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305. A Beautiful Rosewood Forte Piano in the Empire Style by W.E. Wheelock, circa 1870

The large square instrument supported by four colossel cabriole legs with fruit and classical cartouche motifs, the two petal stand in the form of a lyre with C-scoll decoration, the music rest with repeating lyre motif along with foliate C-scoll decoration; the instrument with fifty-two ivory and thirty-six ebony keys. The open lid revealing a mark on the interior metal harp and pinboard, "W.E. Wheelock, U.S.A." 38" h., 78" l., 39" w.

1,500/3,000     

Condition: scratches and cracking to rosewood surface, primarily on the back on the instrument, some near the keyboard, wear to feet, some of the keys cracked, not all keys hit keyboard, some do not work, the entire length of lid with clean even crack under fold, not visible when open.