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Orphica by Roellig
Maker:
Roellig
Number of manuals:
One
Year:
1795
Museum:
Rome, National Museum of Musical Instruments
Date Range
1750-1800
Current Location:
Italy
Material:
Painter:
Pedals:
Catalogue Number:
Origin:
Austria
Type:
Orphica
The Orphica is a rare, portable piano invented by Carl Leopold Röllig in Vienna in 1795. Functioning as an early forerunner to the modern keytar, it could be worn with a shoulder strap like a guitar and featured a harp-like, triangular frame. Only about 30 of these instruments survive worldwide
Credit: LPLT Wikicommons
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