This is only one of two remaining harp-pianos, the bastard hybrid of a harp and a piano:
An extraordinarily rare harp-piano by Dietz, Austria or Germany, ca. 1840. The strings are plucked as on a harp, operated through a piano keyboard.
Rare harp-piano by Dietz, Austria or Germany, ca. 1840
(Thanks, Steve!)
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