CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD
10 September 1941 – 24 September 2014
Conductor
Musicologist
Keyboard player
Catalogue of the former Christopher Hogwood Instrument Collection

Square Pianos

Maker Johannes Pohlmann
Manufactured London, 1773
Description English square piano with Zumpe action. In mahogany case with inlayed lines on a trestle stand with moulded rails.
Inscription Johannes Pohlmann Londini fecit 1773 on name batten.
Specification Bichord stringing on a single bridge. Zumpe action (simple stossmechanik with sprung overdampers). Three stop levers at bass end of keyboard operating: Treble dampers, Bass dampers, and mute or 'buff'.
Pitch A=430
Compass GG-f3
References
Clinkscale: Pohlmann No. 17.