GRAND PIANO
straight-strung
219-stringed
(sixteen 3-string
brass unwound choirs and fifty
seven 3-string steel unwound
choirs)
73-keyed (keyboard extent is F of
the contra octave — f of the four
line octave)
“Clementi and Company” Factory, No. 952.
England, London, 1810s–20s
“CLEMENTI & Co LONDON” — an inscription by golden paint on the lid;
“952” — double embossed with a punch on the pin block (area of the tuning pegs of the middle and descant registers);
“JSV” — scratched on the pin block (area of the tuning pegs of the descant register)
2340×1170×850
Wood, metal, bone, fabric, felt, leather
1911, purchased from N. F. Findeisen
Stock number: 1467/20

The frame is wooden, reinforced with 5 steel plate bars. The key action is hoppered. The Irish-type dampers are set on wooden plates. There are 2 pedals mounted in a “4-stringed lyre”. The case is veneered with mahogany. The fall made of mahogany consists of 4 parts fastened by hinges.




