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Square piano

(American, founded about 1804)
about 1808–09
Object PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany
DimensionsLength 165.9 cm, width 61.6 cm, case height 23.1 cm, height with stand 86.5 cm (Length 65 5/16 in., width 24 1/4 in., case height 9 1/8 in., height with stand 34 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Pitman
Accession number25.152
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance1925, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Pitman, Vermont, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 2, 1925)
Restricted: For reference only
John, Adam and William Geib
about 1818–21
Restricted: For reference only
John Grey & Sons Ltd.
19th century
John Broadwood & Son
1804
Harpsichord (after 18th-century type)
Chickering & Sons, under the direction of Arnold Dolmetsch
1906–07
John Avery
1792
Spinet
John Harris
1771
Banjo (banjeaurine)
John C. Haynes and Company
about 1897–98
Square piano
John Osborne
1824–26
Restricted: For reference only
about 1860
Guitar
Icilio Consalvi
1895–1905