Knabe Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1860-1865
name: label: maker
content: William Knabe & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by the William Knabe & Company in Baltimore, Maryland around 1860. The factory, located at Eutaw and West Streets in Baltimore was five stories high and covered most of a city block. Knabe exhibited grand, upright and square pianos at the Philadelphia Exhibition in 1876. This piano has a compass of AAA-a4, felt hammers, first 11 strings are single and the rest double, tuning pins at rear, 2 pedals: una corda and dampers, iron 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 Phillip T. Gesell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0799.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0799
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0799.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano