Hisky Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1820 - 1830
name: label: maker
content: Hisky, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: This square piano was made by Joseph Hisky in Baltimore, Maryland around 1820-1830. Hisky immigrated to America from Vienna in the early part of the 19th century . While most of Hisky’s output were square pianos, he also sold grands, uprights, “harmonic pianos and keyed harps” from America and abroad. This piano is serial number 1745 and has a compass of FF-f4, Viennese action, leather hammers, double-string with tuning pins on the right, 2 (or 3) pedals: dampers, Janissary (drum and bells), a wood frame, and a mahogany case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
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: George Woltz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.096619
label: catalog number
content: 96619
label: accession number
content: 31877
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mahogany (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (wires material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (wires material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 11 1/4 in x 67 5/8 in x 29 1/4 in; 28.575 cm x 171.7675 cm x 74.295 cm