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Rectangular piano
Piano movement by Frederick Beck (German, active in London 1771- 1798), piano case attributed to Christopher Fuhrlohg (Swedish 1737- 1800, active in London circa 1767-1787)1777
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, Canada
The movement of this piano was made by German-born instrument maker Frederick Beck. The case is attributed to Swedish cabinetmaker Christopher Fuhrlohg. Before coming to London about 1767, Fuhrlohg had trained in Paris during the first flowering of the Neoclassical style. The shape of this piano and its gilt bronze mounts are evidence of Fuhrlohg's Paris training; the scroll-work inlay is English in its interpretation. Furhlohg is renowned for fine pictorial marquetry like the circular panel veneered on the front of the piano. It depicts one of the muses associated with lyric poetry, dance and music.
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- Title: Rectangular piano
- Creator: Piano movement by Frederick Beck (German, active in London 1771- 1798), piano case attributed to Christopher Fuhrlohg (Swedish 1737- 1800, active in London circa 1767-1787)
- Creator Gender: Male
- Date: 1777
- Location: London, England
- Physical Dimensions: h89 x d54.5 cm
- Provenance: Gift of the Louise Hawley Stone Charitable Trust; Purchased by the Royal Ontario Museum with the assistance of a grant approved by the Minister of Canadian Heritage under the terms of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act. Achetées avec l'aide d'une subvention approuvée par la Ministre du Patrimoine canadien en vertu de la Loisur l'exportation et l'importation de biens culturels. Samuel European Galleries
- Type: Musical Instrument
- Rights: Royal Ontario Museum
- Medium: Pine case with veneers of satinwood, amaranth and other woods, giltbronze mounts, ivory and ebony keys
- Length: 140
- Accession Number: 2002.23.1
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