Kirkman & Son Miniature Grand Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1851
name: label: maker
content: Kirkman & Son
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This miniature grand piano was made by Kirkman & Son in London, England in 1851. Kirkman exhibited this instrument, a complete working grand, at the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition in London. This piano has a compass of CC-g4, an English grand action, felt hammers, copper wound and iron strings, 1 or 2 strings for each note, 2 pedals: una corda and damper lifter, partial iron frame with tension bars, straight-strung, ebonized case with gilt decoration.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: related event
content: Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations
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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.315751
label: catalog number
content: 315751
label: accession number
content: 65928
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: felt (hammers material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper wound; iron (strings material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebonized with gilt decoration (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 86 cm x 66.4 cm x 123 cm; 33 7/8 in x 26 1/8 in x 48 7/16 in