INTERNATIONAL REGISTER OF

SURVIVING GRAND PIANOS

MANUFACTURED BY

JOHN BROADWOOD AND SONS

1787-1837

This list of 266 instruments has been compiled from recent sightings rather than from old publications, so hopefully all of these pianos still survive. The objective of the list is to be able to locate the instruments for research. BEWARE; survival rates do not correspond with manufacture: eg 61/2 Octave instruments were being built in 1811, but no survivors have yet been found earlier than 1820.

PLEASE SEND ME ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS. Please send as much information as possible - especially date and serial number and address of present owner. Dates are to be found either on the nameboard inscription, or in ink on the wrest-plank at the treble end. Serial numbers are usually found in ink on the wrest-plank at the bass end, stamped on the rear of the music desk and top of the lyre or top of front rail of stand: occasionally on the inside of the casewall under the wrest-plank in pencil.

Addresses are, for security, kept on a card index, and those of privately owned instruments will not be revealed without permission.

Where there is no entry under country, the address is unknown.

A star in the first column indicates the instrument has been inspected by the author.

Dates are from the instrument or are date of delivery. Dates in Italics are not confirmed.

I have cross referenced this list to some of the entries in 'Makers of the Piano' by M Clinkscale.

This list has been compiled over some 25 years with the generous help of Margaret Cranmer and many others by David P Hunt. Back to INDEX

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Serial Number Date Octaves Klink
scale
Owner Country
 *  69 1787 5      3 Private Collection UK
141? 1787 5 Private Collection UK
* 208 1787 5 1 Colt Collection Bethersden UK
258 1787 5 Sotheby Dec 85 lot 40
274 1787 Ex Colt?
1789 Private Collection CA? USA
1790 5 7 Case only Finchcocks UK
1790 5 Sotheby Lot 46 17 Dec 1997
309 1791 5 6 Private Collection (317 326?) USA
313 1791 5 Private Collection UK
355 1792
376 1792 5 Private Collection USA
* 378 1792 5 Christies Mch 1994 Lot 1
391 1792 5 Private Collection NL
400? 1792 5?
417 1792 5 Private Collection NL
442 1792 51/2 Old Finchcocks Catalogue
452 1792 5 5 Metropolitan Museum New York USA
515 1793
518 1793 51/2
* 521 1793 51/2 8 Private Collection UK
534/6? 1793 51/2 (ex Benton Fletcher Collection )
539 1793 Private Collection
567 1793
1794 51/2 10 Wurttembergisches Museum Stuttgart D
292 1794 5 9 Musical Museum, Brentford /Holdenby House UK
599 1794 51/2 14 Bowes Museum Durham UK
600 1794 13 Royal Northern College Music Manchester UK
681 1794 6?
715 1794 51/2 15 Smithsonian Washington USA
723 1794 5 D?
* 737 1794 51/2 16 Colt Bethersden UK
1795 18 Museum Hist d'Argenteuil Can
818? 1795 51/2 17 Schubert Club Minnesota USA
848 1795
875 1795 51/2 Private Collection UK
924 1795 51/2 Private Collection USA
     1796    51/2      Private Collection  UK
* 1796 6 21 "Godoy". Museum of Fine Art Boston USA
753 1796 19 Private Collection Aus
888 1796 Private Collection Ireland UK
* 937 1796 5 Bath University UK
* 946 1796 51/2 Private Collection UK
994 1796 51/2 20 Sotheby March 89 lot156
1045? 1796 51/2 22 BROADWOOD? USA
* 1083 1796 51/2 National Trust UK
1100 1796 51/2
1112 1797 6? Private Collection UK
1119 1797
* 1136 1797 51/2 24 Colt Collection Bethersden UK
1137 1797 51/2 Private Collection UK
1193 1797 51/2 23 Stiftelsen Stockholm Swe
1245/6? 1798 51/2 25 Private Collection USA
* 1279 1798 6 29 Inst of History of Art Albany NY USA
1300 1798 51/2 26 Music History Museum Budapest Hun
* 1317 1798 51/2 28 Private Collection D
1321 1798 51/2 27 Private Collection D
1325 1798 51/2 Private Collection D
1388 1798 51/2 Private Collection Sp
1409 1798 51/2 USA?
* 1442 1798 51/2 Private Collection UK
1555 1799 ex E Ripin
* 1561 1799 51/2 Sotheby Nov 98 Lot 102 UK
* 1584/34? 1799 51/2 30 Royal College of Music London UK
1622 1799
* 1627 1799 51/2 Private Collection UK
1800 33 UK
1594 1800 51/2 31 Private Collection USA
1796 1800 51/2 Private Collection USA
1809 1800 51/2 Private Collection USA
* 1815 1800 51/2 34 Colt UK
1928      51/2     Sotheby Nov 2000   
* 1983 1801 51/2 Private Collection UK
2015 1801 Private Collection USA
* 2087 1801   51/2      Private Collection UK
* 2200 1801 51/2 Private Collection UK
* 2204 1801 51/2 35 Finchcocks Goudhurst UK
2222 1801 51/2 Private Collection D
* 2265 1802 51/2 Private Collection UK
2343 1802 51/2 Private Collection Swe
* 2355 1802 6 Private Collection UK
2429 1802 51/2 Sotheby Nov 94 Lot 163
* 2443 1802 6 Private Collection N Ireland UK
2484 1802 ex Ripin
1803 51/2 Christies 22 Nov 77
2526 1803 51/2 36/7 Private Collection Aus
* 2624 1803 51/2 38 Private Collection UK
2675 1803 51/2 Mallams Auction July 96
1804 51/2 41 Westdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne D
1804 51/2 Private Collection UK
2524 1804 51/2 Christies 21 Nov 83
2725 1804 Music desk only! UK
* 2804 1804 51/2 39 Sotheby Nov 89 lot 187
2805 1804
2816 1804 Private Collection Wien
2844 1804 51/2 Sotheby May 77 lot 379
2845 1804 Private Collection
* 2851 1804 51/2 Hochschule Music, Linz A
2861 1804 Private Collection UK
* 2894 1804 51/2 Sotheby Oct 99 Lot 70
2970 1804   51/2      Private Collection USA 
* 3027 1804 51/2 40 Museum of Fine Art Boston USA
1805 51/2 46? UK
1805 51/2 Sotheby Nov 96 Lot 43 Broadwood?
1805 6 FF-f 42 Ringve Museum Trondheim Nor
2975 1805 6 FF-f 45 Doddington Hall UK
  3048 1805         Music Museum Stockholm SW 
3098 1805 51/2 Private Collection UK
* 3174 1805 51/2 Private Collection UK
3186 1805 51/2 Sotheby May 81 lot 521
3206 1805 51/2 43 Private Collection USA
  3228 1805   51/2     Private Collection Swe
* 3241 1805 51/2 Sotheby Dec 91 lot 121
* 3242 1805 51/2 Private Collection UK
* 3251 1805 51/2 44 National Trust UK
* 3356 1805 51/2 Private Collection UK
1806 51/2 Sotheby Apr 83 lot 154
1806 51/2 52 Same as Clinkscale No 51? USA
3360 1806 51/2 47 Schubert Club? USA
* 3378 1806 51/2 48 Private Collection UK
  3404 1806   51/2     Private Collection  F?
3448 1806 51/2 49 Sotheby Nov 89 lot 193 F?
3500 1806 51/2 50 Museum of Art Columbia SC USA
3541 1806 51/2 51 Col Williamsburg Fdn Va USA
3585 1806
* 3597 1806 51/2 53 Colt Bethersden UK
3610 1807 51/2 54 Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Aus
3694 1807 51/2 Private Collection NL
3717 1807
3806 1807 Vienna? Aus
388(9)1 1807 51/2 Private Collection UK
3890 1807 51/2 55/7 D Leigh E Music May 87
* 3992 1807 51/2 RAM CCT National Trust UK
1808 51/2 64 GNM Nurnberg D
1808 51/2 66 Edward Dean Museum CA USA
* 3926 1808 51/2 60 Private Collection UK
3936 1808 6 RIAM Dublin Ir
3941 1808 51/2
3979 1808 5 Philips Apr 97
4029 1808 51/2
* 4030 1808 6 58 Horniman Museum London UK
4032 1808 51/2 63 Metropolitan Museum New York USA
4034 1808 51/2 59 Private Collection USA
4037 1808
* 4050 1808 51/2 61 Colt Bethersden UK
* 4099 1808 6 62 Private Collection UK
4100? 1808 51/2 77
4101 1808 51/2 Private Collection USA
4113 1808
* 4295? 1808 51/2 Private Collection UK
4304 1808 Private Collection USA
4332/92 1808 6 ex Finchcocks UK
4448 1809 51/2 Private Collection UK
4553 1809 6 Private Collection UK
1810 6 71 Ann Arbor MI USA
1810 51/2 70 Henry Ford Museum Dearborn MI USA
* 4773 1810 6 Private Collection D
4900 1810 6 68/9 Private Collection UK
* 4925 1810 6 67 Colt Bethersden UK
4959 1810 6 Conservatoire Brussels B
1811 74 Huntingdon Galleries WV USA
5034 1811 51/2 73 Smithsonian/White House USA
5170 1811 6 75 Music Dept Stanford Univ CA USA
  5362       61/2   Private Collection AU/lia
* 5557 1812 6 Private Collection UK
* 5586 1812 6 Private Collection UK
* 5587 1812 51/2 Private Collection UK
5600 1812 Private Collection NL
5615 1812 6 National Trust UK
5816 1812
5835 1813 6 76 Private Collection USA
5850 1813 Private Collection UK
1814 6 80 ex Mickleburgh Bristol
* 5922 1814 6 78 Private Collection UK
* 6066 1814 6 Japan? J
* 6246 1814 6 Colt Bethersden UK
* 6274 1814 6 Private Collection UK
6546 1814 6 82 Handel Haus Halle D
1815 83
6736 1815 6 84 GNM Nurnberg MIR 1124 D
1816 6 86 Private Collection USA
1816 6 87 Private Collection D
* 6778 1816 6 85 Private Collection UK
6802/8 1816 6? 88 Music Museum Berlin D
* 6838 1816 6 National Trust UK
* 6850 1816 6 Private Collection UK
6942 1816 6 89 Williamsburg Coll Va USA
6948 1816 6 Private Collection UK
6966 1816 6 90 Sotheby Apr 87 lot191
1817 6 94 Private Collection D
6995 1817 ? 91 Private Collection Can
* 7023 1817 6 92 Ann Arbor MI USA
7042 1817 6 National Trust UK
 * 7076 1817      6    Private Collection  UK
* 7121 1817 6 Beethoven Haus Bonn D
7252 1817 6 ( Colt )
7313 1817 6 H-schule fur Music Vienna Aus
* 7362 1817 6 93 "Beethoven" BudaPest Hun
7376 1817
7393 1817 ex Colt? Bethersden
1818 6 Sotheby Apr 83 lot 163
* 7642 1818 6 95 Private Collection? UK
7676 1818 6 Private Collection
* 7678 1818 Private Collection UK
7695 1818 Private Collection UK
* 7895 1819 6 96 Colt Bethersden UK
8056 1819
8066 1819 101 Sotheby May 86
* 8074 1819 6 97 Colt Bethersden UK
8155 1819 6 Sotheby Nov 79 lot 162
* 8165 1819 6 98 Colt Bethersden UK
1820 6 100 ?
1820 6 102 Kunitachi Coll of Music Tokyo J
  8258       6   Private Collection Au
8341 1820
8347 1820 6 Private Collection F
8382 1820 6 FF-f National Trust. UK
8525 1820 61/2 99 Manskopfsches Museum Frankfurt D
8553 1820 6 Sotheby Nov 92 Lot 455
8564 1821 Private Collection
8569 1821 6 Private Collection USA
8655 1821 6 103 Furman Univ SC USA
8721 1821 6 Philips 1999 J
* 8948 1821 6 Colt Bethersden UK
  8967 1822     6 FF-f    Private Collection UK
9059 1822 61/2 D Leigh E Music Nov 90
9197 1822 61/2 National Trust UK
* 9210 1822 61/2 Private Collection UK
9248 1822 61/2 Music Academy,Moss,Norway N
* 9260 1823 61/2 Private Collection UK
* 9356 1823 61/2 Finchcocks Goudhurst UK
* 9595 1824 61/2 Colt Bethersden UK
9614 1824 61/2 Private Collection
9644 1824 61/2 Sotheby Jun 78 Lot 59 Switz
9876 1824 USA?
   9951  1825          Private Collection Chile  
10343 1825 61/2 Private Collection NL
10416 1825
1826 61/2 GNM Nurnberg D
1826 61/2 Royal Northern College Music Manchester UK
10497 1826 Private Collection UK
10723 1826 61/2 Sotheby March 80 lot 287
10829 1826 61/2 ex Colt Sotheby 95
1827 Private Collection NL
10991 1827 61/2 Sotheby May 86 lot 135
11186 1827 61/2 Metropolitan Museum New York USA
11221 61/2 Private Colln Austria
* 11301 1827 61/2 Colt Bethersden UK
11400 1827 Private Collection Ireland
11815 1828 Private Collection UK
11733 1829 61/2 Private Collection UK
11917 1829
12013/5 1829 Morley London (1981)
12127 1829 61/2 Sotheby Nov 75 lot 59
11909 1830 61/2
* 12080 1830 61/2 Private Collection UK
  12105  1829     61/2   Private Collection USA
* 12245 1830 61/2 Private Collection UK
12317 1830 61/2 Private Collection F?
12800 1831
  12915 1832     61/2   Private Collection USA 
  12970       61/2   Philips Auction July '00  
1832 Colt
13346 1834
13589 1835 6? Private Collection
13723/37 1835 61/2 Private Collection UK
* 14305 1837 61/2 Private Collection UK

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