Gilbert Combination Square Piano-Harmonium
date: label: date made
content: 1848-1852
name: label: maker
content: Timothy Gilbert & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This combination square piano-harmonium was made by Timothy Gilbert in Boston, Massachusetts about 1855. The harmonium, or reed organ, is mounted beneath the piano cabinet and shares the same keyboard as the piano. This instrument is serial number 5327 (piano) and serial number AE1803 (harmonium), has a compass of FF-a4, an English double action, felt hammers, double-strings throughout, 1 hand stop: silencing hammers, 4 pedals: harmonium swell, piano dampers, piano moderator, and harmonium pump, full iron frame, and a rosewood (?) case.
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: Mrs. Louis R. de Steiguer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.394259
label: catalog number
content: 394259
label: accession number
content: 212305
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano/melodeon
label: Object Name
content: piano/harmonium