GRAND PIANO
straight-strung
224-stringed
(10 single strings and
eight 3-string wound choirs, sixty
four 3-string unwound choirs)
82-keyed
(keyboard extent is С of
the contra octave — а of the four
line octave)
J. Becker’s Factory, No. 1262.
Russia, St. Petersburg, the middle of the 19th century
“Въ Малой Итальянской въ д. Певицкой Боровицкой, /на противъ Михайловск. Манежа. / NEUE PANENT-FLÜGEL / VON / J. BECKER. / Petite rue d’Italianskoi maison Pevitzki Borovitzki № 23 on face du manege / S. PETERSBURG. (In Malaya Italianskaya Street in the house of Pevitskaya-Borovitskaya, opposite the Mikhailovskiy Manege)” — a printed label glued to the sound board;
“1262” — embossed with a punch on the pin block (area of the tuning pegs of the bass register)
2550×1320×375
Wood, metal, bone, fabric, felt
1920s, arrived from an unknown source
Stock number: 23550
The frame is wooden, reinforced with 4 steel plate bars. The strings are attached to the tuning pegs from the bottom. This design feature, which resulted in an extended size of the tuning pegs, significantly complicates the tuning process. There are 2 pedals mounted in a “lyre”. The case is tinted black and brown.