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Square piano
Square piano

Square piano

Stewart & Chickering (American, 1823–1827)
about 1825
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany and rosewood veneered case
DimensionsOverall: 178.4 x 70.7 cm (70 1/4 x 27 13/16 in.)
Case: 29.7 cm (11 11/16 in.)
Other (Height with stand): 88.7 cm (34 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Pretzat and Wahl families
Accession number2014.1025
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceEarly 1900s, given to keyboard maker Julius Wahl by the Chickering Company; After 1911, Wahl gave the instrument to his sister Emmie Wahl Schaeffer; Schaeffer gave the instrument to her nephew Walter Pretzat and his wife Anne Pretzat, Old Saybrook, CT; 2014, gift of Anne Pretzat to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2014).
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