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A group surrounds a harpsichord playing instruments
Music in the Royal Collection

Many members of the royal family were talented musicians

ERARD

Grand Piano

c.1848

RCIN 41322

This piano was displayed in Erard’s Paris exhibition of 1849. The accompanying catalogue states that Prince Albert designed the case himself. The tulip-veneered case is mounted with porcelain plaques painted with floral borders. The sides have nine Berlin porcelain plaques after Old Master paintings, mounted in gilt bronze.


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