Gilbert Upright Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1846 - 1850
name: label: maker
content: Gilbert, Lemuel
notes: label: Description
content: This upright piano was made by Lemuel Gilbert in Boston, Massachusetts in the late 1840s. Lemuel and his brother, Timothy, received patents for improvements to upright and square actions. This piano has a compass of CC-c5, a birdcage action, leather hammers, single- and double-strings, 2 pedals: keyboard shift and dampers, a wood frame, straight-strung, and a veneered case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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.299839
label: catalog number
content: 299839
label: accession number
content: 61285
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: veneered (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (ornamentation material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 119.7 cm x 129.6 cm x 30.6 cm; 47 1/8 in x 51 in x 12 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 48 in x 52 in x 27 in; 121.92 cm x 132.08 cm x 68.58 cm