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Portuguese Grand Piano - Image 2
1767
National Music Museum, University of South Dakota
Vermillion, United States
The Antunes piano features essentially the same piano action developed by Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731), the inventor of the piano. The instrument has a compass of 51 notes. The key levers are made of spruce, the naturals covered with boxwood, and the sharps are made of a dense tropical hardwood covered with ebony.
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- Title: Portuguese Grand Piano - Image 2
- Creator: Manuel Antunes (1707-1796), Joachim Jose Antunes (1731–1811; Manuel's brother / collaborator)
- Date Created: 1767
- Location Created: Lisbon, Portugal
- Type: stringed keyboard musical instrument
- Rights: © National Music Museum
- Provenance: Ex coll.: Augusto Carvello Monteiro, Lisbon
- Photo Credit: Bill Willroth, Sr.
- Credit: Rawlins Fund, 1990
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