Steinway & Sons Grand Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1857
name: label: maker
content: Steinway & Sons
notes: label: Description
content: This grand piano was made by Steinway & Sons in New York, New York, in 1857. It is one of the few known straight-strung Steinway grands, as after the cross-stringing patent of 1859, Steinway & Sons stopped making them. This piano is serial number 1199 and has a compass of AAA-a4, repetition action (probably not original), felt hammers, single-, double-, and triple-string, 2 pedals: una corda and dampers, an iron, single-piece frame, straight-strung, and a rosewood veneer case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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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 Steinway & Sons Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.74.06
label: catalog number
content: 74.06
label: accession number
content: 310654
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: felt (hammers: material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (frame: material)
label: Physical Description
content: rosewood veneer (case: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 100.3 cm x 136.4 cm x 242 cm; 39 1/2 in x 53 11/16 in x 95 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 3/4 in x 55 in x 96 in; 100.965 cm x 139.7 cm x 243.84 cm