Steinway & Sons Grand Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1939
name: label: maker
content: Steinway and Sons
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This piano was made by Steinway & Sons in New York in 1939. It was designed by Walter Dorwin Teague for the United States Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. The piano, Model D concert grand, is serial number 295811. It has a compass of AAA-c5, Steinway accelerated action (replaced), felt hammers, one, two, or three strings per note, 3 pedals: una corda, sustention, and dampers, a one-piece iron frame, cross-strung, and a maple veneer case with gilded ornamentation.
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: Transferred from General Services Administration
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0216.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0216
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0216.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 in x 66 in x 108 in; 101.6 cm x 167.64 cm x 274.32 cm