square pianos

In addition to the traditional rectangular form, small pianos in the shape of spinets were produced in Germany and known as Querflügel. Although they differ in appearance they belong structurally to the square rather than to the grand piano. Some were no more than 1 meter (40 inches) long and had but a single string to a key, with or without a damper system. In the first part of the nineteenth century they continue, and are often an enlargement of,...