Paul McNulty fortepianos. Part 1/4 (, 1819)

piano, cello, fortepiano by Paul McNulty after Conrad Graf, (1782 - 1851), who held from 1824 the title of “Imperial Royal Court Fortepiano Maker“ (“ k. k. Hofpiano und Claviermacher“). was born in Riedlingen (Wurttemberg) and came to Vienna in 1799 as a joiner. He became a piano builder and opened his own workshop in 1804. By 1820 his instruments were considered “the greatest and most renowned in Vienna and throughout the empire