PIANOFORTE,
SQUARE
straight-strung
155-stringed (5 single strings and
eight 2-string wound choirs, sixty-
seven 2-string unwound choirs)
80-keyed (keyboard extent is С of
the contra octave — g of the three-
line octave)
A. Fleischers’ Workshop.
Russia, Moscow, the first quarter of the 19th century
“Andreas Fleischer / AUS St. PETERSBURG. / Moscau” — an inscription on the medallion embedded in the nameplate.
1870×780×370
Wood, metal, bone, fabric, felt, leather
1933, transferred from the A. A. Bakhrushin
State Theater Museum
Stock number: 1899/4
There is one pedal. The case is mounted on 4 legs, veneered with mahogany, partially inlaid with brass molding.