Square piano
George Pether
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
1780
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood, Wood
Measurements
533 mm (Height) x 241 mm (Depth); 1575 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Oxford Street
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Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 453730
Summary
Square piano, 1780 in mahogany, five octaves, two hand stops; satinwood nameboard 'George Pether from Mr. Kirkham. London fecit at No. 61 Oxford Street'; on chamfered mahogany stand.
Provenance
The piano was moved to Dyrham in 1971 from King John’s Hunting Lodge, Axbridge.
Makers and roles
George Pether, piano maker Kirkman , workshop