Kuhn & Ridgeway Upright Harp Piano
date: label: Date made
content: 1857
label: dealer
content: 1857
name: label: dealer
content: Kuhn & Ridgeway
label: maker
content: Kuhn & Ridgeway
notes: label: Description
content: This piano was sold by Kuhn & Ridgeway in Baltimore, Maryland and was made in the 1850s. The piano is a “harp-piano,” whose case comes only slightly above the keyboard level revealing the strings and frame. This piano has a compass of CC-c5, standard upright action, felt (?) hammers, single- and double-strings, 2 pedals: keyboard shift and dampers, an iron string-plate top frame, straight-strung, and a gilded and decorated rosewood veneer case
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
label: dealer
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.299854
label: catalog number
content: 299854
label: accession number
content: 61285
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: felt? (hammers: material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron string-plate (frame: material)
label: Physical Description
content: rosewood veneer (case: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 90 1/2 in x 60 in x 24 1/2 in; 229.87 cm x 152.4 cm x 62.23 cm