List of Keyboards

Virginal by Geerdinghs, A

Square Piano by Gebrueder Vlatten

Credit: Uni Leipzig

Grand Piano by Gautti, B

Square Piano by Garman & Mollenberg

Square Piano by Garbutt, T

Square Piano by Ganer, C

Square Piano by Ganer, C

2 hand stops for dampers lifting

2 pedals for buff stop and lid swell

Square Piano by Ganer, C

Square Piano by Ganer, C

This square piano was made by Christopher Ganer in London, England around 1780-1785. Ganer, like a number of other German harpsichord and piano makers, came to London to carry on his craft. All of the more than two dozen extant pianos attributed to Ganer are squares, and they are highly prized by collectors as having been well crafted. This piano is serial number 456, and has a compass of FF-f3, double (Schoene type) action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, with tuning pins on right, 2 hand stops: dampers and lute, 2 pedals (later additions): moderator and swell, wood frame, and a mahogany case.

Credit: Smithsonian

Giraffe Piano by Mueller

A giraffe piano by Mueller

Image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (CC0 Public Domain), via Rijksstudio / Rijksmuseum Collection.