I did some digging, and here is what I found: “This is the Nunns & Clark square piano from 1853, a masterpiece of American Victorian craftsmanship featuring a rosewood case, mother-of-pearl key covers, tortoiseshell veneers on accidentals, and abalone inlay, built in New York City for display at the 1853 Crystal Palace Exhibition.”
It’s at the Met in NYC. So while theoretically it is playable, they wouldn’t let you.
I did some digging, and here is what I found: “This is the Nunns & Clark square piano from 1853, a masterpiece of American Victorian craftsmanship featuring a rosewood case, mother-of-pearl key covers, tortoiseshell veneers on accidentals, and abalone inlay, built in New York City for display at the 1853 Crystal Palace Exhibition.”
It’s at the Met in NYC. So while theoretically it is playable, they wouldn’t let you.
Source - a lot more info on the piano: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/503678
Those legs! Ridiculous.
Oops, limbs. Victoria would not approve.
Holy shit! That thing is a monster
Arguably the rest of this piano is way more interesting than the keyboard pictured above
Wow, it’s gloriously hideous.