Stein Upright Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1809 - 1811
name: label: maker
content: Stein, Andre
notes: label: Description
content: This upright piano was made by André Stein in Vienna, Austria around 1810. This is a “giraffe” piano, the upright grand favored in Germany and Austria. It is a grand piano standing on its head, with the right side of the case following the usual shape of a grand. The scroll at the top reminded people of a giraffe, and the word became a technical term for this type of piano. This piano has a compass of FF-f4, hanging Viennese action, leather hammers, brass strings double-strung FF-D, iron strings triple-strung G#-f4, 6 pedals: bassoon, dampers, moderator (3rd and 4th pedals), Janissary, keyboard shift, wood frame, and a mahogany veneer case with silk front panels.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (bag of parts)
place: label: Place Made
content: Austria: Vienna state, Vienna
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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.299844
label: catalog number
content: 299844
label: accession number
content: 61285
label: catalog number
content: 299844.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
label: Object Name
content: giraffe upright 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: mahogany veneer, silked (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: piano: 214.7 cm x 114.5 cm x 59.6 cm; 84 17/32 in x 45 3/32 in x 23 15/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: largest part: 6 1/2 in x 42 in x 5 in; 16.51 cm x 106.68 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: smallest part: 1/16 in x 1/2 in; .15875 cm x 1.27 cm