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8.1 (pp. 56–64): New Palace, ground and 2nd floors. Floor plan, Carl Philipp Christian von Gontard, 1766–1767. Room numbers shown in the floor plan follow Nicolai (1786). NB: Numbers from the inventories of 1784 and 1896, where different, are given below in each room description. See Table 8, p. 81, for information about many of these rooms.

Apartments of Frederick II (rooms 4–11), ground floor (garden side, lower left)

Room 4: Blaue Kammer / 1. Vorzimmer (Blue Chamber / 1st antechamber)

Room 5: Fleischfarbene Kammer / 2. Vorzimmer (Flesh-colored chamber / 2nd antechamber)

Room 6: Concert Cammer (music salon) (room 6, 1784; room 211, 1896) (p. 63)

Room 7: Arbeitzimmer (study)

Room 8: Schlafzimmer (bedroom)

Room 9: Schreibkabinett (writing room)

Room 10: Kleines Speisezimmer (small dining room)

Room 11: Bibliothek (library)

Other music rooms in the New Palace

Room 17, ground floor (garden side, lower right): Apollo-Saal / Untereskonzertzimmer (Apollo Salon / Lower Music Salon), in the Unteres Fürstenquartier (Lower Princely Quarters) (room 14, 1784; room 161, 1896) (see 8.2 and p. 58)

Room 27, ground floor (court side, upper right): Music salon in the apartments of Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel ("Princess Heinrich") (room 24, 1784; room 148, 1896) (p. 62)

Room 59, 2nd floor (court side, left): "Cammer" (chamber / music salon) in the apartments of the Crown Princess of Prussia, the Obere rote Kammern (Upper Red Chambers) (room 39, 1784; room 246, 1896) (p. 61)

Room 45, 2nd floor (court side, upper left): Schlosstheater (palace theater) (rooms 230–31, 1896) (pp. 56–57)

Room 46, 2nd floor (garden side, lower right): "Cammer" / "eigentliche Cammer" (music salon), Oberes Fürstenquartier (Upper Princely Quarters) (room 10, 1784; room 260, 1896) (p. 58)

8.2 (p. 58; Table 8, p. 81): Apollo-Saal / Untereskonzertzimmer, New Palace, Potsdam. The gold, rococo bas-reliefs in plaster contribute to the room's Ovidian theme: Apollo, twin brother of Diana, and god of the sun, light, and music. They also contrast with the silver motifs of the Diana-themed Oberes Konzertzimmer, and thus help identify which harpsichord belonged to this room. Historic photograph courtesy of Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg / Photo: Verwaltung der Staatlichen Schlösser und Gärten (after 1945).

8.3a–b (p. 58; Table 8, p. 81): Apollo-Saal / Untereskonzertzimmer. Photos: Mary Oleskiewicz, 2007.

8.4a–b (pp. 57–59; Tables 7–8, pp. 80–81): Double-manual harpsichord by Burkat Shudi, no. 512 (1766), shown with its original stand. Formerly New Palace, Potsdam; after ca. 1945, Mikhail Glinka Museum for Culture, Moscow. See also 8.6.

8.5 (pp. 58–59; Table 8, p. 81): Oberes Konzertzimmer (Upper Music Salon), room 46 (room 260, 1896) in the Oberes Fürstenquartier (Upper Princely Quarters), New Palace, Potsdam. Silvered. The silvered, rococo bas-reliefs in plaster, over a pale yellow background, contribute to the room's Ovidian theme: Diana, twin sister of Apollo and goddess of the moon and hunt. The use of silver (as opposed to gold) embellishment was rare; not only does it refer to moonlight, contrasting the gold and daylight of the Apollo-Saal, but it also helps identify which harpsichord was intended for this room. Courtesy of Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg / Photo: Roland Handrick. For the location of the room, see the floor plan, 8.1.

8.6a–d (pp. 57–59; Tables 7–8, pp. 80–81): Double-manual harpsichord by Burkat Shudi, no. 511 (1766), with stand belonging to no. 512, in the Oberes Konzertzimmer (Upper Music Salon), room 46, Oberes Fürstenquartier (Upper Princely Quarters) New Palace, Potsdam.

8.7a–c: Shudi harpsichord no. 511, Oberes Konzertzimmer, shown with its original stand.

8.8 (pp. 60–61; Table 8, p. 81): Music salon ("Cammer"), room 59 (room 246, 1986), Crown Princess (Princess of Prussia, wife of Frederick William II), Obere Rote Kammern (Upper Red Chambers). Photo: Mary Oleskiewicz, 2007. For the location of this room, see the floor plan, 8.1.

     The suite of rooms is named for its red silk damask wall coverings. According to Nicolai (1786), its music salon was furnished with a Shudi harpsichord that has not been identified. It may have been the missing instrument no. 497 (see 7.7). At the time of the photograph, a scale model of the Potsdam Schloss was on display in this room, seen here.

8.9a–b (pp. 63–64; Table 8, p. 81): Music salon of Frederick II, room 6 (room 211, 1896), with Silbermann piano. For the location of the room, see the floor plan, 8.1; for a close-up of the piano, see 8.10.

8.10 (pp. 57, 63–64; Table 9, p. 82): Fortepiano by Gottfried Silbermann, close-up, in the music salon of Frederick II (room 6). Historical photo (n.d.). Note the decorative gilt rococo harpsichord replacement stand by the court sculptor Schwitzer (ca. 1765) to match the room. Courtesy of Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg / Photo Roland Handrick. The piano is shown in place in 8.9; for the location of this instrument, see the floor plan, 8.1.

     Displayed in a glass vitrine atop the piano is a flute made for the king by Johann Joachim Quantz.

8.11 (pp. 56–57; Table 8, p. 81): Schlosstheater (palace theater). View of the seating area. Photo: Mary Oleskiewicz, 2012. For the theater's location, see the floor plan, 8.1.

8.12 (pp. 56–57; Table 8, p. 81): Schlosstheater (palace theater), view of the proscenium. Courtesy of Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg / Photo: Hans Bach. For the theater's location, see the floor plan 8.1.