Pleyel Grand Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1866
name: label: maker
content: Pleyel, Ignaz
notes: label: Description
content: This grand piano was made by Pleyel in Paris, France in 1866. It was sold by Pleyel to Sr. Martin y Salazar in Madrid, who brought it to Washington, DC. when he was the Spanish ambassador. Bought from the ambassador, it came to the Smithsonian from Mrs. Richard Kashe of Washington, DC. This piano is serial number 42423 and has a compass of AAA-a4, an English grand action, felt over 3 layers of leather hammers, single-, double-, and triple-strings, 2 pedals: una corda and dampers, an iron string plate frame with tension bars, straight-strung, and a rosewood veneer case.
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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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 Mrs. Richard Kashe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.73.40
label: accession number
content: 304389
label: catalog number
content: 73.40
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: felt (hammers: material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (frame: material)
label: Physical Description
content: rosewood veneer (case: material)