Pianos for Sale – Monart Piano Collection http://www.monartcollection.com This is a site showing a collection of antique pianos and keyboards Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:03:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.15 George Dettmer & Son http://www.monartcollection.com/george-dettmer-son/ Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:45:04 +0000 http://www.monartcollection.com/?p=342 This piano is by George Dettmer & Son and dates to c.1824.  It has a six octave compass and close wound base strings giving it a dark, rich tone in the base.  As can be seen it has an unusual system of original and  adjustable bracing bars made from bronze.   This is the only known extant example with this experimental system which, prior to this piano surfacing, was only known from a Dettmer patent for a similar barring system designed to enable the adjustment of pitch.

This piano is now for sale!

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