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Square piano

Melchior Guante (German)

about 1805

Object PlaceMünster, Germany

Medium/TechniqueOak

DimensionsLength 162.8 cm, width 55.1 cm, case height 15.8 cm, height with legs 73.6 cm (Length 64 1/8 in., width 21 11/16 in., case height 6 1/4 in., height with legs 29 in.)

Credit LineEdwin M. Ripin Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated by Frank and Ruth Yost

Accession number1977.62

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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ProvenanceBefore 1950, Emily B. Frazer, Columbus, Ohio. Family lore states that the piano was brought to the United States from Germany by Frazer's great-grandmother, to whom it had been a wedding present; about 1950-1955, sold by Emily B. Frazer to John Challis, New York; 1967, sold by John Challis to Edwin M. Ripin (1930-1975), Forest Hills, New York; 1977, sold by the estate of Edwin M. Ripin to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 9, 1977)