The Cobbe Collection
photo©Chris Hurst

SQUARE PIANOFORTE by Johannes Zumpe and Gabriel Buntebart,
London, 1777-1778

detail of
Johann Christian Bach's
signature on the soundboard
photo© David Hunt

The soundboard is autographed by Johann Christian Bach, who is believed to have brought this instrument to Saint Germain-en-Laye in France in August 1778 when visiting the Duc de Noailles with Mozart. It survived in a family house in a village nearby.

 

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