Graf Grand Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1832
name: label: maker
content: Graf, Conrad
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This grand piano was made by Conrad Graf in Vienna, Austria in 1832. Except for the number of pedals, this piano is essentially a twin of the instrument that Graf presented to musician and composer, Clara Wieck on her marriage to composer Robert Schumann in 1840. The piano is serial number 1594 and has a compass of CC-g4, Viennese action, leather over wood core hammers, brass and steel strings, double- and triple-strung, 5 pedals: una corda, bassoon, moderator, dampers, and janissary, an oak laminated and interlocked bars frame, straight-strung, and a walnut veneer case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (action)
place: label: Place Made
content: Austria: Vienna state, Vienna
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.3187.01
label: catalog number
content: 1986.3187.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1986.3187
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather over wood cores (hammers: material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass and steel (strings: material)
label: Physical Description
content: oak laminated (frame: material)
label: Physical Description
content: walnut veneer (case: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 70.7 cm x 124.7 cm x 242.5 cm; 27 13/16 in x 49 1/8 in x 95 1/2 in