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	1889年，89.4.2858
策展部门	乐器（Musical Instruments）
创作者	Benjamin Crehore【1765 至 1831】【美国人】
创作年份	公元 1800 - 公元 1810
创作地区	美国, 马萨诸塞州, 米尔顿（United States, Massachusetts, Milton）
分类	齐瑟敲击钢琴（Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano）
尺寸	Instr. 170厘米 x 59.5厘米 x 23.5厘米 *Stand is in pieces
介绍（中）	Benjamin Crehore可能是第一位土生土长的美国钢琴制造商，也是已知的最早的新英格兰钢琴制造商。这架方形钢琴是该制造商记录的六架钢琴之一技术说明：矩形红木和红木贴面表壳，铭牌上带有鸟眼枫木饰面，带有花卉图案，两端带有饰纹；在方形锥形红木饰板腿上，镶有边框；指南针FF-c4（68键），象牙色自然琴，带有模制正面，乌木在黑色染色的意外块上滑动；阻尼器踏板由壳体底部的孔暗示（踏板缺失）；支腿用榫接在独立支架的框架上；英制双动，带单擒纵机构的中间杠杆；穿过靠近挂接销轨道的木板的电线带有毛毡衬里的木减震块；未穿孔的调谐销；全程双线，最低八个音符缠绕。
介绍（英）	Benjamin Crehore may have been the first native born American maker of pianos and was the earliest New England piano maker that is known. This square piano is one of six pianos documented by this maker. Technical description: Rectangular mahogany and rosewood veneered case with bird's eye maple veneer on nameboard, with floral design and with fretwork on either end; on square tapered mahogany-veneer legs with inlaid borders; compass FF-c4 (68 keys), ivory naturals with molded fronts, ebony slips over black-stained accidental blocks; damper pedal implied by hole in case bottom (pedal missing); legs tenoned to frame of independent stand; English double action, intermediate lever with single escapement; wires passing through wood plate adjacent to hitchpin rail carry felt-lined wood damper blocks; unpierced tuning pins; double-strung throughout, lowest eight notes wound.