List of Keyboards
Grand Piano by Broadwood, J
This grand piano was made by John Broadwood & Son in London, England in 1794. It is identical to one that Broadwood put at the disposal of Franz Joseph Haydn during his visit to London in 1793-1794. This piano has been restored to playing condition. The serial number for this grand piano is 715A and it has a compass of FF-c4, an English grand action, leather on wood core hammers, brass and iron strings, 3 strings for each note, 2 pedals: una corda and damper lifter, wood frame with iron gap spacers, straight-strung, and a mahogany veneer case
Credit: Smithsonian
Upright Piano by Broadwood, J & Sons
Compass: AAA-a4 (7 octaves) 85 notes
Two pedals: left: una corda; right: damper
Construction:
Case veneered in rosewood
There is a diagonal spruce brace glued to the front of the soundboard, 95 mm wide and 6 mm thick, butted and screwed to the center of the bottom edge of the wrestplank and the left side of the case.
There are two square bridges: bass bridge AAA-c-sharp; treble d-a4
The bridges are singled pinned from AAA-c-sharp and double pinned from there on.
There is a triangular metal hitch pin plate for notes AAA-b1 which is butted against the bottom of the case.
The rectangular tuning pins are pierced.
Horizontal soundboard grain.
The upper front panel frames are ornamental fretwork with cloth backing.
There is a lamp pedestal on the underside of the nameboard.
The legs are hexagonal and turned at the top and bottom.
Grand Piano by Broadwood, T
Photo Credit: Dguendel Wikicommons
The 1817 John Broadwood & Sons grand piano is a legendary artifact connecting the three musical giants. Gifted to Beethoven by the piano maker, it was later inherited by Liszt, who deeply revered it and eventually donated it to the Hungarian National Museum
Grand Piano by Broadwood, T
Identical instrument to the original owned by Beethoven which is now in Hungary. Split pedal option
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Grand Piano by Brodmann, J
Harpsichord by Broman, J
• Probably the longest instrument made—certainly the longest surviving harpsichord. • According to Nordenfeldt-Åberg 1981, ‘It was made as an experiment to obtain more sound, and although still playable, and competently restored in 1970 by Mats Arvidsson, it is no louder than average.’
Length, 3600 mm; Width, 970 mm
Foto : Dan Johansson