“K. M. Schröder” Factory, No. 6701.
Russia, St. Petersburg, 1877

“К. М. ШРЕДЕРЪ / Ст ПЕТЕРБУРГЪ (K. M. Schröder, St. Petersburg)” — a cast inscription on the frame (area of the strings of the descant register);
“MANUFACTURE DE PIANOS / C. M. SCHRÖDER / FOURNISSEUR DE LA COUR DE S. M. L’EMPEREUR D’ALLEMAGNE et DES INSTITUTS DU RESSORT DE / L’IMPERATRICE MARIE / St. Pétersbourg, Rue de Cazan 54. / [below are the State Emblems of Russia and Germany, the inscriptions to the left and to the right of them]: МАГАЗИНЪ: / 54. КАЗАНСКАЯ УЛИЦА / НА УГЛУ ВОЗНЕСЕНСК. ПРОСП. / ФАБРИКА: / ПЕТЕРБУРГСКАЯ СТОРОНА / 34. На берегу больш. Невки (shop, 54 Kazanskaya Street, at the corner of Voznesenskiy Avenue, Factory: Petersburg Side, 34, on the bank of the Great Nevka) [medals for participating in exhibitions with inscriptions on them and beside them are depicted below in 2 lines]: “Admite / to the / Internation / Exposition / London / 1872”; “Карлу / Шредеру / 1861 (to Karl Schröder 1861)”; “1839 за С. Петерб. Мануф. Выставку: За / трудолюбiе / и / искусство / Шредер / 1839 (1839 for S. Petersburg Manufacturing Exhibition: For diligence and art)”; “Московская Политехническая Выставка 1872 года (Moscow Polytechnic Exhibition of 1872)”;
“Пр… / Императорское Общество Любителей Естествознания / при / Московском Университ. / 18 октября 1863 (Pr... Imperial Society of Amateur Naturalists at the Moscow University. October 18, 1863)”; “I. Премия Вена: Weltausstellung 1873 / Wien (I. Vienna Award: Weltausstellung 1873, Wien)” [the inscriptions on 3 medals are illegible; further images of 2 orders with inscriptions on their ribbons]: “За заслуги на фабричном поприще: Имп. Росс. Орденъ Св. Станислава С. Петерб. 1874; Имп. Австр. Орденъ Франца Iосифа Вена 1873 (For merit in the factory field: Russian Emperor, Order of St. Stanislas, S. Petersburg 1874; Emperor of Austria, Order of Franz Joseph, Vienna 1873)” ФАБРИКА ОСНОВ. / 1818 / ФОРТЕПIАННАЯ ФАБРИКА / К. М. ШРЕДЕРЪ / ПОСТАВЩИКА ЖЕНСКИХЪ УЧЕБНЫХЪ ЗАВЕДЕНIЙ ВЕДОМСТВА / ИМПЕРАТРИЦЫ МАРIИ и ДВОРА ЕГО ВЕЛИЧЕСТВА ИМПЕРАТОРА ГЕРМАНСКАГО (The Factory is based in 1818, Piano Factory, K. M. Schröder, Supplier of Women's Educational Institutions of the Office of Empress Maria and of the Court of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany) [the signature of the label artist is on the right]: “Рис. и Гр. Де Май (Graf[ic artist]. and Engr. De May)” — a printed label glued to the outside of the soundboard; “6701” — a stamp by black dye on the sound board (under the label);
“[images of the State Emblems of Russia and Germany] / K. M. SCHRÖDER / St. Petersburg.” — inlaid with brass in the lid

2605×1450×975
Wood, metal, bone, fabric, felt

1926, transferred from the Moscow State Conservatory
Stock number: 16516/1173

The frame is cast iron. The key action is rehearsal. The Irish-type dampers are set on a metal leg. There are 2 pedals. The case is veneered with rosewood. The instrument belonged to A. P. Borodin (1833–1887)