58 ANNABELL 
Table 1. 
Legs 
Keyboard 
Nameboard label 
Hitchpin plate 
Braces, struts, 
suspension bars 
Wrestplank 
Soundboard 
Bridge 
Stringing 
Dampers 
Hammers 
Details of square pianoforte by John Broadwood and Sons. 
Details 
Mahogany, unornamented, rosewood nameboard. Fretwork panels 
either side of nameboard label, green cloth behind. Depth of case 
without lid, bass end, 27.8 cm, treble end, 28.2 cm. Length at spine, 171.4 
cm, at front, 171.5 cm, total length at bottom of case moulding, 173.8 cm. 
Breadth, back edge to front edge, 68.2 cm. Case thickness, back frame, 
3.5 cm, floor, 8.6 cm. Lid, main section, length, 174.8 cm, breadth, bass 
end, 50.7 cm, treble end, 50.9 cm, depth, 1.2 cm, joined with 6 brass 
hinges to front section, breadth, 19.6 cm. Keyboard flap, length, 103.6 
cm, breadth, 21.7 cm. 
4, curved-surfaced, tapering, circular banding top and bottom. Height 
from bottom of castor, 54cm, from top of castor, 45.8 cm. | pedal leg of 
similar design. 
6-octave compass, F\to f*. Key surfaces and edges in good condition. 
Wood moulding on key fronts. Key-to-key length, flush with sides of 
nameboard, 101 cm. 
John Broadwood & Sons, Manufacturers to (Her) Majesty, Great 
Pulteney Street, Golden Square, London. White oblong inset, possibly 
varnished parchment. Black Gothic-type lettering. 
Iron, black, perforated over surface with 15 large holes of even size. Joins 
treble end of wrestplank at rear. Coarse woodwork decoration in rear 
triangular space between plate and case sides. 
I only flat-sided iron brace, black, extending from outer curve of 
hitchpin plate to wrestplank between treble notes c3 and c*3. Length 37.5 
cm, depth, 3.5 cm, width 1.2 cm. 
Light-coloured oak wood, maple veneer. 
Light-coloured spruce wood, grain running diagonally from rear of 
keyboard towards hitchpin plate. Thickness, 6 mm. Extends from 
hitchpin plate over surface interior to treble note c#3. 
Light-coloured wood with brown fleck. Stepped at note 56 before top 17 
treble notes. 
Iron, decreasing in thickness from bass to treble, 11 single in bass close 
wound with copper wire, remainder bichord, plain wire.* 
54 upright overdampers up to a*?, red felt or material centre core and 
base, white felt surround. 19 treble strings undamped. 
Small heads, some variation in size, more apparent in top treble. Centre 
wood core covered | layer leather, | layer of skin or leather, outer layer 
of felt. 
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