Detail View: The AMICA Library: Grand Piano
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1984.34
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Hoffmann, Ferdinand
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Creator Role:
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Maker
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1756-1829
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Made by Ferdinand Hofmann
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Title:
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Grand Piano
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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ca. 1790
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Creation Start Date:
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1780
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Creation End Date:
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1800
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Materials and Techniques:
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Wood, various other materials
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Classification Term:
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Chordophone without neck/struck
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Classification Term:
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Piano
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Dimensions:
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L. 82 7/8 in. (210.5 cm); W. 37 1/2 in. (95.3 cm); 3-octave span 18 7/8 in. (48 cm); FF 64 1/4 in. (163.3 cm); c2 29.0; f3 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1984.34
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Geraldine C. Herzfeld in memory of her husband, Monroe Eliot Hemmerdinger, 1984
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Rights:
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Context:
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This beautifully preserved cherry-wood piano, which retains the maker's fragile wax seal on a label inside, was built by Ferdinand Hofmann, a leading member of Vienna's civic keyboard-maker's association. He became its president in 1806 and won a court appointment. The striking, almost architectural decor of this instrument typifies the maker's early work. Knee levers lift the dampers and a knob over the nameplate operates a mute, or moderator. The five-octave range was customary in Mozart's day. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.mi1984.34.R.tif
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