Knabe Square Piano: Museum Object and Cultural History
Knabe Square Piano: date made: 1860-1865. maker: William Knabe & Co.. Object Name: piano.
The object in the museum catalogue
This square piano was made by the William Knabe & Company in Baltimore, Maryland around 1860. The factory, located at Eutaw and West Streets in Baltimore was five stories high and covered most of a city block. Knabe exhibited grand, upright and square pianos at the Philadelphia Exhibition in 1876. This piano has a compass of AAA-a4, felt hammers, first 11 strings are single and the rest double, tuning pins at rear, 2 pedals: una corda and dampers, iron frame, and a mahogany case.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1860-1865
- maker: William Knabe & Co.
- Object Name: piano
- place made: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
- ID Number: 1985.0799.01
- accession number: 1985.0799
- catalog number: 1985.0799.01
- Credit Line: Gift of Phillip T. Gesell
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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