Square Piano
date: label: Date made
content: 1760 - 1776
notes: label: Description
content: The maker of his square piano is unknown, but it is believed to have been made in Holland in the late 18th century. This piano has an English single jack action with a wire with a leather stud on top, also known as “old man’s head.” The piano has a compass of FF-f3, single jack action, leather hammers, double-string with tuning pins at right, 3 hand stops: treble dampers, lute stop, bass dampers and 1 pedal or knee-lever (missing): moderator, a wood frame, and a mahogany (?) case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Netherlands
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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: Mrs. John Crosby Brown
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.229668
label: accession number
content: 42336
label: catalog number
content: 229668
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (strings material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (ring; strings material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 8 1/8 in x 61 1/4 in x 22 5/8 in; 20.6375 cm x 155.575 cm x 57.4675 cm
label: Measurements
content: legs: 22 in; 55.88 cm