Piano
John Broadwood (1732 - 1812)
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
1805
Materials
satinwood, ivory, ebony, mahogany and boxwood
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Fenton House, London
NT 1448924
Summary
A grand piano inscribed on the fascia board 1805 / John Broadwood and Son / Makers to His Majesty & the Princesses / Great Pulteney Street, Golden Square / London. The case veneered with mahogany and resting on its original stand. A reproduction(?) fitted music desk to interior and furnished with one lid prop-stick, together with its original detachable ‘fallboard’. Fitted with the English grand action, a keyboard compass of FF – c'''' and two pedals for complete damper sustain and una corda.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1954.
Marks and inscriptions
the wrestplank bears the number 3251; signed over the keys "1805 JOHN BROADWOOD AND SON MAKERS TO HIS MAJESTY AND THE PRINCESSES PULTENEY STREET, GOLDEN SQUARE, LONDON"
Makers and roles
John Broadwood (1732 - 1812)