Dulcken Grand Piano

Dulcken Grand Piano

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Description (Brief)
This grand piano was made by Jean-Louis Dulcken in Munich, Germany around 1790. There is an inscription in ink on the soundboard, discovered during a restoration in 1985, that reads “Dulchen in München.” The piano also has a spurious Stein label on the soundboard. The piano has a compass of FF-g3, Viennese action, with back checks on rail, deerskin on wood core hammers, brass and iron strings, 2 strings for each note, 2 knee levers: both damper lifters, wood frame, straight-strung, and a cherry veneer case.
Object Name
piano
date made
1785-1790
maker
Dulcken, Jean-Louis
Place Made
Germany: Bavaria, Munich
Physical Description
deerskin on wood (hammers: material)
brass and iron (strings: material)
wood (frame: material)
cherry veneer (case: material)
ID Number
MI.303537
accession number
62559
catalog number
303537
Credit Line
Gift of Hugo Worch
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National Museum of American History
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