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Upright piano

Maker: Kranich and Bach
Maker: Keyboard by C. Charles Ruck
Date: 1903 ca.
Place Made:New York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No: 40556
SignedCast iron plate: KRANICH AND BACH
MarkingsOn cast-iron plate: Pat. Music Rack June 29, 1886 Pat. Agroffe May 4, 1875 / Pat. Action Sept. 17, 1889 Pat. Soundboard May 29, 1877 / Pat. Damper Clasp Feb. 5, 1889 Pat. Spiral Spring Oct. 12, 1880 / Pat. Fallboard Aug. 11, 1896 Pat. Action Rack Nov. 6, 1877 / Pat. Action Oct. 12, 1880
DescriptionUpright piano fitted in 1953 with an experimental six-six keyboard by C. Charles Ruck, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ca. 1953.
AAA-c5 (7+ octaves)
Three pedals: half blow, moderator (missing), dampers
Credit Line: Gift of Robert S. Ruck, 1989
Not on view
Published ReferencesThomas S. Reed, "Commentary on the Notation and Keyboard of C. Charles Ruck," Musical Six-Six Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 2, Issue 38 (1986), pp. 34-41.

Thomas S. Reed, "[Interview with] Robert Ruck," Musical Six-Six Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 2, Issue 38 (1986), pp. 42-47.

C. Charles Ruck, edited by Thomas S. Reed (1986), "The Musical Notation Systems and Keyboard of C. Charles Ruck," (November 27, 1953), Musical Six-Six Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 2, Issue 38 (1986), pp. 48-57.
Object number: 04873