Vogel Grand Piano: Museum Object and Cultural History
Vogel Grand Piano: date made: 1812. maker: Vogel, S. A.. Object Name: piano.
The object in the museum catalogue
This grand piano was made by Sebestyén Antal Vogel around 1812. Vogel was a Hungarian furniture maker whose factory in Pest brought him much renown. This piano was possibly a gift to Beethoven, as it is inscribed “Louis Van Beethoven / S.A. Vogel Möbelfabrich / in Pest. No 152A.” The piano has a compass of FF-f3, Viennese action, brass and steel strings, double- and triple-strung, 5 pedals: Janissary, bassoon (stop missing), moderator (stop missing), dampers, and keyboard shift. The piano has a wood frame, straight-strung, with a walnut or fruitwood veneer case.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1812
- maker: Vogel, S. A.
- Object Name: piano
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: steel (overall material)
- Physical Description: brass (overall material)
- Physical Description: leather (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 13 1/2 in x 46 1/2 in x 88 in; 34.29 cm x 118.11 cm x 223.52 cm
- Place Made: Hungary: Budapest, Budapest
- ID Number: 1982.0740.01
- accession number: 1982.0740
- catalog number: 1982.0740.01
- Credit Line: Gift of Christl and Otto J. Patzau
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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