Square Piano
Object type: Square Piano
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Austrian
Artist: Johann Jacob Seydel (ca. 1758–1806)
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Austrian
Date: 1792 or 1795
Medium: Mahogany, mahogany veneer, brass, iron, ivory, ebony, parchment, various materials
Dimensions: Case length (perpendicular to Keybd.):       58.0 cm
Case width (parallel to keybd):                    151.1 cm
Case height (including legs):                        80.7 cm
Case depth (without legs or lid):                   22.9 cm

Classification: Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano
Geography:  Vienna   Austria  
Credit line: Purchase, The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, by exchange, and Gift of Dr. Robert G. Thorpe, by exchange
Accession year: 1978