Broadwood & Son Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1825 - 1830
name: label: maker
content: John Broadwood & Son
notes: label: Description
content: This square piano was made by John Broadwood & Sons in London, England around 1825-1830. The inscription on the name board reads “John Broadwood & Sons. / Makers to His Majesty & The Princesses / Great Pulteney Street, Golden Square, / London.” During the companies peak years, the 1820’s - 1850’s, the Broadwood became the exemplary “English piano,” played by all the famous musicians of the time. The piano has a compass of FF-f4, English jack action with escapement, leather hammers, double-strings, 2 pedals: damper and an uncertain action, a wood frame, and a mahogany case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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: Mrs. J. Crosby Brown
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095813
label: catalog number
content: 95813
label: accession number
content: 29145
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano