Whaites & Charters Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1798-1805
name: label: maker
content: Whaites & Charters
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by Whaites & Charters in New York, New York around 1798-1804. Archibald Whaites and George Charters were partners in New York at 19 Barclay Street from 1796-1804. After the partnership dissolved, Whaites continued making pianos in New York while Charters went to Cincinnati and was known there from 1819 to 1825. This piano has a compass of FF-f3, single action, leather hammers, double-strings, first 10 notes wound, with tuning pins at the right, 1 hand stop: lute, 1 pedal (missing): dampers, wood frame, and a mahogany case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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.315692
label: catalog number
content: 315692
label: accession number
content: 58488
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano