Restorer: David Hunt, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, England
Features
Compass: 5-1/2 octaves FF-cccc
Pitch: A 415 Hz
Tuning: equal tempered
Action: English simple action
Hammer coverings: leather
Bridge: single curved
Strings:
- bichord; FF-D# (11 notes)
- overwound, brass. E-B (8 notes)
- plain brass. C-cccc, (49 notes), iron
Dampers: whalebone spring-loaded cloth overdampers
Frame: timber
Handstop: damper lift
Case: mahogany with Tonbridgeware stringing
Lid: mahogany
Stand: “French frame” with medallions on corners and tapered legs in solid mahogany
Dimensions(mm): 1633w x 586d x 220h (ex lid)
Repertoire: Haydn, Dussek, London Fortepiano School
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