Tawse Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1795-1796
name: label: maker
content: Tawse, Charles
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by Charles Tawse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1795-1796. Tawse also spelled his name Taws and Tawes. This piano is believed to be serial number 22 and has a compass of FF-f3, single (file drawing) action, leather hammers, double-strings, first octave wound, with tuning pins at rear, 2 knee levers: dampers and swell, wood frame, and a mahogany 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.315680
label: catalog number
content: 315680
label: accession number
content: 58488
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano