Babcock Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1825 - 1829
name: label: maker
content: Babcock, Alpheus
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This square piano was made by Alpheus Babcock for R. Mackay in Boston, Massachusetts around 1825-1829. Babcock learned his trade from Benjamin Crehore, Boston’s first piano maker. This piano is serial number 295 and has a compass of FF-f4, an English double action, divided at c#3, basswood core leather hammers, double-strings throughout, 2 pedals: dampers and harmonic swell, wood frame, and a mahogany and rosewood 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: Hugo Worch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.315720
label: accession number
content: 58488
label: catalog number
content: 315720
label: serial number
content: 295
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 65.7 cm x 168 cm x 86 cm; 25 7/8 in x 66 5/32 in x 33 27/32 in