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Square Piano, 1791–1798, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Mahogany veneered case, nameboard veneer of lighter colored wood, brass decorative medallions on upper corners of legs, ivory natural and ebony accidental keys, Case length (perpendicular to keyboard): 56.5 cm (22-1/4 in.), Width parallel to keyboard: 159.5 cm (62-15/16 in.), Case Depth not including stand, w/o lid: 23.6 cm (9-5/16 in.), Total Height: 81 cm(31-7/8 in.), 3-octave span: 48.2 cm (18-15/16 in.), String length: longest: 138.5 cm (54-9/16 in.), shortest: 11 cm (4-5/16 in.); c2: 29 cm(11-7/16 in.), Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano, Charles Albrecht (German, 1759/60–1848 Montgomery, Pennsylvania), Charles Albrecht, a German immigrant, was one of the earliest known piano makers in this country probably arrived in October of 1785 and is known to have been actively building instruments by 1791 in Philadelphia.

Square Piano, 1791–1798, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Mahogany veneered case, nameboard veneer of lighter colored wood, brass decorative medallions on upper corners of legs, ivory natural and ebony accidental keys, Case length (perpendicular to keyboard): 56.5 cm (22-1/4 in.), Width parallel to keyboard: 159.5 cm (62-15/16 in.), Case Depth not including stand, w/o lid: 23.6 cm (9-5/16 in.), Total Height: 81 cm(31-7/8 in.), 3-octave span: 48.2 cm (18-15/16 in.), String length: longest: 138.5 cm (54-9/16 in.), shortest: 11 cm (4-5/16 in.); c2: 29 cm(11-7/16 in.), Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano, Charles Albrecht (German, 1759/60–1848 Montgomery, Pennsylvania), Charles Albrecht, a German immigrant, was one of the earliest known piano makers in this country probably arrived in October of 1785 and is known to have been actively building instruments by 1791 in Philadelphia.
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Square Piano, 1791–1798, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Mahogany veneered case, nameboard veneer of lighter colored wood, brass decorative medallions on upper corners of legs, ivory natural and ebony accidental keys, Case length (perpendicular to keyboard): 56.5 cm (22-1/4 in.), Width parallel to keyboard: 159.5 cm (62-15/16 in.), Case Depth not including stand, w/o lid: 23.6 cm (9-5/16 in.), Total Height: 81 cm(31-7/8 in.), 3-octave span: 48.2 cm (18-15/16 in.), String length: longest: 138.5 cm (54-9/16 in.), shortest: 11 cm (4-5/16 in.); c2: 29 cm(11-7/16 in.), Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano, Charles Albrecht (German, 1759/60–1848 Montgomery, Pennsylvania), Charles Albrecht, a German immigrant, was one of the earliest known piano makers in this country probably arrived in October of 1785 and is known to have been actively building instruments by 1791 in Philadelphia
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