, felt, leather
1933, transferred from the A. A. Bakhrushin State Theater Museum
Stock number: 1467/59
The key action is English, hoppered, with an intermediate lever. The damper mechanism is German-type. Fragments of the pedal remained. The case is mounted on a 4-legged underframe, veneered with mahogany. An inlay of barred wood is embedded along the perimeter of the nameplate.