1986.2.1

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Details

ID Number

1986.2.1

Category

T&E For Communication

Sub-category

musical T&E - percussion

Item Name

piano

Maker

Mendelssohn Piano Co.

Date

1895 - 1900

Materials

WOOD, WALNUT IVORY WOOD, EBONY METAL, UNKNOWN FINISH, STAIN

Measurements

overall: 55 in x 61 3/4 in

Description

C. 1895-1900; three metal pedals; carved linear and foliate patterns along front sides; raised floral pattern on front of music desk; hinged, locking keyboard cover; music desk protrudes when cover is opened; eighty-eight ivory and ebony keys; casters; hinged top opens to reveal sounding board; matching bench 986.2.2; sound board is painted gold and has blue flowers painted on it.

History

Made by the Mendelssohn Piano Co. Toronto, Ontario. The donor played it for fifty years

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Social life subject

Women / Femmes subject