Square Piano by Loud & Bro
Maker:
Loud & Bro
Number of manuals:
one
Year:
c.1825
Museum:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date Range
1800-1850
Current Location:
North America
Material:
Mahogany, Rosewood
Painter:
Pedals:
One
Catalogue Number:
Origin:
America
Type:
Upright Piano
Technical description: Rectangular mahogany lid and rosewood (exterior) and satinwood (interior) veneered case with rounded corners, decorated with gilt borders (retouched in spots) and floral, acanthus, and scroll work; rests on four turned and deeply reeded legs with brass casters and decorated brass rings; carved, gilded scrolls below case next to front legs concealing drawers; gilded metal moldings; compass FF-f4 (73 keys), ivory accidentals, damper pedal on "fifth leg" (missing), which raised dampers; pinblock veneered with bird's-eye maple; heavily threaded pierced and unpierced tuning pins; English double action with intermediate lever and single escapement; crank-type dampers; double-strung throughout, lowest eight notes wound. Credit: Met Museum