Square Piano by Mueller, L

This square piano was made by Lorenz Heinrich Müller in Bremen, Germany, around 1810. Müller appears as a piano maker in Bremen directories from 1804-1822. From 1823 to 1830, his widow handled a firm that rented pianos. It is believed that this is the only surviving piano by Müller. This piano is serial number 83 and has a compass of FF-c4, Viennese action, leather hammers, single-string first octave, the rest are double-strings, with tuning pins on the right, 2 knee levers: “piano” stop and dampers, wood frame, and a wood case

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