Chickering & Sons Grand Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1857
name: label: maker
content: Chickering & Sons
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This piano was made by Chickering & Sons in Boston, Massachusetts in 1857. Chickering called this type of piano a “parlor grand,“ but today it has come to be known as a “cocked-hat grand” because its shape from above is like that of a cocked hat. The piano is serial number 17390 and has a compass of CCC-c5, Edwin Brown, leather and felt hammers, wound and plain steel strings with 1 or 2 strings per note, 2 pedals: una corda and damper lifter, an iron frame, straight-strung, and a rosewood veneer case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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 Florence and Franklin Wallin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0377.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0377
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0377.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather and felt (hammers: material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (strings: material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (frame: material)
label: Physical Description
content: rosewood veneer (case: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 97 cm x 140 cm x 200.3 cm; 38 3/16 in x 55 1/8 in x 78 7/8 in