J. Schmidt’s Workshop.
Austria, Vienna, 1810s

“Jacob Schmidt / in Wien” — an inscription by black dye on an enamel medallion embedded in the nameplate

2200×1190×955
Wood, metal, bone, fabric, felt

1928, transferred from the State Museum Fund
Stock number: 16516/1200

The frame is wooden, reinforced with 2 steel plate bars. The key action is Viennese. The upper dampers are passed through a guide plate. 4 pedals on the wooden bed frame in the form of twisted snakes serve to control the dampers, the sound of the drum, the cymbals and the triangle. The case is veneered with mahogany, decorated with plated bronze, designed to be mounted on 4 legs in the form of Moorish figures in turbans.