The six-octave, gilted instrument has been restored to sound as it did in the Georgian era.
King George IV's grand piano is to be played again at Brighton's Royal Pavilion for the first time in about 170 years.
The gilt, rosewood piano is later believed to have had private owners until reappearing at auction in 2017 when it was bought by Brighton & Hove City Council and returned to the Royal Pavilion. The Georgian piano was made by Thomas Tomkinson in 1821 and has been played by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini and Hungarian prodigy Franz Liszt.It also contains a hidden note on the bottom key from Tomkinson which says "For the King".
Museum staff consulted a 1826 aquatint print from John Nash’s Views of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton and an earlier drawing by August Charles Pugin.
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