Stewart Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1814-1815
name: label: maker
content: Stewart, James
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by James Stewart in Baltimore, Maryland in 1812. Stewart was born in Scotland and learned organ building in London. He came to Baltimore in 1812 and was in a partnership with his brother Adam until 1813. The serial number indicates that this piano precedes number 275 (MI*315704), which is dated June 4, 1812. It is possible that James made this piano himself before the partnership was formed. This piano is serial number 251 and has a compass of FF-c4, an English double action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, some wound, tuning pins on the right, 1 pedal: dampers (?), 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: Gift of Hugo Worch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.315705
label: catalog number
content: 315705
label: accession number
content: 58488
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano