Pleyel, Wolff & Cie Upright Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1857 - 1858
name: label: maker
content: Pleyel, Wolff & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This upright piano was made by Pleyel, Wolff & Cie in Paris, France around 1857-1858. Ignaz Pleyel was an Austrian pianist and composer and pupil of Franz Josef Haydn. In the early 19th century, he went to Paris, and began manufacturing pianos there in 1807 at the age of 50. His son Camille joined him in 1821. At Camille’s death, the company went to Auguste Wolff, his son-in-law, and had the name Pleyel, Wolff et Cie. This piano is serial number 25468, and has a compass of AAA-a5, an upright double escapement action, felt (?) hammers, AAA-EE is single-strung, FF-f is double-strung, f3-a5 is triple-strung, 2 pedals: keyboard shift and dampers, a wood frame with two iron tension bars, straight-strung and oblique, and an ornate faux tortoise-shell case with brass inlays (Boulle style) and two candle sconces.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Pianos
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Hugo Worch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.291775
label: catalog number
content: 291775
label: accession number
content: 60050
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: felt (?) (hammers material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, iron (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: faux tortoise-shell, brass (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 125 cm x 132.4 cm x 61.5 cm; 49 3/16 in x 52 1/8 in x 24 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 49 1/4 in x 53 1/2 in x 26 in; 125.095 cm x 135.89 cm x 66.04 cm