Square Piano
Object type: Square Piano
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Johann Christoph Jaeckel and Christian Jaeckel
Artist role: Maker
Date: 1790
Medium: Oak, iron, ebony, ivory, various materials
Dimensions: Case L. (perpendicular to keyboard): 57 cm (22-1/2 in.); W. (parallel to keyboard): 159.1 cm (62-5/8 in.); Case D. without lid: 18.2 cm (7-1/8 in.): Total H.: 81.5 cm (32-1/8 in.)
Case H without stand 19 cm
Stand: 62 cm H; 159 W; 57 cm D

Classification: Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano
Geography:     Germany  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889