This piano was sold by Kuhn & Ridgeway in Baltimore, Maryland and was made in the 1850s. The piano is a “harp-piano,” whose case comes only slightly above the keyboard level revealing the strings and frame.
Kuhn & Ridgeway Upright Harp Piano
- Description
- This piano was sold by Kuhn & Ridgeway in Baltimore, Maryland and was made in the 1850s. The piano is a “harp-piano,” whose case comes only slightly above the keyboard level revealing the strings and frame. This piano has a compass of CC-c5, standard upright action, felt (?) hammers, single- and double-strings, 2 pedals: keyboard shift and dampers, an iron string-plate top frame, straight-strung, and a gilded and decorated rosewood veneer case
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- dealer
- Kuhn & Ridgeway
- maker
- Kuhn & Ridgeway
- Date made
- 1857
- dealer
- 1857
- Credit Line
- Gift of Hugo Worch
- Physical Description
- felt? (hammers: material)
- iron string-plate (frame: material)
- rosewood veneer (case: material)
- Measurements
- overall: 90 1/2 in x 60 in x 24 1/2 in; 229.87 cm x 152.4 cm x 62.23 cm
- Object Name
- piano
