Hannsen Grand Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1782 - 1788
name: label: maker
content: Hannsen, Carl Justus
notes: label: Description
content: This grand piano was made by Carl Hannsen in Bamberg, Germany around 1805. This is the only known instrument by this maker, who advertised himself as “Instrument and Organ Maker in Bamberg.” This piano is serial number 37 and has a compass of FF-c4, Viennese action (dampers missing), leather hammers, brass and iron strings, double-strung, 3 knee levers: Janissary (?, stop missing), dampers, and buff or moderator, wood frame, straight-strung, and a veneered case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Bamberg
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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.299852
label: catalog number
content: 299852
label: accession number
content: 61285
label: serial number
content: 37
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (hammers material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass and iron (strings material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: veneer (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 42 in x 79 in; 26.67 cm x 106.68 cm x 200.66 cm