Southwell Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1824 - 1826
name: label: maker
content: Southwell, William
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by William Southwell in England around 1825. He was born in Ireland and made harpsichords, pianos, and harps in Dublin during the first part of his career. Southwell later opened shops in London and Liverpool. He remained in London until 1836, when he apparently retired in Dublin. This piano has a compass of FF-c4, an English double action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, with tuning pins at rear, 1 pedal: dampers, wood frame, and a wood case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
label: Place Made
content: United Kingdom: England, Liverpool, Liverpool
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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.315669
label: catalog number
content: 315669
label: accession number
content: 58488
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano