Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This square piano was made by Alpheus Babcock, for R. Mackay, in Boston, Massachusetts around 1825-1829. During the 1820s, Babcock was financed largely by the Mackay family, and names such as G. (George) D. Mackay and R. (Ruth) Mackay are common on Babcock’s name boards at that time. This piano is serial number 317 and has a compass of FF-c4, an English double action with escapement, basswood core leather hammers, double-strings throughout, 1 pedal: dampers (missing), wood frame, and a mahogany and rosewood veneered case.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Babcock, Alpheus
- date made
- 1825 - 1829
- Credit Line
- Gift of Hugo Worch
- Object Name
- piano
