Gabler & Bros. Upright Player Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1923-1925
name: label: maker
content: E. Gabler & Bros.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This upright player piano was made by Gabler & Brothers in New York, New York in 1925. This piano has a pneumatic action made by the Standard Pneumatic Action Company. It is serial number 159788 and has a compass of AAA-c5, tape-check upright action, felt hammers, single-, double-, and triple-strings, 3 pedals: “soft,” dummy, and dampers, one-piece cast-iron frame, and a mahogany veneer case. This instrument features the following patents:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>U. S. Patent #766601 dated August 2, 1904 by Thomas Danquard, assignor to Kohler & Campbell, for an improvement in manually or mechanically operated pianos.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>U. S. Patent #852422 dated May 7, 1907 by Thomas Danquard, assignor to the Autopiano Company, for a spring-catch.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>U. S. Patent #875823 dated January 7, 1908 by William J. Keeley, assignor to the Autopiano Company, for means for opening and closing panels of musical instruments.</p>
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content: <p>U. S. Patent #880508 dated March 3, 1908 by Thomas Danquard, assignor to the Autopiano Company, for a tube-joint for metal tracker-bass and method of forming the same.</p>
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content: <p>U. S. Patent #884643 dated April 14, 1908 by Thomas Danquard, assignor to Autopiano Company, for a folding pedal.</p>
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content: <p>U. S. Patent #902536 dated October 27, 1908 by William J. Keeley, assignor to Autopiano Company, for a sectional modulating attachment for musical instruments.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Mechanical Musical Instruments
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content: Pianos
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.71.12
label: catalog number
content: 71.12
label: accession number
content: 292526
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mahogany veneer (case: material)
label: Physical Description
content: cast-iron (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (hammers: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 62 1/2 in x 55 in x 28 in; 158.75 cm x 139.7 cm x 71.12 cm