Osborne Upright Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1819-1821
name: label: maker
content: Osborne, John
notes: label: Description
content: This upright piano was made by John Osborne (or Osborn) in Boston, Massachusetts around 1820. This is one of the earliest known American-made upright pianos. An Osborne upright, serial number 153, is in Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts. This piano is serial number 152 and has a compass of FF-f4, sticker action, leather hammers, double-strings, but pin block is drilled for triple-strings AA#-f4, 2 pedals: keyboard shift and dampers, wood frame, straight-strung, and a mahogany case with a silk front.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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.299858
label: catalog number
content: 299858
label: accession number
content: 61285
label: serial number
content: 152
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: mahogany, silked front (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (hammers material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 75 in x 45 in x 20 1/2 in; 190.5 cm x 114.3 cm x 52.07 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: screen: 3 1/2 in x 46 1/4 in x 40 1/4 in; 8.89 cm x 117.475 cm x 102.235 cm