Object Details
sova.nmah.ac.0320_ref260
- Collection Donor
- Nickse, Hugo
- Johnson, Hanford
- Collection Creator
- Comstock, Cheney and Co.
- Pratt, Read and Company
- Collection Donor
- Steinway, Henry Ziegler
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- Pratt, Read Corporation Records
- Pratt, Read Corporation Records / Series 3: Pratt, Read and Company, Pratt, Read and Company, Inc., and Pratt-Read Corporation
- Date
- 1903 - 1954
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0320, Subseries 3.9
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Pratt, Read Corporation Records, 1839-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scope and Contents
- While some of the MACHINERY RECORDS, 1903-1954, relate to the engines and boilers used to keep the factory running, most deal with the machines used to turn out finished ivory keys, piano keyboards, and piano actions. These take the form of a series of oversize blueprint drawings on each machine. The drawings are arranged according to their original order of placement in several different folios of drawings. Thus, drawings for the same machine are sometimes found in different folders within this subseries usually indicating later modifications to the machine. These drawings were selected by a historian knowledgeable about machinery and manufacturing processes during the initial visit to the Pratt, Read site. They were chosen for their emphasis on the specialized processes involved in working with ivory and the production of pianos. Drawings for more general purpose machines were not selected for this collection. The drawings of specialized machines, dating from 1903 1934, are located in ten oversized folders in two map case drawers.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
NMAH.AC.0320_ref260
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- Record ID
- ebl-1505493610265-1505493610483-1