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Lot Essay
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Details
A square piano
by John Broadwood & Sons, London, c.1825
the mahogany case with rosewood stringing and beaded mouldings, the mahogany nameboard with fruitwood and brass inlay, the six octave keyboard with ivory naturals and ebony accidentals, on four turned legs with brass castors, inscribed on the nameboard John Broadwood & Sons, Makers to His Majesty and the Princesses, Great Pulteney Street, Golden Square, London, serial number 28295, inscribed internally Sold by R.A. Purdi, 83 Princes Street, Edinburgh, length 68¾in. (174.5cm), width 25½in. (64.9cm)
by John Broadwood & Sons, London, c.1825
the mahogany case with rosewood stringing and beaded mouldings, the mahogany nameboard with fruitwood and brass inlay, the six octave keyboard with ivory naturals and ebony accidentals, on four turned legs with brass castors, inscribed on the nameboard John Broadwood & Sons, Makers to His Majesty and the Princesses, Great Pulteney Street, Golden Square, London, serial number 28295, inscribed internally Sold by R.A. Purdi, 83 Princes Street, Edinburgh, length 68¾in. (174.5cm), width 25½in. (64.9cm)
Special notice
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