Grand Piano by Bas, L

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).