1850s L. ISERMANN BIRDCAGE PIANO ACTION 85 KEY Carl Ronisch ANTIQUE GERMANY

Description

Overdamper
'Birdcage'
keyboard action from a
circa 1854
Carl Ronisch piano
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this has a little brass plaque
indicating it was made by legendary maker L. Isermann of Hamburg, Germany, and includes what may be the actual craftsman's name on one end panel
-- there are 85 'keys'
-- original item likely very rare
-- item measures app. 48 3/8 in. long by 14 3/8 in. wide --
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a little dusty o/w nice overall condition except for one broken wire-mounting block / some of the wires are a little bent / some of the outer felt pads are off kilter a little
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