Zumpe and Buntebart Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1770
name: label: maker
content: Johannes Zumpe et Buntebart
notes: label: Description
content: This square piano was made by Johannes Zumpe and Gabriel Bunterbart in London, England in 1770. Zumpe was born in Firth, Germany, first apprenticed to a cabinet-maker, and about 1750, went to London, where he worked for harpsichord maker, Burkat Shudi. Bunterbart was also born in Germany and from 1768, appears with Zumpe on the nameboards of their pianos. This may be the oldest piano in the Smithsonian collection. It has a compass of F-f3 (no F#), Zumpe single action, leather hammers, double-strings, first 6 anotes are wound, tuning pins on the right, 3 hand stops: moderator, bass dampers, and treble dampers, 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: Made available through the Cooper Union Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.60.1390
label: accession number
content: 227687
label: catalog number
content: 60.1390
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano