Steinway & Sons Grand Piano: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This grand piano was made by Steinway & Sons in New York, New York in 1892. It was played by composer and pianist, Ignacy Jan Paderewski during his first U.S. tour in seventy-five concerts from1892-1893. This piano is serial number 717227 and has a compass of AAA-c5, repetition action, layers of felt hammers, single-, double-, and triple-strings, 3 pedals: una corda, sustention, and dampers, one-piece cast-iron frame, cross-strung, and an ebonized wood case.

Materials, dates and provenance

• date made: 1892
• user: Paderewski, Ignacy Jan
• maker: Steinway & Sons
• Object Name: piano
• Physical Description: iron (overall material)
• Physical Description: felt (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 290 cm x 152 cm x 1010 cm; 114 3/16 in x 59 27/32 in x 397 5/8 in
• Measurements: overall: 37 3/4 in x 54 in x 90 in; 95.885 cm x 137.16 cm x 228.6 cm
• place made: United States: New York, New York
• ID Number: MI.74.07
• serial number: 71227
• accession number: 310654
• catalog number: 74.07
• Credit Line: Gift of Steinway & Sons
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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