Haberacker Square Piano

Description:

This square piano was made by John Haberacker in Reading, Pennsylvania around 1818-1822. Little is known of this piano maker except that he was part of an active group of Reading builders giving competition to Philadelphia, which in the late 1820s was still the leading piano manufacturing city in the nation. This piano has a compass of FF-f3, a double action without escapement, leather hammers, double-strings throughout with tuning pins on the right, 1 pedal: dampers (attached to a center post), and a wood frame. The case veneer is crotch-figured mahogany..

Date Made: 1818 - 1822

Maker: Haberacker, John

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Reading

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Credit Line: Gift of Hugo Worch

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MI.299834Catalog Number: 299834Accession Number: 61285

Object Name: piano

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4894-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_605877

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