Schmidt Grand Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1788
name: label: maker
content: Schmidt, Johann
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This grand piano was made by Johann Schmidt in Salzburg, Austria around 1788. It is a beautiful example of the Austrian concert grand of Mozart’s and Haydn’s time, and is in playable condition. This piano has a compass of FF-f3, Viennese action with over dampers, leather over wood core hammers, brass and iron strings, double- and triple-strung, 1 hand stop: moderator, 2 knee levers: all dampers and treble dampers, wood frame, straight-strung, and a walnut veneered case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Austria: Salzburg, Salzburg
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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.303536
label: catalog number
content: 303536
label: accession number
content: 62559
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather over wood cores (hammers material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass; iron (strings material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: walnut veneered (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 38 1/2 in x 84 in; 27.94 cm x 97.79 cm x 213.36 cm