Object Details
- Wornum, Jr., Robert
- Description (Brief)
- This upright piano was made by Robert Wornum in London, England about 1814. It is a tall cabinet upright, almost 6 feet tall. The nameboard inscription reads “New Harmonic & Cabinet Piano Forts / Robert Wornum late Wilkinson & Wornum / N°. 42 Wigmore Street Cavendish Square & N°. 3 Welbeck Street London” This piano is serial number 122 and a compass of FF-f4, long English sticker action, escapement at bottom, leather hammers, triple-strings, 2 pedals: keyboard shift and dampers, wood frame, straight-strung, and a wood case with a front silk panel.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Hugo Worch
- 1813-1815
- ID Number
- MI.317023
- accession number
- 67012
- catalog number
- 317023
- serial number
- 122
- Object Name
- piano
- Physical Description
- iron (strings material)
- leather (hammers material)
- wood (frame: material)
- silk (case;l material)
- Measurements
- overall: 58 1/4 in x 42 1/4 in x 21 1/2 in; 147.955 cm x 107.315 cm x 54.61 cm
- Place Made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Pianos
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_609328
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-717a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
