A) Case - Walnut joined case with brass hinges, lock & small key. Interior covered in red velvet and base divided into three main compartments. Painted gold lettering on lid of case reads, "B. Frank Saylor"
B) Valved mid-piece with six open finger holes & five metal-levered holes.
C) Mouthpiece
D) End piece with three holes covered by metal levers
E) "E. J. Albert's Perfected Orchestra & Solo Rosin" used on strings wrapped around joins. Piece of hardened rosin in wood inside sleeve from cardboard box. (2.5 x1.25 x 1" high)
Five-piece wood flute that can adjusted in length. 4 of the ten holes are closed/filled with cork. Three metal-levered keys. Stamped on wooed at mouthpiece, "GER. SILVER" and stamped in middle, "C. PELOUBET / NEW YORK / FACTORY AT / BLOOMFIELD / NJ"
Violin in case and accessories. Contents include violin, bow, chamois cover, and various accessories in compartment at front of case (two string packets, one string missing; bridge; labels).
A) Violin - Label on the interior reads, "Fried. Aug. Glass vvefertigt nach / Antonius Straduarius Fies / Fabrikat in Cremona 1730" [Friedrich August Glass manufactured in the style of Antonius Stradvarius [the younger?] factory of Cremona 1730]
Missing bridge and strings.
B) Bow - Wood, Ebony, Mother of Pearl. Wooden with ebony & mother-of-pearl piece to anchor strings. Metal covers both ends. 29" long.
C) Velvet and Chamois cover - Velvet is painted with floral motif. Violin-shaped cover, scalloped-edged chamois with black velvet piece hand-stitched to it.
D) Case - lined with decorative paper, small storage compartment at one end. Metal handle, lock, and latch. 2 hook-and-eye front closures, 2 hinges on back. Remnants of fabric strips on inside of case.
Six part wooden clarinet with five levered metal keys and 8 finger holes. Ivory-colored bands at each of the five joins. Maker's marks stamped onto instrument in five places.
A) Violin has two of 4 strings and 1 of four adjusting screws; label on interior reads, "Ralph H. Quackenbush / Baldwinsville / 1899 NY"
B) Bow, wood, mother of pearl
C) Case - Hard case painted black with swivel handle, 4 metal buttons on bottom; 3 hinges on lid, 2 closure clamps & lock on side. Interior lined with purple napped fabric; loops to hold 2 bows on inside of lid, only one bow is present. Well worn.
Mahogany cased square piano has curly maple? frontispiece/nameboard painted with an oval cartouche with"John Wind / Lancaster" flanked by colorful floral sprays (likely painted by Eichholtz). Crossbanded mahogany veneer, front and sides and a diamond shaped ivory lock escutcheon centered at front of folding keyboad lid. Square tapered legs terminate with brass cuffs and casters. One high stretcher at both ends. Exposed head bolts at sides. Entire top hinges up exposing soundboard with strings and hammers.
Black keys are ebonized maple topped with ebony veneer. Ivory covered white keys. Dummy key at left end.
Inscription: Pencilled script on reverse of nameboard unclear (need UV light to read).
Made by John Wind (1783-1858). Owned by Aida Shaibly Myers, Lancaster, PA, 1812.
Provenance
Donor: Aida M. Houston (estate). Info derived from archives and donor cards. Note: 2015 research found probable identity & family members of Aida, in file.
Over-cleaned finish. Overall in better shape than other known Winds, per Ray Brunner. Soundboard is twisted in length due to string tension with some replaced strings. Many fine strings unattached & snarled at right interior. Dummy key at left end of keyboard. Bolt covers at leg tops missing. Scratch across front. NOTE: Hinge at left side of top board missing its pin; inserted nail.
Object ID
1964.016
Notes
In Historical Soc. of Pennsylvania's Daybook of J. Eichholtz on page 30 is an entry dated March 1, 1810 for John Wind: "To painting frontispiece" with a charge of 15. This is presumably for this, or another, piano.
An identical entry on page 20 for organmaker Conrad Doll dated May 19, 1809 lists "To painting a frontispiece" for the same charge of 15. (Copies of these pages in file P.86.3 for Eichholtz copper measure).
