Square piano
Date1871 ca.
Place MadeNew Haven, Connecticut, United States, North America
Serial No.5186
DescriptionCompass: AAA-c5Two pedals: moderator, dampers
American single action.
Five separate bridges;
AAA-E
F-f♯
g-a♭1
a1-b2
c3-c5
DimensionsLength: 2045 mm
Width: 990 mm
Height of case: 370 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesKoster, John. “The Technological Development of the Piano in American Squares,” in Geschichte und Bauweise des Tafelklaviers (23. Musikinstrumentenbau-Symposium, October 2002; Michaelsteiner Konferenzberichte 68), ed. by Boje E. Hans Schmuhl and Monika Lustig (Augsburg: Wiáner-Verlag, and Michaelstein: Stiftung Kloster Michaelstein – Musikinstitut für Aufführungspraxis, 2006), pp. 301-302.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number03583
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