Lyraflügel
Object type: Lyraflügel
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Johann Christian Schleip (1786–1848)
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: ca. 1820–44
Medium: Wood, silk, gilt, ivory
Dimensions: H. 7' 3";  W. 49 in., D. 2 ft.
Case L (perpendicular to keyboard):  60.3 cm (23 3/4 in.)
Case W (parallel to keyboard): 124 cm (48 13/16 in.)
Total H: 222.5 cm (87 5/8 in.)

Classification: Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano
Geography:  Berlin   Germany  
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R. Sayers, 1968
Accession year: 1968