Harpsichord converted to a piano
Jean Goermans
1754
Medium
Wood, paint, gilding, polychrome, gilded pewter, ebony, bone, felt
Dimensions
Height (without lid): 36 7/8 in. (93.6 cm) Width (parallel to keyboard): 36 3/4 in. (93.3 cm) Depth (perpendicular to keyboard): 95 3/16 in. (241.7 cm)
Classification
Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano
Culture
French
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1944
Accession Number
44.157.8a–e