Piano
Weber
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
1903 - 1958
Materials
Wood, metal, ivory, cloth, leather, rubber, plastic
Measurements
1016 mm (H); 1448 mm (W); 1778 mm (L)
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Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1297626
Summary
A modified reproducing grand piano inscribed on the fascia Weber / The Aeolian Co Ltd. No. 76476. c1910. Fitted originally with an Aeolian reproducing device, long since removed. The instrument supplied by Alfred E. Davies & Sons in 1950 for use with the 1935 Henry Willis organ, which instrument the firm altered in 1938 and later, and from which console this grand piano could be played. Compass AAA-c5, repetition grand action, pedals for due corde and dampers.
Provenance
Egerton collection devised to the National Trust in 1960 by Maurice, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874-1958)
Makers and roles
Weber, manufacturer