
James, You should talk to Jack Wyatt, Gene Roe (60), Darcy Koronen (music. This message has been cross posted to the following Discussions: Piano History and Pianotech.
Chickering piano history serial numbers#
It is thought that Chickering may have had a duplicate set of serial numbers for grand pianos but this collection lacks that volume. Chickering Grands Project James Kelly 09-15-2014 13:33. Substrate management may be needed for several types of reptiles: rock outcrops and talus are complex refugia for lizards and snakes and may need protection or augmentation rocky pond edges provide basking sites and antipredation refugia for turtles. Some grand pianos from turn of the century onward are not listed in the ledgers.
Chickering piano history full#
Chickering Hall opened with great acclaim in 1875 and was an important musical center in New York City in the last quarter of the 19th Century. An 1851 Chickering Piano and the Virginia War Musicians January 23, 2022January 23, 2022by John Bryan, Attorney at Law We acquired the antique Chickering piano at the auction of the contents of the Dickson propertylate last year, which was full of local Greenbrier Valley history. The Chickering & Sons piano company was founded in the year 1823 in Boston, Massachusetts by craftsman Jonas Chickering and his first business partner, James. Chickering pianos were known for their quality craftsmanship and beautiful sound. The company was one of the first to use iron frames in their pianos, which made them more durable and allowed for a larger soundboard. There are also ten documents related to the construction, mortgaging and insurance of Chickering Hall in New York City (1876-1886). Chickering & Sons was an American piano manufacturing company founded in 1823 by Jonas Chickering. This collection consists of 51 volumes of Chickering & Sons piano registers, documenting piano production (May 1823-September 1985) correspondence related to the hundredth anniversary of Jonas Chickering's presidency of the Handel and Hayden Society publications on the history of the Company and sales literature (1854-1984) newspapers articles about the company (1847-1876) photographs (1926-1966) advertising and management forms (1938-1968) and a copy of a letter by Jonas Chickering to his father dated January 27, 1838.
