Square piano

Beyer, Adam, 1783

Tafelpiano in kast van mahoniehout. De hamers met gewoon hefboomsysteem zijn met vilt bekleed; vijf octaafs; twee voetpedalen en een handpedaal. Gemerkt: ADAM BEYER, LONDON FECIT 1783, COMPTON-STREET SO HO.

Artwork typekeyboard instrument, musical instrument, stringed instrument, pianoforte, square pianoforte
Object numberBK-NM-9829
Dimensionsheight 82.0 cm x length 155.5 cm x depth 55.0 cm

Identification

Title(s)
Square piano
Object type
Object number
BK-NM-9829
Description
Tafelpiano in kast van mahoniehout. De hamers met gewoon hefboomsysteem zijn met vilt bekleed; vijf octaafs; twee voetpedalen en een handpedaal. Gemerkt: ADAM BEYER, LONDON FECIT 1783, COMPTON-STREET SO HO.
Inscriptions / marks
date
Catalogue reference
- Michael Latcham, 'The Clavecin roial of Johann Gottlob Wagner in its eighteenth-century context', in Geschichte und Bauweise des Tafelklaviers, ed. by M. Lustig, Augsburg: Wissner-Verlag, 2006, pp. 127-184: 150
- Michael Cole, 'Adam Beyer, Pianoforte Maker', The Galpin Society Journal 48 (Mar., 1995), p. 94-119: 115
- Edward L. Kottick, George H. Lucktenberg, 'Early keyboard instruments in European museums', Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997, p. 167
- L.G. Langwill, 'Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung des Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ausgestellt im Gemeente Museum, Den Haag 9. Oktober - 24. November 1952', Glareana: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente 2, nr. 2 (1953), p. 1-3: 2
- Pascale Vandervellen, 'Le piano de style en Europe dès origines à 1850 : étude des éléments décoratifs et mécaniques', Liège: Mardaga, 1994, p. 140
- Laurence Libin, 'Square Piano by Adam Beyer?', The Galpin Society Journal 46 (Mar., 1993), p. 152-153
- Kenneth Mobbs, 'Square Piano by Beyer? - Further Comments and a Query', The Galpin Society Journal 46 (Mar., 1993), p. 153-154
- Derek Carew, 'The mechanical muse: the piano, pianism, and piano music, c.1760-1850', Routledge, 2017, p. 107

Creation

Creation
instrument maker: Beyer, Adam, London
Dating
1783
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Material and technique

Material
Dimensions
height 82.0 cm x length 155.5 cm x depth 55.0 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Gift of the heirs of G.M. Teerink
Copyright
Public domain

Documentation

- Michael Latcham, 'The Clavecin roial of Johann Gottlob Wagner in its eighteenth-century context', in Geschichte und Bauweise des Tafelklaviers, ed. by M. Lustig, Augsburg: Wissner-Verlag, 2006, pp. 127-184: 150
- Michael Cole, 'Adam Beyer, Pianoforte Maker', The Galpin Society Journal 48 (Mar., 1995), p. 94-119: 115
- Edward L. Kottick, George H. Lucktenberg, 'Early keyboard instruments in European museums', Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997, p. 167
- L.G. Langwill, 'Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung des Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ausgestellt im Gemeente Museum, Den Haag 9. Oktober - 24. November 1952', Glareana: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente 2, nr. 2 (1953), p. 1-3: 2
- Pascale Vandervellen, 'Le piano de style en Europe dès origines à 1850 : étude des éléments décoratifs et mécaniques', Liège: Mardaga, 1994, p. 140
- Laurence Libin, 'Square Piano by Adam Beyer?', The Galpin Society Journal 46 (Mar., 1993), p. 152-153
- Kenneth Mobbs, 'Square Piano by Beyer? - Further Comments and a Query', The Galpin Society Journal 46 (Mar., 1993), p. 153-154
- Derek Carew, 'The mechanical muse: the piano, pianism, and piano music, c.1760-1850', Routledge, 2017, p. 107

Persistent URL

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20063264