GRAND PIANO
straight-strung

215-stringed (13 single strings and
fourteen 2-string wound choirs, fifty-
eight 3-string unwound choirs)
85-keyed (keyboard extent is А of the
double contra octave — а of the four
line octave)

“Red October” Factory, Item No. 100, No. 41219.
USSR, Leningrad, around 1947

“Красный Октябрь (Red October)” — a carved inscription in the lid;
“Арт. 100 / 41219 (Item No. 100, 41219)” — a handwritten inscription by black dye on the frame (area of the tuning pegs of the bass register)

1625×1460×380
Wood, metal, bone, fabric, felt

1970s, arrived from an unknown source
Stock number: 23553

The frame is cast iron. The key action is rehearsal. There are 2 pedals. The case is tinted black.