Unrestored, Broadwood Grand Piano with a Rosewood Case, Filigree Music Desk and Turned Legs

Unrestored, 1900, Broadwood grand piano with a rosewood case and turned legs. Music desk features the makers name Broadwood in a scrolling cut-out design. Piano has an eighty-eight note keyboard. The traditionally shaped lyre features two pedals.

John Broadwood & Sons
John Broadwood & Sons is an English piano manufacturer, founded in 1728 by Burkat Shudi and continued after his death in 1773 by John Broadwood. John Broadwood (1732–1812), a Scottish joiner and cabinetmaker, came to London in 1761 and began to work for the Swiss harpsichord manufacturer Burkat Shudi. He married Shudi's daughter eight years later and became a partner in the firm in 1770. As the popularity of the harpsichord declined, the firm concentrated on the manufacture of pianos, abandoning the harpsichord altogether in 1793. The firm's busiest time period was during the 1850s, when approximately 2,500 instruments were produced annually. Frédéric Chopin played Broadwood instruments in Britain, including at the last concert of his life given at Guildhall, London, in 1848.