Stewart & Chickering Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1823 - 1824
name: label: maker
content: Stewart & Chickering
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by Stewart & Chickering in Boston, Massachusetts around 1823-1824. Seven square pianos made during the three years of the partnership between James Stewart and Jonas Chickering are known to exist. This piano has a compass of FF-c4, an English double action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, 1 pedal (missing): dampers, an iron string plate frame, and a mahogany case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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.315718
label: catalog number
content: 315718
label: accession number
content: 58488
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 86.9 cm x 176 cm x 72.4 cm; 34 3/16 in x 69 5/16 in x 28 1/2 in