Bland Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1775 - 1790
name: label: maker
content: Bland, John
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by John Bland in London, England around 1790. This instrument may have been made for John Bland to sell by James Henry Houston, a London maker from 1790. It shares some details with other instruments known to be by Houston, and it is known that Houston made pianos for Bland. Another square piano with John Bland’s inscription is attributed by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts to Houston & Co. This piano is serial number 1227 and has a compass of FF-f3, single (Zumpe) action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, 2 hand stops: dampers and lute, wood frame, and a mahogany case.
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.303533
label: catalog number
content: 303533
label: accession number
content: 62559
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano