Debain Upright Player Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1851
name: label: maker
content: Debain, Alexandre
notes: label: Description
content: This upright player piano was made by Alexandre Debain in Paris, France, around 1851. It was a very early form of a player piano, which used small wooden planks, called planchettes to operate the automatic mechanism. The piano has a compass of CC-c5, Wornum tape-check action with dampers behind strings, felt hammers, 1, 2, and 3 strings per note, 2 pedals: keyboard shift and dampers, wood frame, and a rosewood case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Mechanical Musical Instruments
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content: Pianos
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Ann A. Jeffcott
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.236911
label: catalog number
content: 236911
label: accession number
content: 44953
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (hammers material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 53 1/4 in x 53 1/2 in x 23 1/2 in; 135.255 cm x 135.89 cm x 59.69 cm