Grand Piano by Dulcken, JL
Maker:
Dulcken, JL
Number of manuals:
One
Year:
1790
Museum:
National Museum of American History
Date Range
1750-1800
Current Location:
North America
Material:
Cherry
Painter:
Pedals:
Catalogue Number:
CEP-1103
Origin:
Germany
Type:
Grand Piano
This grand piano was made by Jean-Louis Dulcken in Munich, Germany around 1790. There is an inscription in ink on the soundboard, discovered during a restoration in 1985, that reads “Dulchen in München.” The piano also has a spurious Stein label on the soundboard. The piano has a compass of FF-g3, Viennese action, with back checks on rail, deerskin on wood core hammers, brass and iron strings, 2 strings for each note, 2 knee levers: both damper lifters, wood frame, straight-strung, and a cherry veneer case
Credit: Smithsonian