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Square piano

(American, 1791 or 1792–1835)
1824–26
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany
DimensionsLength 179.2 cm, width 67.2 cm, case height 24.3 cm, height with legs 80.5 cm (Length 70 9/16 in., width 26 7/16 in., case height 9 9/16 in., height with legs 31 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Joseph L. Braun, James E. Tucker, and Marion V. Donnelly
Accession number1989.127
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Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBy the 1830s, apparently owned by the Perkins School for the Blind, then located in South Boston, Massachusetts. By 1989, Mrs. Marion V. Donnelly, Rockville, Maryland; 1989, gift of Donnelly to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 1989)
Restricted: For reference only
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