Hoffman Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1765 - 1775
name: label: maker
content: Hoffman, Johann Friedrich
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This piano was made by Johann Friedrich Hoffman in Cleve, Germany in the 1790s. This very unusual predecessor to the fortepiano was called a “pantalon” because of its two sets of hammers. The bare hammers would have been used to play loud passages and the leather-covered hammers for soft passages. This piano has a compass of FF-g3, simple jack action without escapement, 2 sets of hammers, one leather-covered and the other bare wood, double-strings throughout with tuning pins on right, 1 hand stop: changes hammer set, 2 pedals: bass dampers and treble dampers, wood frame, and an oak case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Germany: North Rhine-Westphalia, Cleve
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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: Hugo Worch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.299865
label: accession number
content: 61285
label: catalog number
content: 299865
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 67 in; 170.18 cm