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Square piano
The square pianos that first came into fashion in London in the 1760s were inspired by German examples. The rage for the ‘new’ instrument soon spread to France and a little later, to the Netherlands, Italy, Germany and Spain. The outer appearance of this example suggests Dutch origins, even if the hammer action is in the English style.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- square pianoforte
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- square pianoforte
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1775
- 1775
Place-Time
- third quarter 18th century
- fourth quarter 18th century
Places
- Netherlands
- Nederland
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.17
- Germany
- Duitsland
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.156
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Germany
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.351474
- BK-NM-5502
Extent
- height 78.0 cm
- width 123.0 cm
- depth 42.0 cm
Format
- maple (wood)
- softwood
- ebony (wood)
- ivory
- brass (alloy)
- iron (metal)
- leather
- Iron
- Ivory
- Maple wood
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: meubelen
- collectie: muziekinstrumenten
Year
- 1775
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T13:54:46.968Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:09:40.891Z