GRAND PIANO
cross-strung
225-stringed
(13 single strings and
thirteen 2-string wound choirs, sixty
two 3-string unwound choirs)
88-keyed
(keyboard extent is А of
the double contra octave — с of the
five-line octave)
W. Mozart. Sonata in B flat major. Bozzolo’s violin
“J. Blüthner” Factory, No. 50107.
Germany, Leipzig, 1898
“J. BLÜTHNER / LEIPZIG” — a cast inscription on the frame (area of the tuning pegs of the bass register);
“JULIUS BLÜTHNER / SCHUTZ- / MARKE / LEIPZIG” — a cast inscription on the frame (area of the tuning pegs of the middle register);
“JULIUS BLÜTHNER. KÖNIGL. SÄCHS. HOFLIEFERANT. LEIPZIG.” — a cast inscription on the frame;
“Blüthner / Leipzig” — inlaid with brass in the lid;
“Julius Blüthner, Leipzig / Königl. Sächs. Hof-Pianoforte-Fabrik. / HOFLIEFERANT / Ihrer Maj. der deutschen Kaiserin und Königin von Preussen, / Sr. Maj. des Kaisers von Oesterreich und Königs von Ungarn, / Sr. Maj. des Königs von Dänemark, / Sr. Maj. des Königs von Griechenland, / Ihrer Königl. Hoheit der Prinzessin von Wales. / Inhaber vieler Patente und Auszeichnungen: / 1865 I. Preis Merseburg / 1867 I. Preis Paris (Norddeutschland) / 1867 I. Preis Chemnitz / 1870 I. Preis Cassel / 1873 I. Preis Wien (Ehrendiplom) / 1876 I. Preis Philadelphia / 1878 I. Preis Puebla / 1880 I. Preis (Flügel) Sydney / 1880 I. Preis (Pianino) Sydney / 1881 I. Preis (Flügel)Melbourne / 1881 I. Preis (Pianino) Melbourne / 1883 I. Preis (Flügel) Amsterdam / 1883 I. Preis (Pianino) Amsterdam / 1889 I. Preis (Flügel) Melbourne / 1889 I. Preis (Pianino) Melbourne / 1894 Antwerpen Hors concours” — a stamp by black paint on the sound board (in the center);
“50107” — a stamp by black paint on the sound board (in the center);
“1186” — an inscription by ink on the frame
(area of the tuning pegs of the middle register);
“5897” — an inscription by ink on the frame
(area of the tuning pegs of the middle register);
“Habermann 15/9 98” — an inscription by pencil on the back side of the music stand;
“50107 / u” — an inscription by chalk on the back side of the music stand;
“ПОЧТОВАЯ МАРКА СЕМЬ 7 КОП. (postage stamp seven 7 kopecks)” — a blue postage stamp glued to the back side of the side bar (area of the back leg).
1890×1530×990
Wood, metal, bone, fabric, felt
1985, purchased from W. D. Fredericks
Stock number: 16577
The frame is cast iron. The key action is rehearsal.
There are 2 pedals.
The instrument belonged to D. D. Shostakovich (1906–1975)
