Reuss Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1832 - 1835
name: label: maker
content: Reuss, A.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by A. Reuss in Cincinnati, Ohio around 1832-1835. The only thing known about A. Reuss is that he made at least one piano on Walnut Street in Cincinnati. His name is of German origin and Ruess probably immigrated to Cincinnati from Germany or Austria as this piano has a Viennese action and several pedals for devices common in Germany and Austria in the first half of the 19th century. This piano has a compass of FF-f4, Viennese action, leather hammers, double0strings, tuning pins in the front, 4 pedals: bassoon, dampers, moderator, and Janissary, wood frame, and a cherry and curly maple case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
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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.315721
label: catalog number
content: 315721
label: accession number
content: 58488
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mahogany (top material)