Chickering & Sons - Antique Piano Shop
网页Chickering & Sons (not to be confused with Chickering Brothers) was the first piano manufacturer in America. Chickering quickly became one of the largest and most successful piano manufacturers of all time. The firm was originally established in Boston in 1823 by Jonas Chickering and his partner James Stewart under the name of Stewart & Chickering.
Chickering & Sons - Wikipedia
网页Chickering & Sons was an American piano manufacturer located in Boston, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1823 by Jonas Chickering and James Stewart, but the partnership dissolved four years later.
网页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
Chickering & Sons Piano Company Collection - Smithsonian Institution
网页Chickering & Sons pianos are an old line that came into being in April 1823 in Boston. Jonas Chickering, the founder, was a youthful cabinet maker. He learned piano making from John Osborn, a true master of the trade.
Chickering Square Piano - National Museum of American History
网页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. Date Made: 1828-1832. Maker: Chickering, Jonas. Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston.
Jonas Chickering | Square Piano - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
网页Title: Square Piano. Maker: Jonas Chickering (American, Mason Village, New Hampshire 1798–1853 Boston) Date: 1829. Geography: Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Culture: American. Medium: Wood, various materials
Early Pianomaking in Boston, 1790–1830 - Colonial Society of ...
网页One of Chickering most elegant pianos of this period, dating to 1829, makes use of four pairs of columnar legs, with gilt-bronze mounts at their tops and bottoms . This style of leg was used a few times by Babcock on pianos from the late 1820s, and the mounts not only appear to be identical on these Boston-made pianos but also can be found on ...
When the Music Stopped: Chickering and the Piano Wars of 1850
网页2017年4月30日 · In 1830, Chickering’s piano-making skills collided head-on with one of Boston’s foremost families – the Mackays. John Mackay and Jonas Chickering were both early members of the Handel and Haydn Society, which promoted classical music in Boston.
Jonas Chickering | Square Piano - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
网页Jonas Chickering was the founder of the venerable Boston piano manufacutring company J. Chickering. Born in New Hampshire, he first apprenticed with the cabinet maker John Gould, before moving in 1818 to Boston. By 1819, he was working with the piano builder John Osborn and in 1823 started a piano making partnership with James Stewart.
Guide to the Chickering & Sons Piano Company Collection
网页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 ...