Geib & Son Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1798-1802
name: label: maker
content: John Geib & Son
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by John Geib & Son in New York, New York around 1803-1804. John Geib was born in Germany, worked in London, and came to New York in 1797. The firm changed names at various times to accommodate his sons John, Jr., Adam, and William, who made pianos and organs sometimes together, and sometimes separately. In 1803, the firm took the name “John Geib & Son” and was on Bowery Road until 1804. This piano is serial number 5155 and has a compass of FF-f3, a single action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, with tuning pins on the right, 1 hand stop: dampers, wood frame, and a mahogany case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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.315691
label: catalog number
content: 315691
label: accession number
content: 58488
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano