Erard Square Piano
Type: Square Piano
Collection: Kolthoorn Collection
Manufacturer: Erard
Year: 1842
Geography: Paris / France
Current location: Not on display
General description: Erard action inside a rosewood case with decorative moulding. Ivory naturals with ebony sharps. Original soundboard with a cutoff bar to prevent sound loss in the part of the soundboard. Metal hitchpin plate with two metal bars. The piano is single strung from CC-C with wrapped strings, the rest of the piano is bichord. Square tuning pins that may be original.
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Additional information
Keyboard width: CC-e4
Pedals: moderator, damper
Octaves: 6 1/2
Inscriptions
On the nameboard: Par Brevet D'invention / Erard / a Paris
Edition/serial number: 15359
Literature references: This piano can be found in the original Erard ledgers under the serial number 15359. The information included in the ledger contains the date the piano was purchased as well as who purchased it in 1842, and where the piano was originally sent, which in this case was Rotterdam: https://archivesmusee.philharmoniedeparis.fr/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/46