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An Important Gilt-bronze Mounted Parquetry Inlaid Grand Piano or Piano à Queue, by François Linke, the Movement by Erard.
Signed 'F.Linke' on the Keyboard Cover Molding.
Signed 'Erard - Paris' on the Keyboard Cover.
The soundboard is signed 'Par Brevet d'Invention Seb & Pre Erard 13&21 Rue du Mail Paris'.
This elegant Piano à Queue is a rare example of a small number of ‘Art-Case’ pianos made by François Linke.
François Linke (1855 - 1946) was the most important Parisian cabinet maker of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and possibly the most sought after cabinet maker of his period.
The firm of Erard were one of the most highly regarded instrument makers of the late Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries, flourishing from 1788 to about 1900 with showrooms in both Paris and London.
French, Circa 1900.
Dimensions
Height : 101 cm 40 inches Width : 138 cm 54 inches Depth : 214 cm 84 inchesCondition report
The movement has been professionally overhauled and the piano is in fine playing condition.The BADA Standard
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