Grand Piano

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MMA_.1984.34

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MMA_.1984.34

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Hoffmann, Ferdinand

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Hoffmann, Ferdinand

Creator Name

false

Creator Role:

Maker

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Maker

Creator Role

false

Creator Dates/Places:

1756-1829

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1756-1829

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Made by Ferdinand Hofmann

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Made by Ferdinand Hofmann

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Grand Piano

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Grand Piano

Title

false

Title Type:

Object name

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Object name

Title Type

false

View:

Full View

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Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

ca. 1790

oct

ca. 1790

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1780

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1780

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1800

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1800

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Wood, various other materials

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Wood, various other materials

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Chordophone without neck/struck

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Chordophone without neck/struck

Classification Term

false

Classification Term:

Piano

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Piano

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

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)

met

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)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

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New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1984.34

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1984.34

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Gift of Geraldine C. Herzfeld in memory of her husband, Monroe Eliot Hemmerdinger, 1984

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Gift of Geraldine C. Herzfeld in memory of her husband, Monroe Eliot Hemmerdinger, 1984

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/

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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>

Rights

false

Context:

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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<P>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.</P>

Context

false

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Grand Piano