GRAND PIANO
straight-strung

233-stringed(seven 2-string and
ten 3-string wound choirs, sixty-three
3-string unwound choirs)
80-keyed (keyboard extent is С of
the contra octave — g of the four-line
octave)

Wirth’s Workshop, No. 335.
Russia, St. Petersburg, 1830s

“Wirth” — inlaid with brass in the lid;
“335” — embossed with a punch on the top nut (area of the tuning pegs of the bass register)

2530×1315×920
Wood, metal, bone, fabric, felt

1934, transferred from the State Hermitage
Stock number: 1467/61

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 cover made of mahogany consists of 4 parts fastened by hinges.