Square english piano signed Josephus Kirckman Londini fecit - N°19 Broad street Soho - 1800


Measure (mm) — length 1655, width 570, case depth 225, stand height 640
Case — inlaid mahogany. Separate stand
Extension — FF-c””
Dating — 1800
The instrument has a single action mechanism
Overspun strings from FF-E, red brass to A, yellow brass to e and iron to c”’. Bichord
The linden hammerheads are covered with the original deer leather
One pedal for damper mechanism
The fortepiano has been restored and it is playable at 440HZ
Bibliography
M. N. Clinkscale - Makers of the piano 1700-1820 - Oxford University Press, 1993 - pag. 165