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Upright Piano by Wornum, R

Maker:

Wornum, R

Year:

1814

Museum:

National Museum of American History

Date Range

1800-1850

Current Location: 

[object Object]

Material:

Painter:

Type:

Upright Piano

This upright piano was made by Robert Wornum in London, England about 1814. It is a tall cabinet upright, almost 6 feet tall. The nameboard inscription reads “New Harmonic & Cabinet Piano Forts / Robert Wornum late Wilkinson & Wornum / N°. 42 Wigmore Street Cavendish Square & N°. 3 Welbeck Street London” This piano is serial number 122 and a compass of FF-f4, long English sticker action, escapement at bottom, leather hammers, triple-strings, 2 pedals: keyboard shift and dampers, wood frame, straight-strung, and a wood case with a front silk panel

Credit: Smithsonian

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