Kuhn & Ridgeway Upright Harp Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1857
label: dealer
content: 1850, 1875
name: label: dealer
content: Kuhn & Ridgeway
label: maker
content: Kuhn & Ridgeway
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This upright piano made in the 1850s, was sold by Kuhn & Ridgeway in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a “harp-piano,” a type of upright grand piano in which the strings and framework protrude above the case This piano has a compass of CC-c5, standard upright, felt hammers, single- and double-strings, 2 pedals: keyboard shift and dampers, iron string-plate frame to level keys, straight-strung, and a gilded and decorated rosewood veneer 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.326603
label: accession number
content: 71651
label: catalog number
content: 326603
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: felt (hammers: material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron string-plate to level of keys, lower part may be wood (frame: material)
label: Physical Description
content: rosewood veneer (case: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 89 1/4 in x 56 1/4 in x 30 1/2 in; 226.695 cm x 142.875 cm x 77.47 cm