Transposing keyboard.
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Alternative TitleTranspositeur. |
Instrument FamilyKeyboard ; Ancillary equipment |
MakerPleyel, Wolff & Cie |
Place MadeEurope ; France ; Paris ; Western Europe |
Date MadeAfter 1855, probably c 1880 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Keyboard of 6 octaves from E to E which can be placed over a standard piano keyboard and set to give one of ten transpositions.Three-octave span. Serial number: 362. Overall size: 1220. Labelled "Pleyel, Wolff & Cie / Brevetes / EN FRANCE & À L'ETRANGER"; marked on both parts of action and on left hand side of bottom key "362". |
NotesK. Mobbs, 1997. |
Measurements1220. ; 21.59cm wide, 12.7cm tall, 130.18cm long. |
ProvenanceGift of Kenneth and Mary Mobbs, 1997. |
CollectionMIMEd |
Accession Number3776 |