Grand Piano by Davison & Redpath
Maker:
Davison & Redpath
Number of manuals:
One
Year:
1789
Museum:
National Music Museum, North America
Date Range
1750-1800
Current Location:
North America
Material:
Beech, Mahogany
Painter:
Pedals:
Catalogue Number:
CEP-1064
Origin:
England
Type:
Grand Piano
This small grand piano is about 20 centimeters shorter than typical English pianos of the period. Little is known about Davison and Redpath. Phillip James [Early Keyboard Instruments. London: Peter Davies, 1930] lists Redpath and Davidson working in 1789. Rosamond Harding [The Piano-Forte: Its History Traced to the Great Exhibition of 1851. New York: 1973] also lists the names in reverse order, indicating 1767 as a date of activity.
Compass: FF-f3 (five octaves)
Modified Anglo-German action, similar to one patented by John Crang Hancock in 1790. The action is English, but the hammers face the opposite direction, like those of Viennese pianos.