Wise & Brother Upright Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1857-1859
name: label: maker
content: J. J. Wise & Brother
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This upright piano was made by J.J. Wise and Brother in Baltimore, Maryland in the 1850s. It is a relatively small upright, about 48 inches high. Wise’s patent action is an interesting variant on the sticker action of English uprights, and includes a device that appears to regulate the weight of touch. This piano has a compass of CC-g4, Wise upright action, felt ?) hammers, wound single-strings CC-EE, wound double-strings FF-d, plain double-strings d#-g4, 2 pedals: keyboard shift and dampers, an iron string-plate frame with wood, straight-strung, and an ebonized (?) case with elaborately carved torsos of angels for legs.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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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.315714
label: accession number
content: 58488
label: catalog number
content: 315714
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: felt (?) (hammers: material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron , wood (frame: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 48 1/2 in x 49 in x 28 in; 123.19 cm x 124.46 cm x 71.12 cm