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"Cocked Hat" piano

(American, active 1852–1982)
1858
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueRosewood
DimensionsLength 206 cm, width 141.7 cm, case height 34.2 cm (Length 81 1/8 in., width 55 13/16 in., case height 13 7/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Terrence and Cynthia DuPont Tobias
Accession number1979.122
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBefore 1979, Mrs. Richard Brandt, Boston, Massachusetts; by 1979, sold by Brandt to Philip Steinhaus, Provincetown, Massachusetts; 1979, sold by Steinhaus to the MFA (Accession Date: March 14, 1979); June 26, 2014, deaccessioned by the MFA.
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