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Square piano with Aeolian attachment

1854
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueRosewood
DimensionsLength 185.2 cm, width 72.9 cm, case height 33.3 cm, height with legs 95.8 cm (Length 72 15/16 in., width 28 11/16 in., case height 13 1/8 in., height with legs 37 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Ernest Wakefield Shaw
Accession number1980.269
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBefore early 1960s, sold by source unidentified to John Savery, South Carver, Massachusetts, or to William Savery, South Carver, Massachusetts; by descent to his daughter, Ethel Savery, South Carver, Massachusetts; by the early 1960s, gift of Ethel Savery to Mrs. Ernest Wakefield Shaw, South Carver, Massachusetts; 1980, gift of Shaw to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 18, 1980)
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