Chickering & Sons Grand Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1865
name: label: maker
content: Chickering, Jonas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This grand piano was made by Chickering and Sons in Boston, Massachusetts in 1865. This piano is identical to the one that Chickering won a gold medal with at the Paris Exposition in 1867. The piano is serial number 27733 and has a compass of AAA-c5, Edwin Brown patented action, copper-wound and plain steel strings, 1, 2, or 3 strings per note, layers of felt hammers, 2 pedals: una corda and damper lifter, a one-piece cast-iron frame, straight-strung, and a rosewood veneer case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (pedal lyre)
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 Mrs. Henry Hoagland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0625.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0625
label: serial number
content: 27733
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: felt (hammers: material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper-wound and plain steel (strings: material)
label: Physical Description
content: cast-iron (frame: material)
label: Physical Description
content: rosewood veneer (case: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 96 cm x 141.5 cm x 249.5 cm; 37 25/32 in x 55 23/32 in x 98 7/32 in