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Description: | Square piano by Haxby of York, the mahogany case stringed and feathered in holly and boxwood, the fascia boards of satinwood cross-banded with kingwood and set with an oval plaque of sycamore with inked inscription: "HAXBY / YORK / Fecit 1794". The stand, with square-sectioned, tapering legs, also of mahogany with similar stringing, is probably twentieth century. The extreme treble and bass keys are marked inside the case in ink: "375 July 1794". Five octave keyboard, ivory naturals with ebony accidentals, the ivory keys double-lined with ink below the accidentals.
Size: Width: 154.5 cm; Depth: 54 cm; Height: 98 cm. | License: | http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/terms/ | Rights holder: | The Bowes Museum | Subjects: | 1708 | Source: | Bowes-OAI | Identifier: | http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/collect... | Go to resource |
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