CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD
10 September 1941 – 24 September 2014
Conductor
Musicologist
Keyboard player
Catalogue of the former Christopher Hogwood Instrument Collection
Upright Pianos
| Maker
| Franz Martin Seiffert
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| Manufactured
| Vienna, 1820
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| Description
| Schrankklavier with
'hanging' Viennese-action in case veneered in cherry with ebonised
features including frets over green silk panels in the doors.
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| Inscriptions
| Priveleg Instrumenten Fabrick Martin Seuffert. ... Allegasse 75 auf der Wieden on printed paper label, and Martin Saiffert Wien on later ceramic plaque on name batten above keys.
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| Specification
| Tricord and bichord stringing
on single bridge with tuning pins in a 'wrestplank' formed from the
bentside. Four pedals: Shift, Moderator (2 pedals) and Damper pedal.
Spring-assisted hammer return.
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| Pitch
| A=430
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| Compass
| FF-f4
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| Restoration
| 1999 Chris Nobbs
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| Maker
| John Broadwood
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| Manufactured
| London, c1823
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| Description
| Six-octave cabinet piano in mahogany with pleated fabric front, originally bought by Cramer.
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| Inscriptions
| John Broadwood & Sons / Makers to his Majesty & the Princesses / Great Pulteney Street Golden Square / London on the nameboard, and TH2513 in pencil on the wrestplank and inside of lid.
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| Specification
| English upright 'sticker' action with overdampers. Two pedals: keyboard shift, dampers.
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| Pitch
| A=430
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| Compass
| FF–f4
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