PIANOFORTE
vertical (“giraffe”),
straight-strung
197-stringed
(twenty-two
2-string wound choirs, fifty-one
3 string unwound choirs)
73-keyed
(keyboard extent is
F of the contra octave — f of the
four-line octave)
Unknown master.
Russia, Moscow(?), Austria, Vienna(?), the 1st third of the 19th century
2330×1193×555
Wood, metal, fabric, bone, felt, leather
1933, transferred from the A. A. Bakhrushin State Theater Museum
Stock number: 16516/1620

The key action is Viennese. There are 6 pedals: 3 left pedals connected to each other raise the dampers; 3 right pedals also connected to each other move the keyboard to the right so that the hammers strike against not all the strings of the course, but against two or one string. There are 2 pin blocks: one pin block for the strings of the middle and upper registers is mounted in the upper part of the case; the other pin block for the strings of the lower register is mounted in the lower part of the case (under the keyboard).
The wing-like case is mounted vertically. The upper part ends with a simple scroll. The case is veneered with mahogany, decorated with plated bronze.




