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Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937
28 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026. Printed page 287. See the scan on archive.org.
1INSTRUMENTS BY BOSTON AND EUROPEAN MAKERS
3FIRST CHICKERING GRAND, modern style, made about 1840.
4At the Edison Institute, Dearborn, Mich. Also a gift to Mr. Ford by Mr. Spain of Chickering & Sons, Inc.
6SQUARE dating from about 1850 used by Jenny Lind at her American debut.
7In Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., the M. Steinert Collection of Keyed and Stringed Instruments.
8Case rosewood with 4 carved legs. Compass 7 octaves, CCC to c⁴.
10* SQUARE inscribed in old English large letters with scrolls "Chickering Boston." Made in 1852. Serial No. 12646.
11At the Old Colony Historical Society, Historical Hall, Taunton, Mass. For hours open see before.
12Case rosewood with 4 large 12 sided legs and 2 pedals. Compass 6 octaves, FFF to f³. Contains decorative wheel design full iron plate. This pianoforte was shipped originally June 18, 1852 to Colburn & Fields, music dealers, Cincinnati, Ohio, by wagons and canal boats as there were no railroads then. Purchased second hand by Mr. Lewis W. Young about 1854 or 55, later removed by L. W. Young to Cairo, Ill. Thence during the flood in 1858 when houses were 12 feet under water, it was taken through the roof, and, covered with blankets, quilts and lumber, was floated on an anchored raft four weeks without injury. Was returned to Cincinnati in 1859, thence to central Ill.—to Boston—and to Taunton. It also escaped several fires. "Its keys have been manipulated by the fingers of many distinguished artists and it has accompanied many singers of note." Statement of Mr. Young whose son, George M. Young, presented it to the Taunton Historical Society in 1917.
14* OVERSTRUNG SQUARE No. 41673, scale "50" also marked "Improved double bearing agraffe."
15At the New England Historic Genealogical Society, [address hidden], Boston, in the Atkinson-Lancaster Collection. Open daily 9-5 p.m. except Sundays & holidays. May 1st to Labor Day open Sat. 9-1 p.m.
16Mahogany case, beautifully carved in India, was sent to Boston in 1872 to be fitted with Chickering works. All in fine condition.
18BABY GRAND.
19At the Dartmouth Historical Society and Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Mass.
21FIRST CHICKERING SQUARE, upright and grand are illustrated in Achievement An Ascending Scale Being A Short Story of the House of Chickering & Sons.
23PIANOFORTE MADE BY CURRIER & CO.
25† SQUARE. Ebenezer R. Currier was in business under this name with Philip Brown 1830-32.
26At the factory of Vose & Sons Piano Company, [address hidden], Boston. Property of Mr. George Vose.
27Case finely crotched mahogany. Compass 6 octaves. Contains a half iron plate and has a perfect harp scale. In beautiful condition.
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