Steinway & Sons Grand Piano: Museum Object and Cultural History
Steinway & Sons Grand Piano: date made: 1939. maker: Steinway and Sons. Object Name: piano.
The object in the museum catalogue
This piano was made by Steinway & Sons in New York in 1939. It was designed by Walter Dorwin Teague for the United States Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. The piano, Model D concert grand, is serial number 295811. It has a compass of AAA-c5, Steinway accelerated action (replaced), felt hammers, one, two, or three strings per note, 3 pedals: una corda, sustention, and dampers, a one-piece iron frame, cross-strung, and a maple veneer case with gilded ornamentation.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1939
- maker: Steinway and Sons
- Object Name: piano
- Physical Description: felt (overall material)
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: iron (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 40 in x 66 in x 108 in; 101.6 cm x 167.64 cm x 274.32 cm
- Place Made: United States: New York, New York City
- ID Number: 1989.0216.01
- accession number: 1989.0216
- catalog number: 1989.0216.01
- Credit Line: Transferred from General Services Administration
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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