Object Details
- Stein, Andre
- Description
- This upright piano was made by André Stein in Vienna, Austria around 1810. This is a “giraffe” piano, the upright grand favored in Germany and Austria. It is a grand piano standing on its head, with the right side of the case following the usual shape of a grand. The scroll at the top reminded people of a giraffe, and the word became a technical term for this type of piano. This piano has a compass of FF-f4, hanging Viennese action, leather hammers, brass strings double-strung FF-D, iron strings triple-strung G#-f4, 6 pedals: bassoon, dampers, moderator (3rd and 4th pedals), Janissary, keyboard shift, wood frame, and a mahogany veneer case with silk front panels.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Currently not on view (bag of parts)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Hugo Worch
- 1809 - 1811
- ID Number
- MI.299844
- catalog number
- 299844
- accession number
- 61285
- catalog number
- 299844.01
- Object Name
- piano
- giraffe upright piano
- Physical Description
- iron (strings material)
- leather (hammers material)
- wood (frame material)
- mahogany veneer, silked (case material)
- Measurements
- overall: piano: 214.7 cm x 114.5 cm x 59.6 cm; 84 17/32 in x 45 3/32 in x 23 15/32 in
- overall: largest part: 6 1/2 in x 42 in x 5 in; 16.51 cm x 106.68 cm x 12.7 cm
- overall: smallest part: 1/16 in x 1/2 in; .15875 cm x 1.27 cm
- Place Made
- Austria: Vienna state, Vienna
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Pianos
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_605946
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4375-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
