Square Piano
Object type: Square Piano
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: American
Artist: Charles Albrecht
Artist bio: German, 1759/60–1848 Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: 1791–1798
Medium: Mahogany veneered case, nameboard veneer of lighter colored wood, brass decorative medallions on upper corners of legs, ivory natural and ebony accidental keys


Dimensions: Case length (perpendicular to keyboard):  56.5 cm (22-1/4 in.) 
Width parallel to keyboard: 159.5 cm (62-15/16 in.) 
Case Depth not including stand, w/o lid:  23.6 cm (9-5/16 in.) 
Total Height:  81 cm(31-7/8 in.) 

Classification: Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano
Geography:  Philadelphia  Pennsylvania United States  
Credit line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889
Accession year: 1889