Stodart Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1819 - 1821
name: label: maker
content: Stodart, William
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by William Stodart in London, England around 1820. His uncle, Robert Stodart founded his own piano company in 1775. Robert Stodart retired from making pianos around 1795, and his nephews William and Matthew continued the business, separately and together, until 1861. This piano is serial number 4311 and has a compass of FF-c4, an English double action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, with tuning pins at rear, 1 pedal (missing): dampers, wood frame, and a wood case with metal medallions.
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: Gift of Hugo Worch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.315668a
label: catalog number
content: 315668a
label: accession number
content: 58488
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano