Upright Piano: Museum Object and Cultural History
Upright Piano: date made: ca 1904. maker: Worch, Hugo. maker: Worch, Hugo.
The object in the museum catalogue
This piano was made by Made by Hugo Worch in Washington, DC, about 1904. It is an upright piano, serial #13884, with a mahogany vennered case, 2 columns on leg support, half columns on music desk. It has a compass of AAA-C4 7-1/3 octaves, 88 keys, and 3 pedals. The piano action made by Wessell, Nickel and Gross.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: ca 1904
- maker: Worch, Hugo
- maker: Worch, Hugo
- Object Name: piano
- Physical Description: mahogany (overall material)
- Physical Description: ivory (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 56 3/4 in x 63 1/4 in x 27 in; 144.145 cm x 160.655 cm x 68.58 cm
- place made: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- ID Number: 2002.0213.01
- accession number: 2002.0213
- catalog number: 2002.0213.01
- Credit Line: Gift of Charles B. Saunders, Jr.
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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