KEY
of a grand piano (mechanism model)

“C. Bechstein” Factory.
Germany, Berlin, early 20th century

“Modèle d’une Mèchanique a double Répétition / d’un Piano à queue / Système BECHSTEIN” — engraved on a brass label screwed to the bed frame; “I-70” — an inscription by pencil on the key lever.

710×150×295
Wood, metal, felt, bone, glass

Around 1909, arrived from an unknown source
Stock number: 23556/2

The acting double rehearsal mechanism of the “white” grand piano key together with the damper is mounted on the bed frame made of mahogany