Pianos
A number of instruments are awaiting restoration.
These listed here are now in working order.
- 1793 Bates & Co. square piano 5 octave FF – fff single action, wooden overdampers, one stop lever: damperlift
Restored by Jean Maurer
- 1800 Broadwood square piano 5½ octave FF – ccc single escapement action.
Restored with new strings in the Stanhope workshops. The instrument was used by the Stanhope Players on their concert tour in Nyons in 2006.
- 1804 Clementi square piano 5½ 8ve as above with Irish dampers.
Restored by Lucy Coad.
- 1815 Tomkison Cabinet piano, sticker action 5½ 8ve from FF.
- 1810-1820 Elwerkemper Viennese grand piano 6 octave from FF restored by Jean Maurer . Five pedals including trombone and Turkish accoutrements.
- 1829 Broadwood square piano 6 octave from FF.
It was renovated by David Law and retains most of the original strings.
- 1864 Broadwood grand piano burr walnut 7 octave AA to aaaaa renovated by David Winston.
