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Square Piano by Geib, A & W

Maker:

Geib, A & W

Number of manuals:

one

Year:

1822-1827

Museum:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date Range

1800-1850

Current Location: 

North America

Material:

Mahogany

Painter:

Pedals:

Catalogue Number:

CEP-1396

Origin:

America

Type:

Square Piano

Technical description: Mahogany veneer over softwood, mahogany legs turned with helical reeding and carving with brass mountings and casters, pedal lyre suspended from leg (missing), case decorated with rosewood crossbanding, with rounded corners and striping of light and dark woods and brass and brass molding, nameboard veneered with rosewood with brass inlay and fretwork panels, three drawers with turned knobs beneath case, central drawer concave, ivory naturals with molded fronts, ebony accidentals, compass FF-c4 (68 keys), English double action (single escapement), crank type dampers with wires passing between and above strings and carrying cloth dampers, 1 damper pedal (missing), double-strung throughout originally, but 7 lowest notes now single-strung, at present only 2 lowest notes wound, pierced and unpierced oblong tuning pins.  Credit (L. Libin 3 August 76.)

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