List of Keyboards
Virginal (Pentagonal) by Bonafinis, F
The nameplate, or batten, of the artifact in the NMC Collection is inscribed with ‘Doanusa Benisimis’, which is believed to simply be a misreading of ‘Bonafinis’. The only other instrument that has been attributed to Bonafinis is another polygonal virginal dated to 1587.
Square Piano by Boos, J
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
Upright Piano by Bord, A
Pierre Cuypers, the Rijksmuseum architect, designed these pieces of furniture as engagement and wedding presents for his second wife. The images on the piano case are from the Annunciation and scenes from the life of St Cecilia, patron saint of music
Image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (CC0 Public Domain), via Rijksstudio / Rijksmuseum Collection.
Square Piano by Bornhoeft, J
This piano was made by John Bornhoeft in New York, New York around 1845-1850. This is the only known instrument by this maker. This piano has a compass of CC-c5, single-strings for first 6 notes, the rest are double-strings, 2 pedals: dampers and moderator, an iron string plate frame, and a rosewood case with an elaborately carved stand
Credit: Smithsonian
