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BY GAVEAU, PARIS, NUMBERED 67874, CIRCA 1910 The quarter veneered top with stiff-leaf cast border above serpentine frieze panels centred to each side by an ormolu lyre with crossed trumpets and flanked with laurel wreaths, signed in inlaid ivory 'GAVEAU/ PARIS' above an ivory keyboard, the music stand with the pierced radiating signature 'GAVEAU', the soundboard with elaborate labeling and signed 'GAVEAU/PARIS', on three tapering fluted legs and with lyre-form foot pedal, numbered '67874' and '1903 / 911' to the underside 39 ? in. (101 cm.) high; 60 in. (152.5 cm.) wide; 65 ? in. (165.5 cm.) deep
This Parisian firm of piano and harpsichord makers was founded by Joseph Gaveau (d. 1803) in 1847, initially from a small shop at the rue des Vinaigriers, and later the workshop and offices were transferred to the rue Servan. Following the succession of Gaveau’s son Etienne as director of the firm, a large factory was constructed at Fontenay-sous-Bois. In 1907, a new concert hall, Salle Gaveau in the rue la Bo?tie was opened, emulating the example of other leading piano-makers, in particular their great rival Pleyel, and the firm moved to offices on this street in 1908 where they have remained until the present day.