Harper & Fagan Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1796-1798
name: label: maker
content: Harper & Fagan
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by Harper & Fagan in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1796-1798. Harper may have been John Harper, and Fagan may have been John Fagan who was described as a “laborer and porter” in Philadelphia, 1791-1797. No other instruments by the partners seem to have survived. This piano has a compass of FF-f3 (FF# missing), single action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, tuning pins on the right, 2 hand stops: lute and dampers, wood frame, and a wood case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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.315684
label: catalog number
content: 315684
label: accession number
content: 58488
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano