Kisting & Son Grand Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1828 - 1832
name: label: maker
content: Heinrich Christian Kisting & Son
notes: label: Description
content: This grand piano was made by Heinrich Christian Kisting & Son in Berlin, Germany around 1828-1832. The nameboard of this piano shows that it was made explicitly for export to Washington, D.C. and reads “H. KISTING and SON / Piano-fort maker of the Royal Court / at / Berlin / to be sold by Mr. / F. A. Wagler / at / WASHINGTON.” The piano has a compass of CC-a4, Viennese action with back checks on a rail, leather hammers, brass and iron strings with 2 or 3 strings for each note, 2 pedals (missing): keyboard shift (?) and dampers (?), a frame made from 3 iron tension bars (probably not original) screwed to a wood string plate and pin block, straight-strung, and a cherry veneer case with mahogany legs.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Germany: Berlin, Berlin
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.094888
label: catalog number
content: 94888
label: accession number
content: 24259
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (hammers material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass and iron (strings material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: cherry veneer, mahogany legs (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 1/4 in x 50 in x 87 in; 86.995 cm x 127 cm x 220.98 cm