Japan's Oldest Piano in Existence.

This seemingly unremarkable square piano is actually Japan's oldest surviving piano.

It was made in 1812 (the year when Napoleon was defeated in Russia) in England by Rolfe & Sons and was brought to Yamaguchi, Japan by Philip Franz von Siebold in 1828. Because of this, it is commonly called "Siebold's Piano." Since then, it never left Japan.

It has 68 keys, and was restrung in 1955.

Now this old fortepiano is housed in Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi city, Yamaguchi.