Bösendorfer grand piano
  • Serial number 167, made in 1841
  • Ash veneer
  • Nameboard: "I. BÖSENDORFER / KAISERL: KÖNIGL: HOF= [Austrian Double Eagle] FORTEPIANOVERFERTIGER / WIEN / GOLDENE MEDAILLE / AUSSTELLUNG 1839" (I[gnaz] Bösendorfer / Imperial and Royal Court Fortepiano Manufacturer / Vienna / Gold Medal / Exhibition 1839)
  • Range: 6½ octaves CC - g4, straight-strung scale, three bridges, no original iron bracing
  • Prellmechanik action
  • Una corda and damper pedals
  • Previously owned by Benedectine monastery (Kremsmünster, Austria) and Cornell University
  • Indigenous repertoire: late Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, etc.
1841 Bösendorfer

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