Steinway & Sons Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1877-1878
name: label: maker
content: Steinway & Sons
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by Steinway & Sons in New York, New York in 1877. It is a very large square piano typical of those made in the United States in the last third of the 19th century. American makers continued to produce squares long after European makers had abandoned them in favor of uprights. The last square piano made by Steinway & Sons was made in 1888. This piano is serial number 37600 and has a compass of AAA-c5, rocker action, felt hammers, single-strings for the first 11 notes, double-strings for the next 42 notes, triple-strings for the rest, tuning pins at the rear, 2 pedals: moderator and dampers, full cast-iron frame, and a rosewood case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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: George M. Harris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.381444
label: catalog number
content: 381444
label: accession number
content: 159745
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 1/2 in x 83 in x 42 in; 95.25 cm x 210.82 cm x 106.68 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: piano: 14 1/4 in x 84 in x 42 1/2 in; 36.195 cm x 213.36 cm x 107.95 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: leg: 24 in x 14 1/4 in x 11 in; 60.96 cm x 36.195 cm x 27.94 cm