Chickering Square Piano: Museum Object and Cultural History
Chickering Square Piano: date made: 1828-1832. maker: Chickering, Jonas. Object Name: piano.
The object in the museum catalogue
This square piano was made by Jonas Chickering in Boston, Massachusetts in 1832. During this period, Chickering received capitalization from John Mackay, a wealthy Boston shipping merchant, who assisted also in expanding Chickering’s markets both in America and elsewhere. This piano is serial number 1129 and has a compass of FF-f4, an English double action, leather hammers, double-strings throughout, 2 pedals: all dampers and upper dampers, an iron string plate frame, and a mahogany case.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1828-1832
- maker: Chickering, Jonas
- Object Name: piano
- place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- ID Number: MI.70.19
- catalog number: 70.19
- accession number: 290543
- Credit Line: Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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