Nunns Upright Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1824 - 1833
name: label: maker
content: Robert & William Nunns
notes: label: Description
content: This upright piano was made by Robert and William Nunns in New York, New York around 1832 (?) It is a short cabinet upright, about 61 inches high. Robert and his brother William emigrated from London to New York around 1821. Both worked for two years in the shop of Kearsing & Sons and two years later established the firm of Robert & William Nunns in 1823, manufacturing pianos both for themselves and for the company of Dubois & Stodart. This piano is serial number 502 and has a compass of FF-f4, tape-check action, leather hammers, double strings, 2 pedals: keyboard shift and dampers, wood frame, and a wood case with a silk paneled front.
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: Gift of Hugo Worch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.299843
label: catalog number
content: 299843
label: accession number
content: 61285
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (front panel material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (hammers material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 63 3/4 in x 45 3/4 in x 24 1/2 in; 161.925 cm x 116.205 cm x 62.23 cm