Mathias Müller
1820
Mathias Müller (1770-1844), a native of Wernborn near Frankfurt, once he had moved to Vienna in 1796, obtained citizenship there in 1797. He was the first to make an upright piano in the shape of a harp, and later gave a particular impulse to the evolution of the piano into its vertical form. We owe the conception and construction of certain particular instruments to him: the Ditanaklasis (upright piano with two counter-posed fingerboards), a harp with fingerboard, and two other instruments with a very complex structure and traits that he called Panmelodicon and Xaenorphica. In 1820, he became builder of musical instruments for the Royal Court.
modello: a coda
lunghezza: cm. 235
larghezza: cm. 121
struttura cassa: legno
estensione tastiera: 6 ottave FF – f””
larghezza ottava: cm.16
meccanica: viennese
martelli: 3-4 strati di pelle
caviglie: originali
corde:
FF-HH (2 corde) ottone
C- F (3 corde) ottone
F#-f”” (3 corde) ferro
ponte: spezzato F/F#
pedali: spostamento, sordina, smorzatori. Fagotto e banda turca perduti
mobile: impero in noce con fianco dritto
