Object Details
sova.nmah.ac.0320_ref66
- 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 2: Comstock, Cheney and Company
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0320, Subseries 2.10
- 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
- The MANUFACTURING RECORDS, 1874-1936, document both the materials needed for keyboard production and that production. The ivory purchase journal, for example, provides information on the date, source, number of tusks, weight, price per pound, and total price paid for ivory, 1916-1936. The register of lumber received provides similar information on the many types of wood used in the period 1926- 1936. The piano and keyboard component order book is an alphabetical listing of parts such as locks, pins, and hinges ordered from various supply houses. Production figures are provided by the sharp production record book, 1874 1880, and the key production record book, 1916-1930. These records also include several schematic drawings of piano actions and information on the damp proofing of actions.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
NMAH.AC.0320_ref66
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NMAH.AC.0320
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- Record ID
- ebl-1505493610265-1505493610382-0