An art cased, Broadwood grand piano with an intricately inlaid case at Besbrode Pianos. Designed by T G Jackson and inlaid by C H Bessant Faber. Made for Athelstan Riley's Music Gallery at 2 Kensington Court London in 1892. Inlaid with scrolling foliage, inlaid pelter shields inscribed with 6 musical part-scores by JS Bach, Thos Augustine Arne, GF Handel, O Gibbons, W Byrde and H Purcell. Stand is american walnut with triplet pillars and carved scrolls. Keyboard has turned arcading. Sharps inlaid with ebony. Framework is signed by John Broadwood. In "The Recollections of T.G. Jackson, 1835 to 1924", there is a description of the interior decoration of the house, this Broadwood piano is mentioned;"...But the pièce de resistance was a Broadwood grand pianoforte, with a case designed by Jackson in 1890 and inlaid by C. H. Bessant with satinwood, ebony, tortoiseshell and mother of pearl. This stood in the drawing-room and remains in the possession of the Riley family." Reference Number: 1743 Make: Broadwood Serial Number: 42364 Age: 1891 Wood: Mahogany Finish: Polish Size [cm]: length: 254 width: 140 Description: Eighty-five note keyboard. RESTORED: Tuned, Cleaned, Regulated. All strings replaced. Soundboard repaired where necessary. Frame coated. All hammer heads renewed. New dampers and leathers replaced where necessary. Keys Tops cleaned or replaced. Case stripped and repolished to an excellent standard. This piano comes with the Besbrode Pianos Warranty. Price includes: 10 year warranty First tuning free. Usually 4 weeks after piano delivery to allow "settling in". Free adjustable piano stool Free delivery to a ground floor residence within mainland UK. For more information visit: http://www.besbrodepianos.co.uk/piano-sale/broadwood-salts-mill-grand-piano.htm This Broadwood grand piano featured in "The Golden Age of Pianos Exhibition. An Exhibition of Luxurious, Art Cased Pianos from the Golden Age of Piano Making at Besbrode Pianos Leeds." "The Golden Age of Pianos" An exhibition of unique, art cased pianos from the height of European piano making. As official partners of "the Leeds 2012", Besbrode Pianos transported a collection of 21 pianos from across Europe to feature exclusively in The Golden Age of Pianos exhibition, each of artistic and cultural interest. The collection included a piano designed by Peter Behrens (a leading Art Nouveau German artist), Oskar Kaufmann (A Hungarian-Jewish architect), a Broadwood designed by T G Jackson and made for Athelstan Riley's Music Gallery and pianos designed for the Great Exhibitions. For an online archive of this event visit: http://www.besbrodepianos.co.uk/golden-age-of-pianos-exhibition.htm Besbrode Pianos is a specialist piano dealer and wholesaler based in Leeds, UK. Our extensive showrooms occupy three premises including four floors of a Victorian mill on the edge of Leeds city centre. This makes us one of the UK's largest retailers. We permanently display more than 250 new and pre-owned pianos from leading brands with an entire floor dedicated to the Steinway family of pianos. This impressive inventory offers pianists an unrivalled opportunity to play and compare pianos side by side. We are experts in packing and shipping and have been selling pianos individually and by wholesale across the globe for the last thirty years. Besbrode Pianos is an authorised agent for Steinway & Sons and offers the full range of Steinway, Boston and Essex pianos for retail.

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1. whats the name of this song or composer? do you know?