Feldhar Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1844
name: label: maker
content: Feldhar, Gerhardt
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by Gerhardt Feldhar in Wisconsin in 1844. Feldhar immigrated to Wisconsin from Westphalia, Prussia in 1840. It is possible, especially given the rather rustic style of the instrument, that he was a carpenter or a farmer who saw a piano and decided that he could make one too. This piano has a compass of FF-f4, Viennese action, with natural keys covered in bone, single-strings (first 8 notes) the rest double-strings, 3 pedals (all missing): bassoon, moderator, and dampers, wood frame, and an unadorned solid wood case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Wisconsin
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Music & Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Pianos
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. William P. Spensley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.309125
label: catalog number
content: 309125
label: accession number
content: 63676
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano