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7-03-2013, 15:26
Broadwood Square piano c.1822  5 and a half octave piano escapement action, divided bridge, Malcolm rose strings , with ivory naturals and ebony incidentals Mahogany case with rosewood cross banding and brass moldings to the case. Piano fully restored by Christopher Clarke in 2010 For more photos and info see full Story. 10-01-2013, 11:35
Concert grand pianoforte made by John Broadwood and sons serial number 7076 year 1816.  Beethoven's Grand piano was 7362 making the one you see 286 pianos away from this piano that was made! This piano was privately owned and purchased by the Broadwood family as it was the exact same closest model to the one that was made for Beethoven! The 1816 Broadwood grand, serial number 7076, is the same model as the piano made the following year, number 7362, and given to Beethoven. Thomas Broadwood, son of the original John Broadwood, met Beethoven during a visit to the continent in 1817. As a result of the meeting, he decided to present one of the firm’s pianos to the composer... For more photos and info see full Story. 10-06-2012, 11:59
John Broadwood and Sons Grand pianoforte serial number 16586 year 1846  Rare Piece only two known to exist... For more photos and info see full Story 11-05-2012, 15:18
Broadwood Concert Grand piano Serial Number 16460 - Year 1845 - Chopin Model  Research archives show that this beautiful piano was finished on 4 October 1845. It was sold on 20 December 1845 to Richard Scholes esq, Polefield, Cheltenham. The porters book describes it as a Patent Repetition rosewood c to g and says it was delivered to Chapel Street to go by Pickfords Railway. It cost £165-8s. This is an example of the type of transport information that is given for an individual piano. On 2 April 1846 piano was returned to Broadwoods. On 2 May 1846 it was sold to John Ismay Nicholson of Atkins Road, Clapham Park, and of Nicholsons Wharf, Lower Thames Street. There are further entries relating to the piano for 1873, 1874 and 1883.... For more photos and info see Full Story. 28-11-2011, 06:23
John Broadwood (6 October 1732 – 17 July 1812)
was the Scottish founder of the piano manufacturer Broadwood and Sons.  Broadwood was born 6 October 1732 and christened 15 Oct 1732 at St Helens, Cockburnspath in Berwickshire, and grew up in Oldhamstocks, East Lothian. He inherited his father James Broadwood's (b1697 Oldhamstocks) profession, that of a wright or carpenter/joiner, and as a young man walked from Oldhamstocks to London, a distance of almost 400 miles, where he worked for the harpsichord maker Burkat Shudi. Burkat Shudi died in 1773, and John Broadwood took control of the company from his brother-in-law in 1783. Broadwood and his acquaintances William Stodart and Americus Backers are credited with devising the English Grand Action, an early piano action, and of taking piano design from the box piano to a prototype grand piano. In time his sales of pianos exceeded those of harpsichords, to the point that he ceased to manufacture harpsichords in 1793. He died in London. Broadwood's other technical innovations in piano manufacture include: adding a separate bridge for the bass notes, patenting the piano pedal in 1783 and expanding the then-standard five octave range upwards by half an octave, in response to a request of Dussek, and then by half an octave downwards... For more info and complete Article see Full Story.
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