Giraffe piano, Gebroeders Müller, c. 1820 - c. 1830

Title(s)

Giraffe piano

Object type

• musical instrument
• stringed instrument
• keyboard instrument
• pianoforte
• giraffe piano

Object number

BK-NM-5855

Artist

• Gebroeders Müller

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1820 - c. 1830

Material

• wood (plant material)

Measurements

height c. 238 cm × width c. 120 cm × depth c. 57 cm × weight 138 kg

Acquisition

purchase 1883

Copyright

Public domain

• A checklist of pianos : musical instrument collection Haags Gemeentemuseum, Clemens Christoph Johannes von Gleich, p. 82-83, cat.nr. 53
• Martha Novak Clinkscale, 'Makers of the piano, 1820-1860', dl. 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, p. 260
• S. van Milligen, 'Wat moet er met de oude muziek-instrumenten in ons Rijksmuseum geschieden?', Caecilia en de muziek 62 (1905), p. 486