Fortepianos
| Maker | Josef Johann Brodmann |
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| Manufactured | Vienna, c1815 | |
| Description | Six octave Viennese-action fortepiano in walnut veneered case with rounded corners. Raised on four tapered legs with the front two joined by a stretcher carrying four pedals and an ebonised lyre. Case stained red in imitation of mahogany. Formerly owned by Ema Destinnová (Emmy Destinn) and, reputedly, by Weber. | |
| Inscription | Brodmann / in Wien / Josephstadt No 40 on ceramic plaque. | |
| Specification | Viennese action and tri-chord stringing throughout on a single bridge. Four pedals: shift, bassoon, moderator, dampers. In addition there is a knee-lever to operate the moderator. | |
| Pitch | A=430 | |
| Compass | FF-f4 | |
| References | Clinkscale: Brodmann No. 9.
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| Restoration |
1981 Chris Nobbs (Missing legs, pedals and lyre copied from Weber's Brodmann in the Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Berlin: Clinkscale: Brodmann No. 10)
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| Maker | Anonymous |
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| Manufactured | c1815 | |
| Description | Six-octave Viennese action fortepiano in walnut veneered case on four tapered legs, the two front legs linked by a stretcher carrying four pedals and an ebonised lyre. | |
| Specification | Four pedals: shift, bassoon, moderator, dampers. | |
| Pitch | A=430 | |
| Compass | FF-f4 | |
| Restoration | 1994 Chris Nobbs | |
| Maker | Adlam Burnett |
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| Manufactured | Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, 1976 | |
| Description | Copy of Viennese-action five octave fortepiano built in the Stein tradition by Matthäus Heilmann, Mainz, c1785, in walnut-veneered case raised on five square tapered legs and with a frame and panel lid. | |
| Specification | Brass kapsels in place of the wooden kapsels used by Heilmann. Single bridge and bichord stringing, with e2 to f3 trichord. Knee-levers operating dampers and moderator and bassoon. | |
| Pitch | A=430 | |
| Compass | FF-f3 | |
| References | Original in the Colt Clavier Collection, Bethersden, Kent, No. 42 (Clinkscale: Heilmann No. 1).
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| Restoration | 1986 MacKinnon & Waitzman | |
| Maker | Derek Adlam |
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| Manufactured | Tan Gallops, Welbeck, 1987 | |
| Description | Copy of Viennese-action piano by Anton Walter, Vienna, c1795, in yew-veneered casework raised on five tapered legs. | |
| Specification | Strung in brass FF-F then iron throughout; bichord up to a1, trichord b1-g3. Knee-levers operating moderator and dampers. | |
| Pitch | A=430 | |
| Compass | FF-g3 | |
| References | Original in Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnburg, No. MINe 109 (Clinkscale: Walter No. 9).
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