Square Piano by Tallman, J

This square piano was made by John Tallman in New York, New York around 1835-1838. Like the Tallman square piano in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, this piano was decorated by the famous New York engraver Samuel Maverick. This piano has a compass of FF-f4, an English double action, double-strings of which the first 8 are wound with tuning pins at the rear, 1 pedal: dampers, an iron hitch-pin plate frame, and a mahogany case.

Credit: Smithsonian