Lot Essay
We are grateful to Mimi S. Waitzman, Deputy Keeper of Musical Instruments, The Horniman Museum and Gardens, London, for her assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
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BY MATTHEW AND WILLIAM STODART, CIRCA 1785-1795
Details
A GEORGE III IVORY-MOUNTED, HOLLY-BANDED MAHOGANY GRAND PIANO WITH IVORY AND EBONY KEY-COVERS
BY MATTHEW AND WILLIAM STODART, CIRCA 1785-1795
The panel-inlaid case on a trestle stand, the two pedals are fitted as shaped extensions of the front legs, one lifts the dampers, the other operates the una corda (soft pedal), a due corde stop, of the early swivel-type, now lacking, which would have been surface mounted on the right hand key end block, fitted with a Backers-type English grand piano action, the facia incribed 'Mattaeus et Gulielmus Stodart Londini Fecerunt, Wardour Street, Soho'
35½ in. (90 cm.) high; 88½ in. (225 cm.) wide; 38¼ in. (97 cm.) deep
Compass: 5 octaves, FF-f''' chromatic; ivory naturals, ebony accidentals; triple-strung throughout
BY MATTHEW AND WILLIAM STODART, CIRCA 1785-1795
The panel-inlaid case on a trestle stand, the two pedals are fitted as shaped extensions of the front legs, one lifts the dampers, the other operates the una corda (soft pedal), a due corde stop, of the early swivel-type, now lacking, which would have been surface mounted on the right hand key end block, fitted with a Backers-type English grand piano action, the facia incribed 'Mattaeus et Gulielmus Stodart Londini Fecerunt, Wardour Street, Soho'
35½ in. (90 cm.) high; 88½ in. (225 cm.) wide; 38¼ in. (97 cm.) deep
Compass: 5 octaves, FF-f''' chromatic; ivory naturals, ebony accidentals; triple-strung throughout
Provenance
Possibly Harry Rixson, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, where acquired on 26 March 1934, as an 'Old English Harpsichord, Mahogany Case' (£20).
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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