Meinke Meyer & Pieter Meyer Square Piano
Type: Square Piano
Collection: Sweelinck Collection
Manufacturer: Meyer, Meinke & Pieter
Year: c.1790
Geography: Amsterdam / Netherlands
Current location: Not on display
General description: English single action in a mahogany case. Ivory naturals with ebony sharps. Original soundboard. Single bridge. Leather hammer heads. Bichord throughout. The damper levers are made with whale baleen, more common in these early square pianos.
Additional information
Compass: FF-f3
Pedals: damper, lute
Octaves: 5 1/2
Inscriptions
On the nameboard: Meincke Meyer a Pieter Meyer Frere / op't Rokkin, te Amsterdam