Giacomo Ferdinando Sievers
medaille d’or et d’argente / Breveté
Naples 1863
Giacomo Ferdinando Sievers, born in St Petersburg in the early nineteenth century but a naturalised Italian citizen, was one of that century’s foremost piano makers. He was often invited to be a member of the jury in competitions held at the great exhibitions in Paris, and was the author of the nineteenth century’s most exhaustive dissertation on pianoforte building:
Il Pianoforte
Guida pratica per costruttori, accordatori, dilettanti e possessori di pianoforti
Napoli 1868
Here Sievers set out the structural criteria of the different European schools of piano making, and he also devoted ample space to defining in depth the main aesthetic and functional features of the pianoforte in his day.
He founded a factory in Naples where he produced high-quality grand pianos, table pianos and upright pianos; however, few have survived to the present day.
n. 952
style: upright
height: cm. 161
width: cm. 133,5
height (floor to keyboard): cm. 80
compass: AAA-a””
octave size: cm. 16,3
action: Sievers upright
hammer covering: felt, leater
wrest pins: square
pedals: moderator, dampers
structure: wood
case: rosewood
