Grand piano
Maker
Steinway & Sons
Date1867
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
ModelPlain Grand Style 2
Serial No.15395
SignedSTEINWAY & SONS / NOV. DEC. / PAT. 29 20 1859 / June 5, 1866 / NEW YORKMarkingsOn left side of soundboard, handwritten in ink: Repaired / [treble clef] restrung / Sept.
6, / 1927 / Howard I. Stall
DescriptionCompass: AAA-c5
Two pedals: una corda, dampers.
Agraffes throughout the entire compass.
Grand overstringing patented in 1859.
17-note bass section.
Curved bass bridge.
Dimensions8 ½’ x 4’9” (at front)
ProvenanceOn February 2, 1869 the piano was shipped to Kunkel Bros., St. Louis, Missouri. From the 1880’s to 1899 it was at the Park Hotel, Pierre, South Dakota.
On August 30, 1899 the hotel building and piano was purchased by the Benedictine Sisters of Yankton, South Dakota. The piano remained in Pierre until ca. 1915 when, until 1936, it was at the Sisters of Sacred Heart Convent, Yankton. From 1936-1982 the piano was in Bede hall, Mount Marty Junior College, Yankton.
Published ReferencesDarcy Kuronen, "Keyboard Instruments at The Shrine to Music Museum," Early Keyboard Studies Newsletter, Vol. VI, No. 1 (October 1991), p. 11.
In October 2017, Dr. Susanne Skyrm, University of South Dakota Professor Emerita, and Rodger Kelly, Deputy Director of Operations at the National Music Museum, participated in the first global Granados Marathon. Hosted by the International Festival of Spanish Keyboard Music, participants from nine locations in six countries streamed the complete keyboard works of Enrique Granados. The piano was made in 1867, the year Granados was born.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gddya6QACnU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-uuzbGIx18
Credit LineGift of the Benedictine Sisters of Sacred Heart Convent, 1982
Object number03173
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