Albrecht Upright Piano
date: label: date made
content: ca 1835
name: label: maker
content: Albrecht, Christian Friedrich Ludwig
notes: label: Description
content: This upright piano was made by Christian Frederick Ludwig Albrecht in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1835. It is a “cabinet piano,” about 6 feet tall, in a rectangular case that reaches to the floor. Christian F.L. Albrecht was trained as a cabinetmaker and apparently improved his income from the piano trade by cabinetry. This piano has a compass of FF-f3, an English sticker action, leather (?) hammers, double- and triple-strings, 3 pedals: keyboard shift, moderator, and dampers, wood frame, and a wood case, gilded with columns and a silk top panel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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.299845
label: catalog number
content: 299845
label: accession number
content: 61285
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silked top panel (case: material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame: material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather? (hammers: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 76 3/4 in x 46 in x 24 1/2 in; 194.945 cm x 116.84 cm x 62.23 cm