Piano

anonymous, c. 1770 - c. 1775

Small pianos, rectangular or shaped like a spinet, were in existence already before grand pianos became generally known. They were also invented independently of the grand piano, even though grand pianos were appreciated at European courts, for instance that of Medici, throughout the 18th century. Many early small German pianos, including this one, had tiny, bare wooden hammer heads.

  • Artwork typekeyboard instrument, musical instrument, stringed instrument, pianoforte
  • Object numberBK-NM-8306
  • Dimensionsheight 77 cm x width 117 cm x depth 49 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Lying-harp piano
    • Piano
  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-8306

  • Description

    Piano met pedalen die met de knie bewogen worden.


Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Southern Germany (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1770 - c. 1775

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 77 cm x width 117 cm x depth 49 cm


Acquisition and rights


Documentation

    • Michael Latcham, 'Swirling from One Level of the Affects to Another: The Expressive Clavier in Mozart's Time', Early Music 30, nr. 4 (Nov., 2002), p. 502-520: 509, 518, afb. 6
    • Michael Latcham, 'Towards a new history of the piano', München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Katzbichler, 2019, p. 83-84 (voetnoot 164), 203, afb. 92
    • Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, 'Storia del pianoforte dalle origini ai nostri giorni', Il pianoforte, a cura di Ala Botti Caselli, Torino: EDT, 2018, p. 1-74: 23, Tav. 6
    • Michael Latcham, 'The sound of some late eighteenth century keyboard instruments', Jaarboek: Haags Gemeentemuseum (1993), p. 30-41: 32-33, afb. 1
    • Michael Latcham, 'Mozart and the pianos of Johann Andreas Stein', Pianos for Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven: change and contrast. Selected essays by Michael Latcham, München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Katzbichler, 2016, p. 57-105: 64, afb. 4
    • Michael Latcham, 'The Hammerflügel of Johann David Schiedmayer', Pianos for Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven: change and contrast. Selected essays by Michael Latcham, München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Katzbichler, 2016, p. 315-349: 336-337, afb. 15
    • Thomas Steiner, 'Instruments à claviers - expressivité et flexiilité sonore. Actes des Recontres Internationales harmoniques. Lausanne 2002', Bern: Peter Lang, 2004, p. 129-130

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