Pantalon Piano by Spaeth
Maker:
Spaeth
Number of manuals:
One
Year:
1767
Museum:
National Music Museum, North America
Date Range
1750-1800
Current Location:
North America
Material:
Fir
Painter:
Pedals:
Catalogue Number:
CEP-6861
Origin:
Germany
Type:
Pantalon Piano
This instrument may be an example of the "Pandaleons-Clavecins" that Spath advertised in 1765. It has a primitive Stossmechanik action (presumably replacing the original action of a similar type) with hammers facing towards the player. No escapement.
Compass: C-g3. Originally it was AA-e3 (56 notes).
The present hammers, hinged like the originals to a batten at the front edge of the soundboard, are replacements from the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. There are now no pedals or stops, but there is evidence of a hand-operated moderator, now missing, which had been added to the instrument at an early stage.
Dampers might originally have been attached to the hammer shanks.
Stringing: bichord throughou