Pommer Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1825 - 1827
name: label: maker
content: Pommer, Charles
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by Charles Pommer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1826. Charles Pommer emigrated from Halberstadt, Germany, arriving in Philadelphia in 1811. He also made guitars and violins and in 1835 took over the Bushhill Hotel in Philadelphia, and advertised the hotel in Die Alte und Neue Welt, a Philadelphia German-language paper. This piano has a compass of FF-c4, Viennese action, leather (?) hammers, double-string, first 6 wound, with tuning pins on the right, 4 pedals: moderator, unknown action, dampers, and Janissary, wood frame, and a rosewood case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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.299863
label: catalog number
content: 299863
label: accession number
content: 61285
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano