German Grand Piano
date: label: Date made
content: 1725 - 1735
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This grand piano was made in Germany about 1735. Its maker is unknown and some scholars think the piano is considerable later than 1735, as this piano has some similarities in construction detail to some German pianos around 1775. This piano has a compass of C-f3, jack action with hammer-heads toward the front, dampers are missing, leather on wood core hammers, brass and iron strings (not original), originally double-strings, but now double- and triple-strings, wood frame, straight-strung, and a cherry case with legs that are not original to the piano.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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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.315750
label: accession number
content: 65928
label: catalog number
content: 315750
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame: material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (strings: material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (strings: material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (hammers material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 72 in x 33 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 182.88 cm x 85.09 cm