Debain Upright Player Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1847 - 1850
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This piano was made by Alexandre Debain in Paris, France, around 1847-1850.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>It is an upright player piano, with no keyboard and can be played only as a player piano. This piano plays wooden planchettes with 61-note range. It has a compass of C - c4, felt hammers, strings are single- and double-strung, 2 pedals (swell - raised lid and damper), straight-strung frame in a wooden case. Accessioned with one box of planchettes. This piano features English Patent #11359 (1846), by Alexander Debain for improvements in keyed musical instruments.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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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: Gift of Hugo Worch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.315678
label: accession number
content: 58488
label: catalog number
content: 315678
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 58 in x 43 3/4 in x 20 in; 147.32 cm x 111.125 cm x 50.8 cm