Kohnle Upright Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1857-1859
name: label: maker
content: Kohnle, Joseph
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This upright piano was made by Joseph Kohnle in New York, New York about 1858. Kohnle was a pianist and piano maker in New York during the mid to late 19th century. Little is known about him except that he patented his own piano action in 1860, U.S. Patent 26,909. The patent claims to improve repetition and purports to be applicable to all models of pianos. This piano has a compass of CC-c5, Kohnle patent action, leather hammers, single-, double-, and triple-strings, 2 pedals: dampers operated by a tracker mechanism, cast iron frame, behind the soundboard, and a walnut veneered case.
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.315701
label: catalog number
content: 315701
label: accession number
content: 58488
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (hammers: material)
label: Physical Description
content: cast-iron (frame: material)
label: Physical Description
content: walnut veneered (case: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 3/4 in x 60 1/2 in x 22 in; 100.965 cm x 153.67 cm x 55.88 cm