Walker Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1811-1813
name: label: maker
content: Walker, Thomas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by Thomas Walker in Baltimore, Maryland around 1814-1819. According to Baltimore city directories, Walker was at 5 East Street from 1811 to 1819. Thomas Walker was the partner of Henry W. Grewe until 1814. There are no other extant pianos by Thomas Walker. This piano has a compass of FF-c4, an English single action with escapement, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, the first ocatave is wound, tuning pins on the right, 2 pedals (missing), wood frame, and a mahogany (?) case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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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.315703
label: accession number
content: 58488
label: catalog number
content: 315703
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano