Square Piano by Burkat, F

This square piano was made by F.R. Burkart in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1824-1828. The only other Burkart piano known is in the collection of musical instruments at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. This piano has a compass of F-f4, an English double action, leather hammers, double-strings, tuning pins at the right, 1 pedal (missing): dampers, wood frame, and a rosewood or crotch mahogany veneer case

Credit: Smithsonian