Erard Frères Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1799
name: label: maker
content: Erard Freres & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by Erard Frères in Paris, France in 1799. Sébastien Erard came from Strasbourg to Paris in 1781 and received a license to build musical instruments four years later. He entered a partnership with his brother Jean-Baptiste in 1788. This piano is serial number 4071 and has a compass of FF-c4, an Erard “à double pilotes” action, leather hammers, triple-strings throughout, with tuning pins on right, 3 knee levers: moderator, dampers, and nag’s head swell, wood frame, and a cherry 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: 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.315677
label: catalog number
content: 315677
label: accession number
content: 58488
label: serial number
content: 4071
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano