Objekt 2
Fortepiano with six pedals and accompanying piano stool
Description
Christoph Merian gave his wife this large mahogany grand piano on the occasion of their wedding in 1824. Margaretha's family had practiced music at home for several generations.
Object description
Vienna, 1st quarter of the 19th century.
Case veneered with pyramid mahogany, gilded bronze fittings, mother-of-pearl whole-tone keys, tortoiseshell half-tones
Gift of Dr. Martha Fininger-Merian
1951.1.a-b.