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Grand Piano   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Creator:Ferdinand Hofmann
Title
Grand Piano
Description
Austrian; Grand Piano; Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano
Date circa 1790
date QS:P571,+1790-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium Cherry wood, brass, enamel, ebony, bone
Dimensions

Width: 37 1/2 in. (95.3 cm)

Depth: 82 7/8 in. (210.5 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Musical Instruments
Accession number
1984.34
Credit line Gift of Geraldine C. Herzfeld, in memory of her husband, Monroe Eliot Hemmerdinger, 1984
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/503677

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  • Ferdinand Hofmann (circa 1790
    date QS:P,+1790-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
    ). [1984.34] Grand Piano.
    "​ Maker: Ferdinand Hofmann (Austrian, 1756–1829 Vienna) ",
    "​This beautifully preserved cherry-wood piano, which retains the maker's fragile wax seal on a label inside, was built by Ferdinand Hofmann, a leading member of Vienna's civic keyboard-maker's association. He became its president in 1806 and won a court appointment. The striking, almost architectural decor of this instrument typifies the maker's early work. Knee levers lift the dampers and a knob over the nameplate operates a mute, or moderator. The instrument has a five-octave range (sixty-one notes) and is double-strung in the bass and middle registers and triple-strung in the treble. The piano is of the type that was customary in Mozart’s day. "

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Grand piano, Austrian, made by Ferdinand Hofmann (MET, 1984.34)

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