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Square Piano by Boos, J
Maker:
Boos, J
Number of manuals:
One
Year:
1776
Museum:
National Music Museum, North America
Date Range
1750-1800
Current Location:
North America
Material:
Mahogany
Painter:
Pedals:
Catalogue Number:
Origin:
Germany
Type:
Square Piano
Compass: FF-f3
Prellmechanik without escapement.
Case: Exterior veneered in mahogany. Interior around the soundboard, hitchpin rail, etc. with geometrical marquetry. Keywell with more elaborate marquetry, with garlands on the key cheeks and the inscription on the nameboard. The underside of the instrument is reinforced by a heavy oak frame, a mid-nineteenth to early-twentieth-century addition.
Stock photo does not represent the piano
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