Vogel Grand Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1812
name: label: maker
content: Vogel, S. A.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This grand piano was made by Sebestyén Antal Vogel around 1812. Vogel was a Hungarian furniture maker whose factory in Pest brought him much renown. This piano was possibly a gift to Beethoven, as it is inscribed “Louis Van Beethoven / S.A. Vogel Möbelfabrich / in Pest. No 152A.” The piano has a compass of FF-f3, Viennese action, brass and steel strings, double- and triple-strung, 5 pedals: Janissary, bassoon (stop missing), moderator (stop missing), dampers, and keyboard shift. The piano has a wood frame, straight-strung, with a walnut or fruitwood veneer case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Hungary: Budapest, Budapest
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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 Christl and Otto J. Patzau
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0740.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0740
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0740.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 46 1/2 in x 88 in; 34.29 cm x 118.11 cm x 223.52 cm