Skip to main content

Electric piano (Storytone model)

(American)
about 1940
Object PlaceChicago, Illinois, United States
Medium/TechniqueWalnut case
DimensionsOverall: 99.1 x 148.6 x 67.3 cm (39 x 58 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by the Halfway Rock Foundation
Accession number2013.797.1
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceAbout 1940, sold to a private collector, San Francisco, CA; 1984, sold by descendents of this collector to Off the Wall Antiques, Los Angeles, CA; about 2003, sold by Off the Wall Antiques to a private collector, Hollywood, CA; 2012, sold by this private collector to Off the Wall Antiques; 2013, sold by Off the Wall Antiques to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 26, 2013)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
Spinet
John Hitchcock
1763–74
Virginal (Muselar)
Andreas Ruckers, the Elder
1610
Harpsichord
Joseph Joannes Couchet
1680
Group shot: 2018.16.1-2
Emilius Nicolai Scherr
about 1830–40
Square piano
Stewart & Chickering
about 1825
Grand piano
Johann Peter Fritz
about 1815
Hardanger violin and bow
Jorgen Knudsen
1838
Double bass
about 1870
Bow for bumbass
19th century