Meyer Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1789-1806
name: label: maker
content: Meincke and Pieter Meyer
notes: label: Description
content: This square piano was made by Meincke and Peter Meyer in Amsterdam, Holland, around 1789-1800. Meincke and Peter were makers in Amsterdam and, later, in Hamburg. The Amsterdam establishment began in 1779. After Meincke’s death, date unknown, his sons, Meincke Andries and Jan Lodewijk took over the firm with Peter. This piano has a compass of FF-f3, single (Zumpe) action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, first 5 notes are wound, 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: Netherlands: North Holland, Amsterdam
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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: Hugo Worch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.332305
label: catalog number
content: 332305
label: accession number
content: 94098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano