GRAND PIANO
cross-strung
243-stringed
(7 single strings, seven
2-string and six 3-string wound
choirs, sixty-eight 3-string unwound
choirs)
88-keyed (keyboard extent is А of
the double contra octave — с of the
five-line octave)
J. Becker’s Factory, No. 6718.
Russia, St. Petersburg, 1892
“[surrounded by the State Emblems]: ПОСТАВЩИКЪ
ИХЪ ВЕЛИЧЕСТВЪ / ИМПЕРАТОРА ВСЕРОССИЙСКАГО и ИМПЕРАТОРА АВСТРИЙСКАГО / Я. БЕККЕРЪ /
ВЪ С. ПЕТЕРБУРГѢ /. 6718 (Supplier of their Majesties the Emperor of All Russia and Austrian Emperor,
J. Becker in S. Petersburg)” — a stamp by black dye
on the sound board;
“Я. БЕККЕРЪ / С. ПЕТЕРБУРГЪ (J. Becker S. Petersburg)” — a cast inscription on the frame;
“Я. БЕККЕРЪ (J. Becker)” — a carved inscription
on the music stand;
“J. BECKER” — inlaid with white metal in the lid;
“6718” — embossed with a punch on the back side of the lid;
“9/92” — an inscription by pencil on the lid
(next to the serial number);
“13” — an inscription by pencil on the back side of the lid.
2113×1483×380
Wood, metal, bone, fabric, felt
1991, transferred from the 37th clinic of the Kuibyshev district of Leningrad
Stock number: 18879
The frame is cast iron. There are 2 pedals. The case is tinted black, partially decorated with plated carving (geometric ornament)