10min. Gallery Talk "Square Piano"

[10min Gallery Talk] 12/7(wed)・12/9(fri)：Square Piano
It is a square piano made by Wornum in c.1845.
As the name suggests, a "square piano" is a square shaped piano.
This piano has unique action.
When a hammer hits a string, it hits from above, not from below.
Therefore, it was necessary to devise the way to return the hammer to its original position.

Registration Number of our Museum: 0929