Square Piano ca. 1790 German Though this instrument is unsigned, the prellmechanik action it uses to strike the piano strings was typical of German builders. The case is decorated with an oak facade of carved gothic-style arches. Technical description: Rectangular oak and painted wood (possibly fir) case with Gothic style carved oak facade added to case front, sides and front originally painted to resemble hardwood, veneered nameboard and keywell, oak trestle stand and lid not original, large pierced and small unpierced tuning pins; Gothic style pedal lyre, hitchpin rail and damper mechanism do not appear original; compass FF-f3 (61 keys), naturals with ebony heads, stained fronts and tails, ivory covered accidentals, key levers carved in clavichord fashion, one damper pedal (absent) on lyre, three mortises in case bottom beneath keyframe suggesting presence of knee levers at one time; quartered soundboard; Prellmechanik with simple form of prelleiste (cloth-lined rail), leathered hamm

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Square Piano ca. 1790 German Though this instrument is unsigned, the prellmechanik action it uses to strike the piano strings was typical of German builders. The case is decorated with an oak facade of carved gothic-style arches. Technical description: Rectangular oak and painted wood (possibly fir) case with Gothic style carved oak facade added to case front, sides and front originally painted to resemble hardwood, veneered nameboard and keywell, oak trestle stand and lid not original, large pierced and small unpierced tuning pins; Gothic style pedal lyre, hitchpin rail and damper mechanism do not appear original; compass FF-f3 (61 keys), naturals with ebony heads, stained fronts and tails, ivory covered accidentals, key levers carved in clavichord fashion, one damper pedal (absent) on lyre, three mortises in case bottom beneath keyframe suggesting presence of knee levers at one time; quartered soundboard; Prellmechanik with simple form of prelleiste (cloth-lined rail), leathered hamm

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