Planchettes, set of
date: label: date made
content: 1847-1850
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This set of planchettes was made by an undetermined maker and place, around 1847-1850.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>It is tune #176 - <i>Zig-zag</i>. These planchettes were accessioned with Debain player piano (Cat. #236911). They feature English patent #11359 (1846), by Alexander Debain for improvements in keyed musical instruments</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Mechanical Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Ann A. Jeffcott
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.236912.02.11
label: catalog number
content: 236912.02.11
label: accession number
content: 44953
objectType: label: Object Name
content: planchettes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 10 11/16 in x 5 1/8 in; 1.905 cm x 27.14638 cm x 13.0175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: largest planchette: 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in x 5 in; 1.905 cm x 26.67 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: smallest planchette: 3/4 in x 6 in x 5 in; 1.905 cm x 15.24 cm x 12.7 cm