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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

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Changing City: Tobacco, Transportation & Georgetown

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Black Georgetown Community History Project: Family Heirlooms

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Free Landmark Lecture: The Past and Future of the C&O Canal in Georgetown

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SLAVERY AT TUDOR PLACE

As an historic site that bears the scars of slavery, Tudor Place seeks to look this injustice in the eye.  Click here to learn more.

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