grand piano

Classification: 3 Chordophones / 31 Simple chordophones or zithers / 314 Board zithers / 314.1 True board zithers / 314.1-4-8 True board zithers sounded by hammers or beaters, with keyboard

Piano maker: Franciszek Woroniecki

Date: ca. 1900

Village / Town: Przemyśl

Country: Congress Kingdom of Poland / present-day Poland

Owner: Andrzej Szwalbe Collection, Ostromecko Palace near Bydgoszcz. Bought in 1979 from Andrzej Pilarski from Kutno

Inventory number: MOK-VII-FZ-012, formerly PN-VI-60-89

Description: Mahogany veneered. The casing embellished with a construction of frames and panels; metal frame decorated with floral polychrome. Cross-, single-, double-, triple-strung; full metal frame; Viennese action with lever dampers

Inscriptions: FRANCISZEK WORONIECKI / W PRZEMYŚLU on the nameboard inlaid in brass

Measurements: height 390 (1000), width 1540, depth 1860 mm

Materials: wood, metal, ivory

Keyboard compass, stops: C₁-c⁵ – 7¼ octaves, two pedals – una corda and dampers

Catalog card by: Benjamin Vogel

Bibliography: B. Vogel, Fortepian polski. Budownictwo fortepianów na ziemiach polskich od poł. XVIII w. do II wojny światowej, (Warszawa, 1995), p. 275; B. Vogel, Kolekcja zabytkowych fortepianów Filharmonii Pomorskiej, (Bydgoszcz, ¹1980, ²1987), p. 74

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