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Grand piano
Benediche Tonini, Italy, 1810 (?)
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Catalogue data
- (4493)
- Grand piano.
- 5 octaves, G1 - G6, [ G'- g''' ].
- Maker: Benediche Tonini.
- Italy.
- 1810 (?).
- Overall size: 1950.
- Body length: 1950.
- Body width: 960.
- Body depth: 260.
- Technical description: Double strung. Action: Prellzungenmechanik.
- Inscribed "Benediche Tonini 181B".
- Acquired by donor without its stand.
A new softwood stand made by Edmund Handy in 2005, at present unpainted.
- Current ownership: Gift of Rodger Mirrey, 2005.
- (Rodger Mirrey Collection)
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