Rufner Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1780-1800
name: label: maker
content: Hüfner, Gottlob Emanuel
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by Gottlob Emanuel Hüfner in Nürnberg, Germany around 1785-1795. It is a very unusual square piano, called a “pantalon” because of its two sets of hammers. The bare hammers are used to play loud passages, and the leather-covered ones for soft passages. This piano has a compass of FF-g3, Prell action without escapement, uncovered wood hammers, and an oak case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Nuremberg
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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: Hugo Worch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.332175
label: catalog number
content: 332175
label: accession number
content: 94056
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano