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Grand Piano by Clementi

Maker:

Clementi

Number of manuals:

One

Year:

c1810

Museum:

National Museum of American History

Date Range

1800-1850

Current Location: 

North America

Material:

Walnut

Painter:

Pedals:

Two

Catalogue Number:

CEP-1008

Origin:

England

Type:

Grand Piano

This grand piano was made by Clementi & Co. in London, England around 1810-1820. Muzio Clementi was chiefly known as a concert pianist, composer and teacher, but he was the co-founder of a firm of piano builders which included his name in a variety of arrangements between 1798 and his death in 1832. This piano is serial number 1008, and has a compass of CC-c4, an English action, leather hammers, brass and iron strings, double- and triple-strung, 2 pedals: una corda and damper, wood frame with two iron bars in treble (probably not original), straight-strung, and a walnut veneer case (legs probably not original)

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