Erard Square Piano
Type: Square Piano
Collection: Kolthoorn Collection
Manufacturer: Erard, Sebastien
Year: 1817
Geography: Paris / France
Dimensions (cm): W=167
Current location: Not on display
General description: French double pilot action in a mahogany case with satinwood nameboard. Ivory naturals with ebony sharps. Trichord.
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Additional information
Compass: FF-c4
Octaves: 5 1/2
Inscriptions
On the nameboard: Erard Freres / Facteurs de Forte-Piano & de Harpes du Roi / de ses nienus plaisirs, / & de la Cour Imperiale de Russie. / Rue du Mail No. 13 & 21. a Paris 1817.
Edition/serial number: 9794
Literature references: This piano can be found in the original Erard ledgers under the serial number 3281: https://archivesmusee.philharmoniedeparis.fr/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/267