Babcock Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1831 - 1833
name: label: maker
content: Babcock, Alpheus
notes: label: Description
content: This square piano was made by Alpheus Babcock for John G. Klemm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1829-1832. Babcock worked for Klemm in Philadelphia from 1829-1832. It has been suggested that, because the serial number of this piano suggests a date before Babcock left Boston, he might have made this piano for Klemm before 1829. The piano is serial number 283, and has a compass of FF-c4, an English double action, leather-covered hammers, plain iron strings, FF-A# are iron wound and double-strung, with pins at rear, 2 pedals: damper and harmonic swell, a wood frame with a mahogany and rosewood veneered case.
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: Hugo Worch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.291106
label: catalog number
content: 291106
label: accession number
content: 59954
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (plate material)