Investigación de los primeros pianos construidos en el Ecuador marca Verdugo a partir de 1920

Abstract

The pianos trade mark Verdugo takes the name of a family of musical instruments builders in Ecuador. Since the first decades of the twentieth century, three generations of this family developed this craft, converting the discrete workshop in the first and only piano factory in this country. The building process of the structural and mechanical parts of a Verdugo piano is described in detail by their creators, who reveal the particularities of Ecuadorian piano, due to the materials used and the treatment thereof.