Lot 225
  • 225

A rosewood grand piano late 19th century, by C. Bechstein, Berlin

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • rosewood, ivory.
  • 98cm. high, 218cm. long, 150cm. wide; 3ft. 2½in., 7ft. 2in., 4ft. 11in.
case stencilled number 15553, on octagonal baluster legs, together with a late Victorian carved rosewood and leather button upholstered circular tripod stool

Literature

West Horsley Place, Surrey, Inventory, 1938, Vol. 1, p.66, in the Drawing Room; A 7½” octave Grand Pianoforte in rosewood case on octagonal legs, by C. Bechstein. £140-0-0.  

Condition

Case distressed. Will require re-tuning.
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