Cabinet piano
Maker
Robert & William Nunns
Date1823-1833 ca.
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No.11398 (case), 964 (wrest plank and facade)
SignedSurrounded on both sides with leaf and flower design: Manufactured by / ROBERT & WILLIAM NUNNS / NEW YORKMarkings11398 on back of case; 964 on wrest plank and facade
Description6 octaves, FF-f4 (72 notes)
Two pedals: damper and una corde.
Soundboard is picea (spruce). Back is tilia (basswood).
Front of case covered in yellow silk material, pleated, and centered with decorative floral/foliage medallion.
DimensionsHeight: 73.5”
Width: 44.75”
ProvenancePurchased from Fred Oster, Vintage Instruments, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 9, 1986. Oster purchased the piano in New York.
Published ReferencesDarcy Kuronen, “Keyboard Instruments at The Shrine to Music Museum,” Early Keyboard Studies Newsletter, Vol. VI, No. 1 (October 1991), p. 11.
Credit LineRawlins Fund, 1986
Object number04010
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