Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

2011

  • Work on this object began.

2024

2025

Photograph, Piano rims in the rim conditioning room

This is a Photograph. It was photographed by Christopher Payne and subject: Steinway and Sons.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Christopher Payne as part of Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne.

It is dated 2011. Its medium is digital pigment print. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.


After the rim layers are shaped and removed from the press, their moisture content is slowly reduced in the rim conditioning room.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 134.6 × 101.6 cm (53 × 40 in.) Not framed

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