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This is the only known remaining example by the maker Baillon

Compass: FF-c4 (68 notes)

This is a standard English 5½-octave grand piano, as made between about 1790 and 1810. Compass FF-c4 (68 notes); ivory naturals, ebony sharps, molded maple key fronts. Standard English grand action. Two pedals: at the left, una corda or due corde, depending on the setting of the wedge in the treble key block; at the right, dampers. Trichord throughout the compass. Bridge divided between G-sharp and A. Four arched iron gap spacers

Exterior veneered in mahogany with holly stringing and mahogany crossbanding. Keywell veneered in satinwood with narrow black/light stringing and tulipwood crossbanding and an oval holly cartouche for the inscription. Interior case walls veneered in mahogany with holly stringing. Lid mahogany with holly stringing. Standard brass hardware (lid hooks, lid hinges, etc.). Trestle stand of mahogany (except the unseen parts at the top, of beech) with untapered legs molded at the outer edges.

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The nameplate could also be read as Bassal. 

Photo Credit: Uni Leipzig

This spinet was made by Thomas Barton in London, in 1730. It is a bentside spinet with a compass of GG - g3, and has a disposition of 1 x 8’. The soundboard is made of spruce. This instrument has ivory naturals with arcaded fronts and skunktail accidentals in ebony and ivory. The nameboard is inscribed:

Thomas Barton MDCCXXX Londini Fecit.

The inseparable outer case and trestle stand are made of mahogany. There are three long brass hinges along the spine and three shorter brass hinges on the keyboard cover. The lock plate and cover hinges feature a filigree design.

This harpsichoard was previously owned by Morris Steinert, a musical instrument and sheet music dealer in New Haven, Connecticut. This spinet was displayed at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, in Chicago. Steinert presented lectures and played this instrument with about 60 others from his collection at the exposition

Credit: Smithsonian 

This instrument, with its beautifully preserved soundboard decoration, is among the earliest extant French grand pianos. It has a Cristofori-type action with a compass of FF-g3 (63 notes). The piano may originally have had two pedals, one for the una corda, the other for the dampers (now missing). Each hammer shank, including the integral butt and lower portion of the head, are formed from a single piece of pearwood. Inverted wrest plank.

Stringing: bichord throughout.

FF-g3 (5+octaves).

Patented in Paris in 1865 by Hubert Cyrille Baudet, the Piano-Quatuor is a fascinating bowed keyboard instrument. Instead of hammers striking the strings as in a conventional piano, pressing a key brings a small bow into contact with the string, causing it to vibrate continuously while the key is held down. This produces a sustained, singing tone rather than the percussive attack of a piano. The keyboard therefore controls the pitch while the bowing mechanism provides the sound, allowing the player to produce long, expressive notes and, with careful control of the keys, a remarkably vocal quality.

Foto : Dan Johansson

2 Kneelevers for divided dampers lift of the treble and bass

Hand stop for Buff stop