Longman & Broderip Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1796
name: label: maker
content: Longman & Broderip
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by Longman & Broderip in London, England, in 1796. It is a rather early piano with 5 octaves and a fourth. The firm began making instruments with that range in about 1794. The piano has a compass of FF-c4, an English single action, leather hammers, double-strings, first 11 notes wound, tuning pins on right, 1 pedal (missing): dampers, wood frame, and a mahogany case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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.300727
label: catalog number
content: 300727
label: accession number
content: 61285
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano