square piano Anton Boos, Mainz about 1780
case red with blue banding
keyboard compass: 5 octaves (F1-f3)
rebound mechanism
made about 1780, restored
identification number 1536
price: € 24.600,--
keyboard compass: 5 octaves (F1-f3)
rebound mechanism
made about 1780, restored
identification number 1536
price: € 24.600,--
Base price with tax
Sales price 24.600 €
Sales price without tax 24.600 €
Description
Square piano Joseph Anton Boos (1727 – 1804),Mainz about 1780
Initials JAB on bar above the keyboard
Constructed in accordance with other square pianos by the master
Case today painted rust red on the outside with blue decorative stripes,
Inner frame walnut
Stand not original
Keyboard compartment with elaborate marquetry
Case dimensions 151.2 x 53.4 x 15.7 cm = length x width x height
Keyboard range: 5 octaves (F1 - f3)
Naturals covered with ebony, with inlaid fillet strips,
Key front with cube pattern,
Sharps black-stained pearwood, covered with bone
Three-octaves-measurement 47,7 cm
Rebound mechanism, lever damping, leather-covered hammer heads
Double strung, sounding length c2 = 29.8 cm
Two knee-lever operated stops (forte, moderator), no longer present
The instrument was made before J.A. Boos moved from Mainz to Bamberg in 1794
One of 5 square pianos by the master still in existence today
