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Square piano with Aeolian attachment

Timothy Gilbert & Co. (1834–1865)

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

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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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)