Broadwood 1829 - Free to Good Home
This haandsome Broadwood is number 36966, dating it to 1829, the time when the fashion was changing from six legs to four.
'His Majesty' was George IV, ruling alone - Caroline had died in 1821. This is one of the last to bear the calligraphy on a boxwood plaque, so to be superseded by a parchment label.
It has been carefully restored some time ago; all the notes are playing, but it might now need some adjustment.
Broadwoods in the 1820s featured an acoustically elegant divided bridge, to avoid the discontinuity in tension and relative stress between the brass and steel strings. The bass bridge carries seven pairs of close-covered strings (copper on steel) and then plain brass; the steel strings were on the main bridge with a longer scaling to cater for the lower density and greater strength.
The soundboard, bridges, and pins appear to be in very good condition.
The pedal is present.
This piano is generously being offered Free to Good Home, and as an uncondtional gift, registration under the UK Ivory Sale Act 2018 is not required.
It is in London SE5.
Please contact Tim Stevenson
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