# Grand Pianoforte

- By: Érard (French, ca. 1780–1959)
- By: George Henry Blake
- Date: ca. 1840
- Medium: Satinwood veneer, oak, spruce, iron, steel, ebony, ivory, gilding, mother-of-pearl, holly, mahogany, burl walnut, tulipwood, silver wire
- Classification: Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano
- Dimensions: Height (Total): 37 1/2 in. (95.3 cm) Width (Of case, perpendicular to keyboard): 97 1/4 in. (247 cm) Depth (Of case, parallel to keyboard): 58 7/8 in. (149.5 cm)
- Culture: British
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Henry McSweeney, 1959
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/503046)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/mi/web-large/DP225545.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)