Master M. B. Regelsdorff.
Russia, St. Petersburg, 1801

“M: B: REGELSDORFF / St PETERSBURG / 1801” — embossed with a punch and tinted black on the nameplate; “122” — scratched with a sharp object on the sound board (area of the bridge of the descant register); “МУЗЕЙ ГОРОДА / … Внутр. убран. помещ. / 06117 [last 4 numbers are handwritten] / И … (CITY MUSEUM ... Interior of the room, 06117)” — a fragment of a paper printed label glued to the outside of the bottom of the case.

1420×465×705
Wood, metal, bone, fabric, felt, leather

1929, transferred from the City Museum
Stock number: 16516/1211

The key action is English, with an intermediate lever (the modification of Broadwood’s design). The damper mechanism is German-type. The dampers are raised with the left hand by a lever. The case with slanted corners is mounted on a 4-legged underframe, veneered with mahogany, partially framed with brass profiled molding.