Object Details
- Chickering, Jonas
- Description (Brief)
- This grand piano was made by Chickering and Sons in Boston, Massachusetts in 1865. This piano is identical to the one that Chickering won a gold medal with at the Paris Exposition in 1867. The piano is serial number 27733 and has a compass of AAA-c5, Edwin Brown patented action, copper-wound and plain steel strings, 1, 2, or 3 strings per note, layers of felt hammers, 2 pedals: una corda and damper lifter, a one-piece cast-iron frame, straight-strung, and a rosewood veneer case.
- Location
- Currently not on view (pedal lyre)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Henry Hoagland
- 1865
- ID Number
- 1981.0625.01
- accession number
- 1981.0625
- serial number
- 27733
- Object Name
- piano
- Physical Description
- felt (hammers: material)
- copper-wound and plain steel (strings: material)
- cast-iron (frame: material)
- rosewood veneer (case: material)
- Measurements
- overall: 96 cm x 141.5 cm x 249.5 cm; 37 25/32 in x 55 23/32 in x 98 7/32 in
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Pianos
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_609321
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-e3a8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
