List of Keyboards

Harpsichord by Grimaldi, C

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Harpsichord by Grimaldi, C

This instrument appears to have a hammer action suggesting it has been converted from the original harpsichord

Photo: Claude Germain

Square Piano by Greifenhagen, J

Photo Credit: Uni Leipzig

Square Piano by Gray, R & W

This square piano was made by Robert & William Gray in London, England around 1795. Robert and William Gray were brothers who built harpsichords, organs, and pianos in London from 1774. The Smithsonian’s square is the only known piano by these brothers. This piano has a compass of FF-f3, single action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, with tuning pins on right, 2 hand stops: treble and bass dampers, wood frame, and a cherry (?) case

Credit: Smithsonian

Virginal by Grauwels

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Square Piano by Granholm, E

Erik Gustaf Granholm was a Finnish piano builder who established the first piano factory in Helsinki in 1835. Operating through the 1840s and 1860s, his workshop specialized in traditional Viennese-style square pianos .

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