Steinway & Sons Grand Piano
Object Details
- Steinway & Sons
- Description (Brief)
- This grand piano was made by Steinway & Sons in New York in 1936. Called the “Medium” grand, this piano is 5'7" in length and offers the best of both worlds, a professional quality piano appropriate for a home both in size and acoustics. This piano is a model M with serial number 288983. The piano has a compass of AAA-c5, Steinway accelerated action, felt hammers, steel strings, single-, double-, and triple-strung, 3 pedals: una corda, sustention, and dampers, a one-piece-iron frame, cross-strung, and a dark mahogany veneer case.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of C. Malcolm Watkins, in memory of Lura Woodside Watkins
- 1936
- ID Number
- 1985.0935.01
- catalog number
- 1985.0935.01
- accession number
- 1985.0935
- Object Name
- piano
- Physical Description
- felt (overall material)
- steel (overall material)
- iron (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Place Made
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Pianos
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_606129
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4290-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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