Guide to the Bjarne B. Dahl restoration reports M2282

Malgorzata Schaefer

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

November 2017

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford 94305-6064

specialcollections@stanford.edu

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Note

This is a listing rather than a true finding aid.

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Bjarne B. Dahl restoration reports

creator: Dahl, Bjarne

Identifier/Call Number: M2282

Physical Description: 2.5 Linear Feet 6 msbs

Date (inclusive): 1929-2007

Content Description

Materials include photographic reports (consisting of a written description, photographic prints, and negatives) documenting Dahl's restoration work on antique keyboard instruments. Also includes photographs from travels and attendance at early music festivals.

Biographical / Historical

Bjarne B. Dahl was a piano and harpsichord restorer from Sunnyvale, California.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.

General

Gift; 2017. Accession MSS 2017-330.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Bjarne B. Dahl restoration reports (M2282). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Dahl, Bjarne

Series 1. Restoration Reports, including photographs and negatives

box 1, folder 1

Square piano, G. Astor & Co. #79, Cornhill, London Ser. #2483, ca. 1790

box 1, folder 2

Square piano, Astor & Horwood, Cornhill, London Ser. #5231, ca. 1815-20

box 1, folder 3

Adam Beyer, Compton Street Soho, London, 1784

box 1, folder 4

Grand piano, Joseph Bohm in Wein, #907, ca. 1825

box 1, folder 5

Grand piano, John Broadwood His Majesty, London, #924, 1795

box 1, folder 6

Grand piano, John Broadwood & Son, Ser. #1409 JD, 1798

box 1, folder 7

Square piano, John Broadwood & Son, London, Ser. #2794, 1795

box 1, folder 8-9

Grand piano, John Broadwood & Son, London, Ser. #1796, 1800

box 2, folder 1

Grand piano, John Broadwood & Son, London, #2015, 1801

box 2, folder 2

Grand piano, John Broadwood & Son, London, Ser. #4101, 1808

box 2, folder 3

Grand piano, John Broadwood & Son, London, ca. 1810-1820, pedal lyre and music desk

box 2, folder 4

Grand piano, John Broadwood & Sons, London, #5835, ca. 1812-13

box 2, folder 5

Grand piano, John Broadwood & Sons, 1819

box 2, folder 6

Square piano, John Broadwood & Sons, London, Ser. #31953, 1824

box 2, folder 7

Grand piano, Muzio Clementi & Co., Cheapside, London, Ser. #6213, ca. 1798-1810

box 2, folder 8

Square piano, Muzio Clementi & Co., Cheapside, London, Ser. #7968, ca. 1810

box 3, folder 1

Square piano, Muzio Clementi & Co., Cheapside, London, Ser. #8071, ca. 1810

box 3, folder 2

Square piano, Muzio Clementi & Co., Cheapside, London, Ser. #3496, ca. 1815

box 3, folder 3

Square piano, Muzio Clementi & Co., Cheapside, London, Ser. #14151, ca. 1820

box 3, folder 4

Square piano, Pierre Garnier, Bordeaux, 1789

box 3, folder 5

Grand piano, Jones & Round & Co., London, 1804

box 3, folder 6

Square piano, Niclaus Kaderly Instrumentmacher, Bern, 1793

box 3, folder 7

Clavichord, Pehr Lindholm, Stockholm, 1780

box 3, folder 8

Square piano, Longman &n Broderip, London, Ser. #2361, ca. 1788

box 3, folder 8

Square piano, Longman &n Broderip, London, Ser. #2515, ca. 1793

box 3, folder 9-10

Grand piano, Jacob Pfister, Wurzburg, ca. 1815

box 4, folder 1-2

Italian harpsichord, anonymous, ca. 1620

box 4, folder 3

Italian harpsichord, anonymous, 18th C.

box 4, folder 4

Spinet harpsichord, Arnold Dolmetsch, 1918

box 4, folder 5-6

Grand Harpsichord, London, 1947, and clavichord, 1967

box 4, folder 7

Spinet, Longman & Broderip, Culliford, Maker, London, ca. 1782-1784

box 4, folder 8

Harpsichord, Pleyel, Paris, Ser. #168968, 1913

box 5, folder 1-2

Harpsichord, Pleyel, Paris, Ser. #164544, 1925

box 5, folder 3

Harpsichord, Zukermann, 1975

Series 2. Travel and miscellany

box 5, folder 4

Museum trip: Fornsal Miuseum, Visby Gotland; Hermitage Music Museum, Leningrad; Stiftlesen Museum, Stockholm; 1991

box 5, folder 5

European trip: Museum of Fine Arts, Chartres, France; Musikmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden; Sibelius Museum, Turku Finland; 1992

box 5, folder 6

Australia trip: Ralph Schureck Collection and Powerhouse Collection, Sydney, July 1998

box 5, folder 7

Berkeley Early Music Festival & Exhibition, 1992

box 6, folder 1

Boston Early Music Festival, 1997

box 6, folder 2

American Musical Instrument Society and Galpin Society Conference, Oxford, London, Edinburgh, August 3 - August 10, 2003

box 6, folder 3

Miscellaneous memories all belonging to Bjarne B. Dahl: Erard square, Erard grand, Broadwood grand (1799), Broadwood square (1807), Heinisch square (1834), Ganer square, M.J. Scharamm harpsichord (1900), Argent spinet (1789), Specken clav (1741); L.&B. spinet - Koch (1782) and Pentotius spinet (1694)

box 6, folder 4

Zumpe & Buntebart details, English collections and Dahl

box 6, folder 5

Maendler-Schramm harpsichord

box 6, folder 6

Arnold Dolmetch Catalog: Dolmetch and his Instruments, 1929

box 6, folder 7

Maendler-Schramm, Munchen, catalog ca. 1936