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3.1 (pp. 33–36; Table 1, p 75): Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, 2nd floor. Diagram (excerpt) of the Old Schloss and the New Wing (east wing) by Knobelsdorff, including the apartments of Princess Amalia and Frederick II.

Rooms 204–206 (Old Schloss, left): Princess Anna Amalia's three-room apartment in the original, central section of the palace; her music salon, room 206 (formerly 111), was furnished with the white Mietke harpsichord (see 3.5 and p. 36)

Rooms 212–213 (Old Schloss, right): Frederick II's initial rooms, 1740–1742 (pp. 33–34)

Rooms 346–356 (New Wing, left): Frederick II's first apartment in the New Wing, completed in 1742. The music salon ("Marmorierte Cammer" or Marbled Chamber), room 351 (formerly 9), no longer extant, featured Ovid motifs on the walls (see p. 34).

Rooms 364–367 (New Wing, right): Frederick II's second apartment, completed in 1747, is located at end of the New Wing. His majesty's music salon ("Concert Kammer") is room 364 (formerly 4) (see 3.3 and p. 35).

3.2 (p. 34; Table 3, p. 77): Double–manual harpsichord attributed to Michael Mietke, ca. 1700. Black lacquer and gold japanning by Gérard Dagly. Courtesy of Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, HM 2728 / Photo: Jörg P. Anders. See also 3.4.

3.3 (pp. 34–35): Concert Cammer (music salon), room 364 of Frederick II's second apartment, New Wing, Schloss Charlottenburg. View toward the fireplace. Courtesy of Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg / Photo: Daniel Lindner.

     The music salon doubled as a picture gallery; its plain paneled walls, for hanging pictures, were an exception to the king's otherwise ornate, rococo music rooms. For the room's location, see the floor plan, 3.1.

3.4 (p. 35): Portrait of Attilio Ariosti by Anthoni Schoonjans, 1702, which hangs in Schloss Charlottenburg. The composer is seated at what appears to be the court's black-lacquered harpsichord by Mietke (see 3.2). Courtesy of Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, GK I 1352 / Photo: Jörg P. Anders.

3.5 (p. 36; Table 3, p. 77): Single-manual harpsichord, ca. 1702–4, attributed to Michael Mietke, in room 206, apartments of Princess Amalia, at Schloss Charlottenburg. White lacquer with gold japanning by Gérard Dagly. Courtesy of Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, V 104 / Photo: Roland Handrick. For the room's location, see the floor plan, 3.1.