Stewart Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1812 - 1815
name: label: maker
content: Stewart, James
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by James Stewart in Baltimore, Maryland around 1812-1815. James Stewart was born in Scotland, learned organ building in London, and came to Baltimore in 1812. He formed a number of partnerships including his brother, Adam in Baltimore, Thomas Stewart in Philadelphia, John Osborne in Boston, and Jonas Chickering in Boston. James Stewart returned to London in 1826 and worked as a foreman with Clementi and Collard and Collard. This piano is serial number 305 (?) and has a compass of FF-c4, and English Double action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, first 8 notes are wound, with tuning pins at right, 1 pedal: dampers, wood frame, and a mahogany case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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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.299860
label: catalog number
content: 299860
label: accession number
content: 61285
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano