UPRIGHT PIANO
cross-strung
226-stringed (12 single strings and
fourteen 2-string wound choirs,
sixty-two 3-string unwound choirs)
88-keyed (keyboard extent is А of
the double contra octave — с of the
five-line octave)
“Brothers Diederichs” Factory, No. 13659.
Russia, St. Petersburg, around 1910
A round printed label on the frame, in the middle of which the text is placed, and medals received by the factory for participating in exhibitions are placed outside the label in a circle; the text: “СТАРҌЕЙШАЯ / РОССIЙСКАЯ ПАРОВАЯ / ФОРТЕПIАННАЯ ФАБРИКА / СУЩЕСТВУЕТЪ [the State Emblem of the Russian Empire / ЗА ВЫСТАВКУ 1896 ГОДА (for the exhibition of 1896)] СЪ 1810 ГОДА. / Б-ЕВЪ ДИДЕРИХСЪ / С. ПЕТЕРБУРГЪ / ВЛАДИМIРСКАЯ № 8. / ТИПО-ЛИТ. Д. СЕМЕНЮКОВА С.П.Б. (The oldest Russian steam piano factory of Brothers Diederichs existing from 1810, S. Petersburg, Vladimirskaya Street No. 8., D. Semenyukov’s printing house, S.P.b.) / [inscriptions on the medals:] “АЛЕКСАНДРЪ III ИМПЕРАТОРЪ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС. / ЗА / ТРУДОЛЮБИЕ / И / ИСКУСТВО / 1885 / ЗОЛОТ. МЕДАЛЬ СПБ. РЕМЕСЛ. ВЫСТАВКА”; “ЗОЛОТАЯ МЕД. АНТВЕРП. 1885”; / “ЗОЛОТАЯ МЕДАЛЬ НИЦА 1884”; “СЕРЕБРЯНАЯ МЕДАЛЬ АМСТЕРДАМЪ 1883”; “ЛОНДОН 1883”; “СЕРЕБРЯНАЯ МЕДАЛЬ МОСКВА 1882”; “СЕРЕБРЯНАЯ МЕДАЛЬ РИГА 1885” (Alexander III the Imperator and Autocrat of All Russia, for diligence and art, 1885, gold medal SPb. craft exhibition, gold medal Antwerp. 1885, gold medal Nice 1884, silver medal Amsterdam 1883, London 1883, silver medal Moscow 1882, silver medal Riga 1885); “EXPOSITION / UNIVERSELLE / PARIS 1900 / GRAND PRIX” — a label on the frame, made in St. Petersburg, in D. Semenyukov’s printing house;
“[the State Emblem of the Russian Empire] / ПАРИЖЪ 1900 (Paris 1900)/ GRAND PRIX. / [image of the same medals as on the above label] / СТАРҌЕЙШАЯ РОССIЙСКАЯ / ПАРОВАЯ ФОРТЕПIАННАЯ ФАБРИКА / СУЩЕСТВУЕТЪ СЪ 1810 ГОДА / Б-ЬЯ ДИДЕРИХСЪ / С. ПЕТЕРБУРГЪ / ГЛАВНОЕ ДЕПО И КОНТОРА ВЛАДИМИРСКАЯ УЛИЦА ДОМЪ № 8 / ФАБРИКА: ВАС. ОСТР. 13-Я ЛИНИЯ СОБСТВ. Д. № 78 (The oldest Russian steam piano factory of Brothers Diederichs existing from 1810, S. Petersburg, Major depot and offices, Vladimirskaya Street, No. 8; Factory: Vasilyevskiy Island, 13th line, own house No. 78) [image of the same medals as on the above label]” — a stamp by black dye on the frame;
“[the State Emblem of the Russian Empire] / DIEDERICHS FRÈRES / ST.-PÉTERSBOURG.” — inlaid with brass in the lid;
“13659” — a stamp by black dye on the pin block (area of the tuning pegs of the descant register);
“13317” — embossed with a punch on the lid, along the edges of the keyboard and on the back side of the upper front panel;
“12533 L. ISERMANN / HAMBURG. Е” — embossed with a punch on the back side of the key action
1575×1300×687
Wood, metal, bone, fabric, felt
1970s, arrived from an unknown source
Stock number: 23549
The frame is cast iron. There are 2 pedals. The lute register is triggered by a right-hand lever with the inscription “Sourdine” on the handle. The case is tinted black. There is a carved panel on the cover. There are 4 turned posts: 2 posts under the keyboard, 2 posts under the cover. The upper front side is divided into 3 raised panels with plated carving (geometric ornament). A profile of W. Mozart is carved in the center of the middle raised panel. Single candlesticks for one candle are set in the outmost raised panels