Name/Title
PianoEntry/Object ID
1995.004.01Description
Walnut square grand piano of type known as "coffin " grand, made by Hallet and Cumston, Boston, 1851, No. 5167; 10-sided, faceted legs.
Very similar to piano originally in the Palmer House and shown in a photograph from c. 1890. This piano is believed to have been a gift to the Loper children from Lillian McNeill Palmer in the early 1930s.
[April 2006] Label with photo showing Elizabeth Palmer Loper standing at a similar piano, says the present piano was gift of Inger McCabe Elliott in 1995. Presumably Elliott acquired the piece at the 1976 auction.Collection
Palmer HouseMade/Created
Date made
1851Notes
Early Date: 1851
Made: Boston 1851