Fiot Upright piano
date: label: date made
content: 1838 - 1842
name: label: maker
content: Fiot, J.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by J. Fiot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1840. Nothing is known of the maker, who may have been related to Augustus Fiot, co-founder of a music publishing firm in Philadelphia in 1835. This is a “cottage piano,” about 44 inches high and the only known instrument by this maker. This piano has a compass of F-f4, tape-check (?) action, felt (?) hammers, single- and double-strings, 2 pedals: dampers and keyboard shift, wood frame, straight-strung, and a veneered case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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.299862
label: catalog number
content: 299862
label: accession number
content: 61285
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: veneered (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt? (hammers material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 45 in x 45 in x 21 1/2 in; 114.3 cm x 114.3 cm x 54.61 cm