Seuffert Upright Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1811 - 1813
name: label: maker
content: Seuffert, Martin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This upright piano was made by Martin Seuffert in Vienna, Austria around 1812, It is a grand piano standing on its head, with the right side of the case following the usual shape of a grand. The scroll at the top reminded people of a giraffe, and the word became a technical term for this type of piano. This is a style that was favored in Germany and Austria. All of Seuffert’s known extant pianos are giraffes. This piano has a compass of FF-f4, hanging Viennese action, leather hammers, double-strings FF-d#, triple-strings e-f4, 2 pedals: dampers and keyboard shift, wood frame, and wood case with a silk front panel and a decorated lower panel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Austria: Vienna state, Vienna
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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.315657
label: catalog number
content: 315657
label: accession number
content: 58488
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (hammers material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: silked (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 90 in x 47 in x 25 in; 228.6 cm x 119.38 cm x 63.5 cm