Steinway & Sons Upright Piano: Museum Object and Cultural History
Steinway & Sons Upright Piano: date made: 1882. maker: Steinway & Sons. Object Name: piano.
The object in the museum catalogue
This upright piano was made by Steinway & Sons in New York, New York in 1882. It is serial number 47653 and has a compass of AAA-a4, standard upright action, felt hammers, 1, 2, and 3 strings per note, 2 pedals: “soft” and dampers, a one-piece iron frame, cross-strung, and an ebonized case with two glass panels in the upper front panel.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1882
- maker: Steinway & Sons
- Object Name: piano
- Physical Description: felt (hammers material)
- Physical Description: one-piece iron (frame material)
- Physical Description: ebonized (case material)
- Physical Description: glass (case material)
- Measurements: overall: 48 1/2 in x 58 1/4 in x 27 1/2 in; 123.19 cm x 147.955 cm x 69.85 cm
- Measurements: overall: 48 1/4 in x 58 in x 26 1/2 in; 122.555 cm x 147.32 cm x 67.31 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: MI.072627
- catalog number: 72627
- accession number: 11693
- serial number: 47653
- Credit Line: Gift of Steinway & Sons
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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