1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class X.: Frederick Hund and Son
From Graces Guide
486. HUND, FREDERICK, and SON, 21 Ebury Street, Pimlico — Inventors and Manufacturers.
New kind of cottage pianoforte, called the "Lyra."— Provisionally registered.
The "Lyra" stands on a peculiar constructed platform or sound conductor, into which the bass strings extend, and although the instrument is only 3 feet 5 inches in height, it produces a tone equal to a semi-grand.
The instrument has a grand check action, with levers of great power and elasticity.
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