Work Table Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1860
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The maker of this piano is unknown, but it is thought to have been made in Germany or Austria in the 1840s. This is a small square piano contained in a work table, which has receptacles in the top of the case for sewing implements. Such multi-purpose instruments illustrate the importance of the piano to the training of women in the 19th century. The piano has a compass of F-f3, Viennese action, white leather on wood core hammers, iron strings, single- and double-strung, wood frame, and a rosewood case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (box of parts; compartment)
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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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 H. Richard Piet in memory of Harry R. Piet, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0192.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0192
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0192.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 3/4 in x 30 1/2 in x 18 in; 80.645 cm x 77.47 cm x 45.72 cm