A ‘Pocket’ grand piano by Robert Wornum, London, circa 1837 The case of rosewood with carved scrolling cheek brackets, raised on three turned and reeded legs. The nameboard containing a paper label inscribed: Royal Patent Equal Tension, Pocket Grand Piano Forte Invented & Manufactured by Robert Wornum, MUSIC HALL, Store Street, Bedford Square, LONDON. The six octave keyboard FF–f4 with ivory naturals and ebony accidentals. Wornum’s tape-check grand action, with two pedals controlling dampers and una corda. Serial number 4851 Length 165cm, width 118cm, case height including lid and leg blocks 40cm. Literature: The Colt Clavier Collection Golden Jubilee 1944–1981, p. 12, (25) G272W. The Colt Clavier Collection Silver Jubilee 1944–1969, p. 11 G272W. C. F. Colt with Anthony Miall, The Early Piano, pp. 116 and 119. Provenance: Recorded for the BBC archives.
A ‘Pocket’ grand piano by Robert Wornum, London, circa 1837 The case of rosewood with carved scrolling cheek brackets, raised on three turned and reeded legs. The nameboard containing a paper label inscribed: Royal Patent Equal Tension, Pocket Grand Piano Forte Invented & Manufactured by Robert Wornum, MUSIC HALL, Store Street, Bedford Square, LONDON. The six octave keyboard FF–f4 with ivory naturals and ebony accidentals. Wornum’s tape-check grand action, with two pedals controlling dampers and una corda. Serial number 4851 Length 165cm, width 118cm, case height including lid and leg blocks 40cm. Literature: The Colt Clavier Collection Golden Jubilee 1944–1981, p. 12, (25) G272W. The Colt Clavier Collection Silver Jubilee 1944–1969, p. 11 G272W. C. F. Colt with Anthony Miall, The Early Piano, pp. 116 and 119. Provenance: Recorded for the BBC archives.
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