Newman Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1835-1840
name: label: maker
content: Newman, Joseph
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by Joseph Newman in Baltimore, Maryland around 1828-1840. The presence of a Janissary stop in this piano would suggest a date toward the beginning of the range of years suggested. The Janissary stop was on the way to obsolescence in the mid-1830s. A wood frame in this instrument also indicates a date in the 1820s or perhaps early 1830s. This piano has a compass of FF-f4, Viennese action, single-strings for the first 10 notes, double-strings for the rest, tuning pins in the front, 4 pedals: Janissary, dampers, buff, and bass drum (?), wood frame, and a mahogany case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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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.315712
label: catalog number
content: 315712
label: accession number
content: 58488
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano