Wilkinson & Wornum Upright Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1811 - 1813
name: label: maker
content: Wilkinson & Wornum
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This upright piano was made by Wilkinson & Wornum in London, England around 1812-1813. George Wilkinson joined Robert Wornum, Jr. in the Wilkinson & Wornum partnership which lasted from 1811-1813. This instrument is a “cottage piano,” about 41 inches high and devised by Robert Wornum as a way to make small pianos that would take up little floor space in small homes. The separation of the front and back of the piano gave this style the name “Knife Piano.” This piano is serial number 17 and has a compass of FF-c4, an English sticker action, leather hammers, double-strings, 2 pedals: moderator and damper, wood frame, and keyboard and action in a front mahogany case, hinged to the back case with strings, soundboard and tuning pins, that can be completely separated.
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.315673
label: accession number
content: 58488
label: catalog number
content: 315673
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (hammers material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: mahogany (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 43 in x 52 1/2 in x 22 in; 109.22 cm x 133.35 cm x 55.88 cm