RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
Chitarra Battente Guitar
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: guitar
Date made: 1775-1799
place made: Italy
Italy
Measurements: overall: 40 1/4 in x 11 7/8 in x 8 in; 102.235 cm x 30.1625 cm x 20.32 cm
Credit line: Made available through the Cooper Union Museum
Topics: Musical instruments
Guitar
Music
Description: This chitarra battente guitar was made by an unknown maker in Italy around 1775-1799. It is a seven course (7x2) guitar with a spruce or cedar top and fluted walnut ribbed back and sides. The top of the guitar features ornate inlays and decorations.
Deleplanque Theorboed Guitar
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: guitar
date made: 1790
maker: Deleplanque, Gerard
place made: France: Hauts-de-France, Lille
Measurements: overall: 42 in x 11 1/2 in x 5 3/8 in; 106.68 cm x 29.21 cm x 13.6525 cm
Credit line: Made available through the Cooper Union Museum
Topics: Musical instruments
Guitar
Music
Description: This guitar was made by Deleplanque in Lille, France in 1790. It is a ten course (6x1, 4x1) theorboed guitar with a spruce top and maple sides and back. This guitar bears the printed label: “PEERENS-DELEPLANQUE, [/] MARCHAND LUTHIER, au coin de [/] la rue de la Grand-Chaufl ée, [/]à Lille, 1790,” with “90” handwritten.
Pedestal Guitar
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: guitar
Date made: 1795-1805
place made: France
Measurements: overall: 37 3/8 in x 12 1/2 in x 4 1/8 in; 94.9325 cm x 31.75 cm x 10.4775 cm
Credit line: Made available through the Cooper Union Museum
Topics: Musical instruments
Guitar
Music
Description: This pedestal guitar was made by an unknown maker in France around 1725-1850. It is similar to French armless lyre guitars from the period. This six course (6x1) guitar is made of maple veneered spruce back and maple sides, and has three soundholes with star-shaped rosettes.
Dumont-Noirtin Barrel Organ
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: barrel organ
date made: 1795-1805
unspecified: Worch, Hugo
place made: France
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 23 3/4 in x 21 in x 13 3/4 in; 60.325 cm x 53.34 cm x 34.925 cm
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Amusements
Music
Description: This barrel organ was made by Louis Dumont-Noirtin in France, around, 1795-1805. It is a barrel organ, with 12 tunes. This instrument has a pinned wooden barrel, 16 keys, and 48 pipes. This barrel organ is hand cranked and has three stops: all open pipes, 7 open and 9 closed pipes, and all closed pipes. There is a paper label on the cylinder with the maker’s name.
Culliford, Rolfe & Barrow Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1788 - 1790
maker: Culliford, Rolfe & Barrow
Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by Culliford, Rolfe & Barrow in London, England around 1795-1797. A penciled inscription on the back of the name board dates the piano at 1788, but the date on which that inscription was entered is not certain. Good evidence indicates that the partnership lasted only between 1795 and 1797. This piano is serial number 3117 and has a compass of FF-f3, an English double action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, with tuning pins on right, 2 hand stops: treble dampers missing) and bass dampers, wood frame, and a mahogany case.
Culliford, Rolfe & Barrow Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1790 - 1792
maker: Culliford, Rolfe & Barrow
Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by Culliford, Rolfe & Barrow in London, England around 1795-1797. Two of their three surviving instruments are in the Smithsonian collection. This piano is serial number 3409 and has a compass of FF-f3, an English double action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, with tuning pins on right, 1 hand stop: lute, 2 pedals (later addition): bass and treble dampers, wood frame, and a wood case.
Bent Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1798 - 1802
maker: William and Adam Bent
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description: This square piano was made by William and Adam Bent in Boston, Massachusetts around 1800. William’s brother Adam joined him on Orange Street about the same time and the firm seems to have existed until 1807, when Adam left to become a land speculator in Boston. William continued on Newbury Street 1809, when he went to Philadelphia. This piano has a compass of FF-f3, single (Zumpe) action, leather hammers, double-strings, 1 hand stop: dampers, wood frame, and a mahogany case.
Bland Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1775 - 1790
maker: Bland, John
Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by John Bland in London, England around 1790. This instrument may have been made for John Bland to sell by James Henry Houston, a London maker from 1790. It shares some details with other instruments known to be by Houston, and it is known that Houston made pianos for Bland. Another square piano with John Bland’s inscription is attributed by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts to Houston & Co. This piano is serial number 1227 and has a compass of FF-f3, single (Zumpe) action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, 2 hand stops: dampers and lute, wood frame, and a mahogany case.
Broadwood Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1798
maker: Broadwood, Johannes
Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): Made by Johannes Broadwood in London, England, in 1798. Because the name of the Broadwood company became “John Broadwood & Son” in 1794, it has been suggested that the 1798 date on the name board ought to be read 1793. The serial number 998 might suggest a date of c. 1788. This piano has a compass of FF-f3, an English single action, with underdampers, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, 1 hand stop: dampers (missing), wood frame, and an inlaid case with contrasting woods.
Longman & Broderip Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1775 - 1799
maker: Longman & Broderip
Longman & Broderip
Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London
Physical Description: walnut (overall material)
Measurements: body: 9 in x 16 3/4 in x 21 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 42.545 cm x 54.61 cm
legs: 24 1/2 in; 62.23 cm
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description: This square piano was made in London, England around 1786. Longman & Broderip was a series of companies began about 1767 by James Longman who never manufactured pianos but sold them and later commissioned other makers to produce pianos. He was joined by Francis Broderip in 1775. In 1798, financial reverses ended in bankruptcy. The nameboard misspells Broderip’s name and is inscribed “LONGMAN and BROADRIP.” The piano has a compass of FF-f3, English sinle (Zumpe type) action, leather hammers, strings are double-strung throughout, turning pins to the right, 3 hand stops: moderator, bass and treble dampers, and a wood frame in a walnut case.
Longman & Broderip Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1796
maker: Longman & Broderip
Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by Longman & Broderip in London, England, in 1796. It is a rather early piano with 5 octaves and a fourth. The firm began making instruments with that range in about 1794. The piano has a compass of FF-c4, an English single action, leather hammers, double-strings, first 11 notes wound, tuning pins on right, 1 pedal (missing): dampers, wood frame, and a mahogany case.
Longman & Broderip Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1777 - 1779
maker: Longman & Broderip
Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by Longman & Broderip in London, England around 1778. The series of companies began about 1767 by James Longman never manufactured pianos but sold them and later commissioned other makers to produce pianos that carried the Longman & Broderip label. Francis Broderip joined Longman in 1775. This piano is serial number 12(?) and has a compass of FF-f3 (no FF#), an English action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, with tuning pins on right, 3 hand stops: treble dampers, lute, and bass dampers, wood frame, and a mahogany (?) case.
Longman & Broderip Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1775 - 1799
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by Longman & Broderip in London, England around 1795-1805. The inscription on the name board may be true but is certainly not original, probably stenciled on the paper label. It is completely unlike any authentic Longman & Broderip label, of which there are a great many in existence. This piano has a compass of FF-c4, an English double action, double-strings throughout, with tuning pins on the right, 1 pedal: dampers, wood frame, and a mahogany (?) case.
Whaites & Charters Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1798-1805
maker: Whaites & Charters
Place Made: United States: New York, New York City
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by Whaites & Charters in New York, New York around 1798-1804. Archibald Whaites and George Charters were partners in New York at 19 Barclay Street from 1796-1804. After the partnership dissolved, Whaites continued making pianos in New York while Charters went to Cincinnati and was known there from 1819 to 1825. This piano has a compass of FF-f3, single action, leather hammers, double-strings, first 10 notes wound, with tuning pins at the right, 1 hand stop: lute, 1 pedal (missing): dampers, wood frame, and a mahogany case.
Gibson & Davis Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1808 - 1850
maker: Gibson & Davis
Place Made: United States: New York, New York City
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description: This square piano was made by Thomas Gibson and Morgan Davis in New York, New York around 1810. Gibson and Morgan had a partnership from 1802-1822. This piano features a patented transposing keyboard, which can be hand-shifted to permit an octave range of starting notes. A diagram beneath the inscription shows the row of starting notes for orientation. This piano has a compass of FF-c4, an English double action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, 1 pedal: dampers, and a wood frame and case.
Done Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1780
maker: Done, Joshua
Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by Joshua Done in London, England in 1780. Done was listed in Chancery Lane from 1792 to 1814 and according to the inscription on the nameboard: “Joshua Done, London, 1780” it would seem that this piano was made before Done moved to Chancery Lane. This piano has a compass of FF-f3, an English single action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, tuning pins on the right, pinblock under the soundboard, 2 hand stops (1 missing): upper and lower dampers, wood frame, and a mahogany case.
Erard Frères Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1799
maker: Erard Freres & Co.
Place Made: France: Île-de-France, Paris
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by Erard Frères in Paris, France in 1799. Sébastien Erard came from Strasbourg to Paris in 1781 and received a license to build musical instruments four years later. He entered a partnership with his brother Jean-Baptiste in 1788. This piano is serial number 4071 and has a compass of FF-c4, an Erard “à double pilotes” action, leather hammers, triple-strings throughout, with tuning pins on right, 3 knee levers: moderator, dampers, and nag’s head swell, wood frame, and a cherry case.
Harper & Fagan Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1796-1798
maker: Harper & Fagan
Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by Harper & Fagan in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1796-1798. Harper may have been John Harper, and Fagan may have been John Fagan who was described as a “laborer and porter” in Philadelphia, 1791-1797. No other instruments by the partners seem to have survived. This piano has a compass of FF-f3 (FF# missing), single action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, tuning pins on the right, 2 hand stops: lute and dampers, wood frame, and a wood case.
Ganer Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1780 - 1785
maker: Ganer, Christopher
Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by Christopher Ganer in London, England around 1780-1785. Ganer, like a number of other German harpsichord and piano makers, came to London to carry on his craft. All of the more than two dozen extant pianos attributed to Ganer are squares, and they are highly prized by collectors as having been well crafted. This piano is serial number 456, and has a compass of FF-f3, double (Schoene type) action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, with tuning pins on right, 2 hand stops: dampers and lute, 2 pedals (later additions): moderator and swell, wood frame, and a mahogany case.
Geib & Son Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1798-1802
maker: John Geib & Son
Place Made: United States: New York, New York City
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by John Geib & Son in New York, New York around 1803-1804. John Geib was born in Germany, worked in London, and came to New York in 1797. The firm changed names at various times to accommodate his sons John, Jr., Adam, and William, who made pianos and organs sometimes together, and sometimes separately. In 1803, the firm took the name “John Geib & Son” and was on Bowery Road until 1804. This piano is serial number 5155 and has a compass of FF-f3, a single action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, with tuning pins on the right, 1 hand stop: dampers, wood frame, and a mahogany case.
Gray Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1792 - 1798
maker: Robert & William Gray
Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by Robert & William Gray in London, England around 1795. Robert and William Gray were brothers who built harpsichords, organs, and pianos in London from 1774. The Smithsonian’s square is the only known piano by these brothers. This piano has a compass of FF-f3, single action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, with tuning pins on right, 2 hand stops: treble and bass dampers, wood frame, and a cherry (?) case.
Hannsen Grand Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1782 - 1788
maker: Hannsen, Carl Justus
Place Made: Germany: Bavaria, Bamberg
Physical Description: leather (hammers material)
brass and iron (strings material)
wood (frame material)
veneer (case material)
Measurements: overall: 10 1/2 in x 42 in x 79 in; 26.67 cm x 106.68 cm x 200.66 cm
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description: This grand piano was made by Carl Hannsen in Bamberg, Germany around 1805. This is the only known instrument by this maker, who advertised himself as “Instrument and Organ Maker in Bamberg.” This piano is serial number 37 and has a compass of FF-c4, Viennese action (dampers missing), leather hammers, brass and iron strings, double-strung, 3 knee levers: Janissary (?, stop missing), dampers, and buff or moderator, wood frame, straight-strung, and a veneered case.
Harper Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1797
maker: Harper, John
Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by John Harper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1797. This is the only piano known from Harper’s short career in Philadelphia, unless the Harper of Harper & Fagan was the same person (see piano MI*315684). This piano has a compass of FF-f3, single action (not original), leather hammers, double-strings throughout, tuning pins on the right, no evidence of stops, wood frame, and a mahogany case.
Hawkins Upright Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1801
maker: Hawkins, John Isaac
Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: felt (originally leather) (hammers material)
wood with iron bars (frame material)
mahogany veneer (case material)
Measurements: overall: 109.85 cm x 90.17 cm x 38.6 cm; 43 1/4 in x 35 1/2 in x 15 3/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This upright piano was made by John Isaac Hawkins in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1801. Hawkins patented an ingenious small upright piano with a folding keyboard, of which the Smithsonian’s is an example. Other piano experiments were an upright instrument, the Claviol, which bowed the strings, a system of attaching the strings to a nut on a threaded rod, and the use of springs as strings in the bass. Only three of his instruments are known to survive. This piano is serial number 6 and has a compass of FF-f3, Hawkins upright action, felt hammers (originally leather), double-strings, 2 pedals: moderator and swell (which opens shutters in the case below the keyboard), wood frame with iron bars behind the soundboard, straight-strung, and a mahogany veneer case with metal carrying handles.
Houston & Co. Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1788 - 1792
maker: Houston & Co.
Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description: This square piano was made by Houston & Co., London, England around 1795. This piano features a “nag’s head” swell which is a pedal-operated stop that pushes a rod, sometimes shaped something like a horse’s head, against the part of the piano’s lid in the front and to the right of the keyboard. This allowed more volume out of the piano when the lid was down and could be used to make a crescendo and diminuendo effect. The piano is serial number 1434 and has a compass of FF-f3, an English double (Geib “grasshopper”) action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout with the tuning pins on the right, 1 pedal: “nag’s head” swell, 2 hand stops: lute and dampers, a wood frame, and a mahogany case.
Rufner Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1780-1800
maker: Hüfner, Gottlob Emanuel
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Nuremberg
Credit line: Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by Gottlob Emanuel Hüfner in Nürnberg, Germany around 1785-1795. It is a very unusual square piano, called a “pantalon” because of its two sets of hammers. The bare hammers are used to play loud passages, and the leather-covered ones for soft passages. This piano has a compass of FF-g3, Prell action without escapement, uncovered wood hammers, and an oak case.
Kearsing & Sons Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1806-1808
maker: John Kearsing & Sons
Place Made: United States: New York, New York City
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by John Kearsing & Sons in New York, New York about 1808. Kearsing and several sons came to New York from London around 1804 and established the firm that same year. The partnership lasted until 1809, when it became John Kearsing & Son until 1816. This piano has a compass of FF-c4, and English double action, leather or felt with leather cover hammers, double-strings throughout, first 10 notes are wound, tuning pins on the right, 1 pedal: dampers, wood frame, and a mahogany case.
Lodiner Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1782 - 1788
possible maker: Lodiner
Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano bears an inscription on the name board “LODINER . LONDON.” No maker by this name in London or elsewhere is known. It is possible that the label was attached by an American maker who wished buyers to think that the instrument was a London piano, which in the late 18th century would have more status in North America than an American-made instrument. This piano has a compass of FF-f3, single action, leather hammers, double-strings, with tuning pins at right, pedal mechanism seems to exist, wood frame, and a mahogany (?) case.
Meyer Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1789-1806
maker: Meincke and Pieter Meyer
Place Made: Netherlands: North Holland, Amsterdam
Credit line: Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description: This square piano was made by Meincke and Peter Meyer in Amsterdam, Holland, around 1789-1800. Meincke and Peter were makers in Amsterdam and, later, in Hamburg. The Amsterdam establishment began in 1779. After Meincke’s death, date unknown, his sons, Meincke Andries and Jan Lodewijk took over the firm with Peter. This piano has a compass of FF-f3, single (Zumpe) action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, first 5 notes are wound, tuning pins on the right, 2 hand stops: lute and dampers, wood frame, and a wood case.
Müller Square Piano
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: piano
date made: 1782 - 1788
maker: Muller, Lorenz Heinrich
Place Made: Germany: Bremen, Bremen
Credit line: Gift of Hugo Worch
Topics: Musical instruments
Pianos
Music
Description (Brief): This square piano was made by Lorenz Heinrich Müller in Bremen, Germany, around 1810. Müller appears as a piano maker in Bremen directories from 1804-1822. From 1823 to 1830, his widow handled a firm that rented pianos. It is believed that this is the only surviving piano by Müller. This piano is serial number 83 and has a compass of FF-c4, Viennese action, leather hammers, single-string first octave, the rest are double-strings, with tuning pins on the right, 2 knee levers: “piano” stop and dampers, wood frame, and a wood case.