Wornum Upright Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1813-1815
name: label: maker
content: Wornum, Jr., Robert
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This upright piano was made by Robert Wornum in London, England about 1814. It is a tall cabinet upright, almost 6 feet tall. The nameboard inscription reads “New Harmonic & Cabinet Piano Forts / Robert Wornum late Wilkinson & Wornum / N°. 42 Wigmore Street Cavendish Square & N°. 3 Welbeck Street London” This piano is serial number 122 and a compass of FF-f4, long English sticker action, escapement at bottom, leather hammers, triple-strings, 2 pedals: keyboard shift and dampers, wood frame, straight-strung, and a wood case with a front silk panel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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 Hugo Worch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.317023
label: accession number
content: 67012
label: catalog number
content: 317023
label: serial number
content: 122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (strings material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (hammers material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame: material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (case;l material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 58 1/4 in x 42 1/4 in x 21 1/2 in; 147.955 cm x 107.315 cm x 54.61 cm