Grand Piano
Object type: Grand Piano
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Austrian
Artist: Joseph Böhm
Artist bio: Austrian, Vienna 1786–ca.1850
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Austrian
Date: ca. 1815–20
Medium: Wood, various materials
Dimensions: L. 223.4 cm (88 in.); W. 126.4 cm (49 3/4 in.); Diam. 32 cm (12 1/2 in.); H. 93.7 cm (37 in.);  3-octave span 47.7 cm (18 3/4 in.); Sounding L. (1) f4, 5.5 striking, .5 cm; (2) c2, 27 striking, 3.2 cm; FF,173.2 striking,  16.6 cm
Classification: Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano
Geography:  Vienna   Austria  
Credit line: Purchase, Rogers Fund; Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher M. Brown III, Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Hess, Carroll Music Instrument Service Corp., The New York Flute Club Inc. and Piano Technicians Guild Gifts; Gifts of Mrs. Etta M. Helmer, Alice Getty, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wellman, Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. F. Sichel, Craig E. Steese, Hilda Katz, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Travis, and The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, by exchange; and funds from various donors, 1982
Accession year: 1982