Chickering & Sons Grand Piano

Description (Brief):

This piano was made by Chickering & Sons in Boston, Massachusetts in 1857. Chickering called this type of piano a “parlor grand,“ but today it has come to be known as a “cocked-hat grand” because its shape from above is like that of a cocked hat. The piano is serial number 17390 and has a compass of CCC-c5, Edwin Brown, leather and felt hammers, wound and plain steel strings with 1 or 2 strings per note, 2 pedals: una corda and damper lifter, an iron frame, straight-strung, and a rosewood veneer case.

Date Made: 1857

Maker: Chickering & Sons

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston

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Credit Line: Gift of Florence and Franklin Wallin

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1983.0377.01Accession Number: 1983.0377Catalog Number: 1983.0377.01

Object Name: piano

Physical Description: leather and felt (hammers: material)steel (strings: material)iron (frame: material)rosewood veneer (case: material)Measurements: overall: 97 cm x 140 cm x 200.3 cm; 38 3/16 in x 55 1/8 in x 78 7/8 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-4c94-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_606261

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