P. A. Daniel Bernhardt

P. Bernhardt Facteur du Roi Rue Buffault 17 F. Montmartre ca.1835 Paris
ca.1835

Pierre Antoine Daniel Bernhardt began manufacturing pianos in Paris in 1824. By the mid-nineteenth century his factory was one of the foremost in France. He is remembered for the improvements he made to upright pianos.

n. 1932
style: square
width: cm. 189
depth: cm. 86
height (floor to keyboard): cm. 69,5
compass: CC-f””
octave size: cm. 16,6
bridge: continuous
action: englisch
pedals: moderator (missing), dampers
strings: CC-EE (1ch. cooper winding) FF-HH (bichord cooper winding) C-F (trichord brass) F#-f”” (trichord iron)
structure:  wood
case:  Charles X style solid jacaranda; cooper, silver, brass inlaid