Pleyel Pianino Seial No. 13481 - Year 1846



According to our archives, the pianino serial number 13481 Model E is a rare model. To our calculations, only 20 of these famous models were made during the Chopin period. This is the first time we have come across this model other then the one that was donated by Professor William W Langebartel to the Chopin Foundation USA in Florida.





Being only 74 serial numbers away from the one that Chopin chose for his Student, Mme Reymont, this is an unusual find for us. We are currently searching our archives for more information about this Small Beauty of Ignace Pleyel.



Historical History on piano:

Shows Acajou Caillouté
Case Fronton, perles, consoles sculptés
Started 20/09/1846 finsihed 17/04/1847

Pianino was used for a few years as a rental for Pleyel then sold in 1849















The Chopin Foundation USA is now the owner of the Pleyel pianino piano, model E #13555, built in 1847 in Paris. Frederic Chopin’s signature is inscribed on the piano, thought to have been at the request of the purchaser, Mme de Reymont, a student of Chopin. The composer himself selected the piano and received a commission from Pleyel. This much-traveled piano is unique in musical history. Shipped from Paris to the Reymont home in Romania, in the mid-twentieth century it was then sent to Milan, Italy, to be sold. Bought by Stephen B. Tanner, the American Consul in Milan at the time and brought to the US, the piano was purchased lately by Professor William W. Langebartel .




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