List of Keyboards
Square Piano by Broadwood, J & Sons
The square piano was very popular in England. John Broadwood & Sons was its most important builder. In the early 1840's, when this instrument was built, their annual production was 1200 square piano’s.
Provenance: donation from family Wouter Scheurwater ( restorer of historical keyboard instruments at the Gemeentemuseum of the Hague )
Technical data:
Inscription: John Broadwood & Sons, Manufacturers to het Majesty, Great Pulteney Street, Golden Square, London
Compass: 6 octaves (CC-c'''')
Keyboard: naturals in ivory, sharps in ebony
Dimensions: W 175 cm / D 70 cm
Case: mahognay satin
Serial number: 53677
Chris Maene Collection number: CM 36 163
Condition: restored around 1990
Location: 3 - Museum headquarters "Piano's Maene" Ruiselede
Upright Piano by Broadwood, J & Sons
Compass: FF-f4 (6 octaves)
Two pedals: left: una corda; right: damper
Construction:
The case is veneered in Spanish mahogany
Empire column legs
The front panel has a vertical molding on both sides in the shape of Empire column legs, also decorated with brasswork grill, backed with pleated silk, which matches the color of the veneer.
The top portion of the lower panel is decorated in the same way.
The fallboard contains an inlaid tile with the engraved signature.
The lid has a molding along the edge and a brass gallery on top.
There are two visible braces between the bottom of the case and the wrestplank.
The wrestplank is veneered in mahogany and is reinforced with seven horizontal screws.
The rectangular tuning pins are pierced and are arranged in couplets in a straight line.
There are two bridges; they are butted together between f-sharp and g (the bass bridge is nearly horizontal).
The bridges are square, with chamfered edges, and are double pinned throughout.
The diagonal one-piece nut (slightly higher in the bass) meets both sides of the case. Horizontal soundboard grain
