Mahogany concert pianoforte, rectangular at front with double hinged lid, which reveals keyboard, slightly projecting top, rounded corners, rope and leaf scroll gilt lock plate; three legs, the front two resting on pedal rail with lyre-shaped support and six pedals. Legs are turned with gilt metal coffered top and bottom fittings. Case with rectilinear sides tapering to a cut-off end point. Painted inscription under lid, 'Nannette Streicher née Stein / à Vienna'. No.1756.

This piano was purchased by George IV. According to Jutsham's records, it arrived in England from Vienna, via Trieste, on board the Gleaner, March 22 1824 (Jutsham Recs II p.171) and was delivered to The King's Lodge, 14 July 1824 (Jutsham Dels III, p.64). The piano cost £750, but commission charges and transport costs came to another £86.4.10 (LC11/44 pp.89-90).

Nannette Streicher née Stein (1769-1833) was the daughter of the piano maker Johann Andreas Stein, and was known as a prodigy of the keyboard, giving public recitals in the Stein shop in Augsburg at the age of five. Mozart both criticized and praised her when he saw her play at age 8, when her father took her on a concert tour to Vienna to demonstrate his harpsichord-piano. On her father's death in 1792, Nannette and her brother took over the business and in 1794 she married Andreas Streicher (1761-1833), a piano teacher, composer and performer. Streicher joined Nannette and her brother in the business as it moved to Vienna, but in 1802, the couple started their own business. The Streichers were close friends of Beethoven and he suggested several improvements to their pianos. The business developed quickly, with Andreas leading the business side and Nannette, the technical. Their pianos were expensive but highly regarded. Their son Johann Baptist Streicher (1796-1871) became a partner in the firm in 1823 and the firm began trading as 'Nannette Streicher geb. Stein und Sohn'. Therefore this piano, made in 1823 but labelled 'Nannette Streicher née Stein' was one of the last to be made before Johann Baptist joined the company.