Joseph Böhm
Wien (1830 ca.)
Joseph Böhm (1786-1850) set up his piano manufacturing business in Vienna in 1813 and continued to work there until 1840. He took out a number of patents: for a transposing keyboard (lowering it by a semitone), a pedal-operated page-turning device, and a 32-note pedal keyboard.
The instrument on display still has its mute board.
style: grand
lenght: cm. 240
width: cm. 135
height (floor to keyboard): cm. 75
compass: CC-g”” octave size: cm. 15,7
wrest pins: rectangular
strings: CC-DD (bichord brass winding) DD#-F (trichord brass) F#-c”” (iron)
bridge: continuous
gap spacer: e’/f’
action: Prelllmechanik
hammer covering: Leater 3, 4 layers
pedals: shift, moderator, dampers, bassoon (missing), janissary
structure: wood case: walnut
