Johan Frenzel
1839
Johann Frenzel (1786-?) lived and worked in Linz, Austria, but we have no details of his life and only a very few of his instruments have survived. One of his pianofortes can be found in the Carolino Augusteum Museum in Salzburg.
The piano on display here is a relatively late model (dated 1839 on the lower part of the pinblock) and is built like a modern piano, but has nevertheless kept the moderator, operated by the central pedal.
style: grand
lenght: cm. 235
width: cm. 129
height (floor to keyboard): cm. 71,5
compass: CC-g””
octave size: cm. 16,05
strings: CC-DD (bichord brass winding) DD#-G (trichord brass) G#-g”” iron
wrest pins: rectangular
bridge: divided G/G#
action: Viennese
hammer covering: underfelt-felt-leater
pedals: shift, moderator, dampers
structure: 4 metal bars and Hitchpin Rail
case: Mahogany
