方形钢琴 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	方形钢琴
品名（英）	Square Piano
入馆年号	1945年，45.126
策展部门	乐器（Musical Instruments）
创作者	Adam and William Geib
创作年份	公元 1822 - 公元 1827
创作地区	美国, 纽约, 纽约（United States, New York, New York）
分类	齐瑟敲击钢琴（Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano）
尺寸	Instr. 174厘米 x 66厘米 x 35.5厘米 Legs 10厘米 x 10厘米 x 62厘米 (X6)
介绍（中）	约翰·盖布于1798年从伦敦移民到纽约。约翰·盖布和儿子被列入1804-1814年的纽约目录。目前尚不清楚盖布的钢琴盒是由他自己的工人还是由成熟的橱柜制造商制造的。 John Geib Jr.与Duncan Phyfe的商店有联系。技术描述：软木上的桃花心木贴面，桃花心木腿用螺旋簧片和雕刻旋转，带有黄铜支架和脚轮，脚踏板七弦琴悬挂在腿上（缺失），表壳装饰有红木交叉带，带有圆角和浅色和深色木材条纹以及黄铜和黄铜成型，名牌饰面为红木，黄铜镶嵌和镂空面板，三个抽屉，表壳下方有旋转旋钮，中央抽屉凹面，象牙色自然色，模制前部，乌木意外，指南针FF-c4（68键），英式双动（单擒纵机构），曲柄式阻尼器，电线穿过琴弦之间和上方并携带布阻尼器，1个阻尼踏板（缺失），最初是双串的，但现在有7个最低音符单串，目前只有2个最低音符缠绕，穿孔和未刺穿的长方形调音销。（利宾76年8月3日）
介绍（英）	John Geib emigrated from from London to New York in 1798. John Geib and Son are listed in New York directories 1804-1814. It is not known whether Geib's piano cases were made by his own workmen or by established cabinetmakers. John Geib Jr. was connected with Duncan Phyfe's shop. Technical description: Mahogany veneer over softwood, mahogany legs turned with helical reeding and carving with brass mountings and casters, pedal lyre suspended from leg (missing), case decorated with rosewood crossbanding, with rounded corners and striping of light and dark woods and brass and brass molding, nameboard veneered with rosewood with brass inlay and fretwork panels, three drawers with turned knobs beneath case, central drawer concave, ivory naturals with molded fronts, ebony accidentals, compass FF-c4 (68 keys), English double action (single escapement), crank type dampers with wires passing between and above strings and carrying cloth dampers, 1 damper pedal (missing), double-strung throughout originally, but 7 lowest notes now single-strung, at present only 2 lowest notes wound, pierced and unpierced oblong tuning pins. (L. Libin 3 August 76.)