PIANOFORTE,
SQUARE
straight-strung
146-stringed (six 2-string wound
choirs, sixty-seven 2-string unwound
choirs)
73-keyed (keyboard extent is F of
the contra octave — f of the four-line
octave)
J. Berg’s Workshop.
Russia, Moscow, 1810s
“Johann Berg a Moskou” — a printed label embedded in the nameplate (the label is lost);
“282” — an inscription by oil on the outside of the right side bar.
1690×660×280
Wood, metal, bone, fabric, felt, leather
1933, transferred from the A. A. Bakhrushin
State Theater Museum
Stock number: 1467/60
The key action is English, hoppered, with an intermediate lever. The damper mechanism is of the French system. Fragments of the pedal remained. The case is mounted on a 4-legged underframe, veneered with mahogany.