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National Museum of American History
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2000-2013
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-262
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the Piano 300: Celebrating Three Centuries of People and Pianos website as it existed on March 26, 2013. The website originally accompanied an exhibition of the same name that was produced by the National Museum of American History and displayed at the Smithsonian International Gallery from March 9, 2000 through ...
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National Museum of American History
- Dates:
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2011
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-235
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of seven websites maintained by the National Museum of American History as they existed in June 2011. The Smithsonian Jazz website, crawled June 20, 2011, includes historical information, oral histories, teaching materials, and calendars of events. It also serves as the website for the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orch...
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Smithsonian Productions
- Dates:
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2000-2001
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-215
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual materials created during the production of "People and Pianos: 300 Years," "Piano 300," and "Piano Grand!." All three productions celebrated the 300th anniversary of the piano. The documentary, "People and Pianos: 300 Years," was filmed in various locations across Europe, the United States and in Japan, ...
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Smithsonian Productions
- Dates:
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2000-2002, 2009
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0.58 cu. ft. (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-256
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual materials created during the production of "People and Pianos: 300 Years" and "Piano Grand!," both of which celebrated the 300th anniversary of the piano. The documentary "People and Pianos: 300 Years" was filmed in various locations across Europe, the United States and in Japan, and featured experts and...
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Anderson, John R.
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circa 1700-2011, undated
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6 Cubic feet (14 boxes, 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1257
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The addendum consists of trade literaure and ephemera on the subject of pianos.
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Rudolph Wurlitzer Company
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1860-1984
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56 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0469
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history and development of the Wurlitzer Company and consists of company publications, business records, employee files, manufacturing records, sales and marketing records, product information, publicity, advertising, photographs, audiovisual materials, and organ installation drawings.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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undated
1842-1965
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4.59 Cubic feet (consisting of 8 boxes, 2 half boxes, 5 folders, 7 oversize folders, 2 map case folders, 2 flat boxes (partial), plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Pianos
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Pianos forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Everett Piano Company
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Company
Chickering & Sons Piano Company
Pratt, Read and Company
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ca. 1903-1955.
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0.25 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0511
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Advertisements, catalogs, repair manuals, union materials, and technical drawings related to pianos and piano tuning (companies and organizations listed below). While providing a window into a profession that spans both science and music, this collection contains information concerning economic changes, advertising, trade associations, and technical advances.
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Chickering, Jonas, 1798-1853
National Museum of American History. Division of Musical History.
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1864 - 1985
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16 Cubic feet (37 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0264
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of 51 volumes of Chickering & Sons piano registers, documenting piano production (May 1823-September 1985); correspondence related to the hundredth anniversary of Jonas Chickering's presidency of the Handel and Hayden Society; publications on the history of the Company and sales literature (1854-1984); newspapers articles a...
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Worch, Hugo, 1855-
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undated
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40 Cubic feet (82 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1452
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes photographs of pianos and other keyboard instruments.