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Grand Piano by Bas, L
Maker:
Bas, L
Number of manuals:
One
Year:
1781
Museum:
National Music Museum, North America
Date Range
1750-1800
Current Location:
North America
Material:
Pearwood
Painter:
Pedals:
Two
Catalogue Number:
CEP-395
Origin:
France
Type:
Grand Piano
This instrument, with its beautifully preserved soundboard decoration, is among the earliest extant French grand pianos. It has a Cristofori-type action with a compass of FF-g3 (63 notes). The piano may originally have had two pedals, one for the una corda, the other for the dampers (now missing). Each hammer shank, including the integral butt and lower portion of the head, are formed from a single piece of pearwood. Inverted wrest plank.
Stringing: bichord throughout.
FF-g3 (5+octaves).
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