Length 1.83 m x Depth 0.7 m x Height 1.52 m
An upright Wormwith & Co. piano that has ornate detailing on the legs and upperfront board. The two legs at the front of the piano sit on two casters. The upperfront board is decorated with three designs separated by rectangular shaped wood dividers that are carved with floral and foliage motifs. Each design has a wooden border around it. The central design is painted in white and depicts four musical instruments (a french horn, a string instrument, a clarinet, and a flute) intertwined with a foliage background. The two designs on either side are mirror images of eachother, each depicting a bunch of leaves and flowers that are secured together by a ribbon at the bottom of the stems. The interior of the fallboard has "Wormworth & Co. // Kingston." painted on it in white lettering, and "Cabinet Grand" is painted in white just below the fallboard hinge.
William Wormwith assumed control of a local Kingston piano manufacturing company in the late nineteenth century. The company had operated under several names since the 1860s, including the more successful Weber & Co. As Wormwith & Co., William Wormith manufactured Wormwith - and Weber- brand pianos. Wormith retired in 1919, and the company became the Weber Piano Company Ltd. These pianos were manufactured at what is now 27 Princess Street, in the Smith Robinson Building. The building was built in 1841 by architect George Browne, who also designed Kingston's City Hall.
