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Historical piano collection 2011Forte pianos

Inventory number 4

John Broadwood & Son

London 1808

Fortepiano

Manufacturer’s label:

1808

John Broadwood & Son

Makers to his Majesty and the Princesses

Great Pulteney Street Golden Square

London

Case:

Mahogany veneer.

Body measurements: 215 x 105 = L x W.

Keyboard:

Extent F

- c

Lower keys ivory,

upper keys ebony.

Action:

English action,

hammerheads covered with leather.

Switching system:

Lyra with three pedals:

$ Forte (c

- c

$ Forte (h - F

$ Lever on right keyboard cheek controls

shifting between “due corde” and “una

corda.”

Acquired in 1993 by André Bissonnet,

Paris,

restored by Cl. Mercier-Ythier.

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