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Musical Instruments
The musical instrument collection includes a small but important group of early 19th-century musical instruments and related decorative arts. The collection’s largest and most significant piece is a unique square pianoforte with mahogany and satinwood frame made in 1804 by the English firm John Broadwood & Son. The collection also contains a fine English flute made by George Astor and played by Tudor Place founder Thomas Peter, a ca. 1895 C.F. Martin parlor guitar, and banjos from the 19th and 20th centuries.
In the Archive, early examples of printed music include sheet music played by a young Martha Parke Custis at Mount Vernon and a bound volume of sheet music owned by Martha and Thomas Peter’s daughter, America Pinckney Peter, during her schooling in Philadelphia.
Piano John Broadwood & Son (1794-1808), English, 1804 Mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, brass, iron, lead 4037
Transverse Flute George Astor & Co., England, ca. 1784 – 1798 Wood (boxwood), ivory, silver 9062
Parlor Guitar C. F. Martin & Company, ca. 1895 Mahogany, Rosewood, Spruce, Ivory, Abalone 12772
Harmonica Ands Koch, Germany, Late 19th c. Metal, brass, wood 91466
Music Folio America P. Peter, Miss Mallon’s Seminary Philadelphia, ca. 1820-21 Paper Tudor Place Archive
Banjo S.S. Stewart, Philadelphia, ca. 1890 Animal skin, ivory, cherry, ebony 9342.01




SLAVERY AT TUDOR PLACE
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1644 31st Street, NW | Washington, DC 20007
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Calendar
Museum & Collection
Garden
Open Thursday – Sunday | Proof of full vaccination required upon entry.
Timed entry tickets for guided tours; suggested donation. Click for info

1644 31st Street, NW | Washington, DC 20007
202-965-0400 | info@tudorplace.org