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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
25 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026. Printed page 289. See the scan on archive.org.
1owned by Deborah Adams Pike, wife of Rev. John Pike, pastor of the Congregational Church in Rowley. They were married in 1841 and she probably owned it before her marriage.
3UPRIGHT. "Very ugly looking and very small." (Statement of the Institute.)
4At the Edison Institute, Dearborn, Mich.
6PIANOFORTE MADE BY EBENEZER GOODRICH
7SQUARE. This maker first listed as an organ builder in 1813 & as pianoforte maker in 1822 at [address hidden] He became known as a pianoforte maker about 1827 according to Mr. Spillane, who confused him with William Goodrich.
8In the U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C., Hugo Worch Collection of Keyboard Instruments. Cat. No. 299,864.
10PIANOFORTES BY VARIOUS MAKERS
11* SQUARE marked on metal plate "Guild, Church & Co., Boston." Serial No. 18190. Firm bore this name 1870-90.
12At the Medway Historical Society, in the Old Parish House, [address hidden], West Medway. To see apply to Mr. H. N. Hixon, or Mrs. Cole, [address hidden]
13Large square. Case rosewood part ebonized. Nameboard reads only "Guild Boston." Compass 7 octaves and a 3rd, AAAA to c⁴. Overstrung with 1 string to a note bass AAAA-GGG, 2 strings through c², 3 strings c-sharp²-c⁴. Two pedals in attractive lyre. Harp shape scale. This pianoforte was bought from the town music teacher about 20 years ago for the use of the Society. Has a nice tone.
15SQUARE made by Hallet, Davis & Co. Contains a patented suspension bridge pat'd Sept. 23, 1851. Has 4 carved legs.
16At the Edison Institute, Dearborn, Michigan.
18SQUARE made by George Hewes, probably about 1840.
19At the Manchester Historic Association, [address hidden], Manchester, N. H.
20Mahogany case in remarkable state of preservation and has a good tone. Cost $180 when new. Purchased of Clement and Cobb by John Brown and presented by him to his daughter, Julia Eaton Brown, on her 18th birthday, March 20, 1843. The family lived in Chester ? N. H., and this was one of the first if not the very first pianoforte in town. Presented by Mrs. Gertrude Green Wilkins of Milford, N. H., granddaughter of the original owner.
22GRAND made by Hill & Owen in Boston, 1850. Firm listed in directories only 2 years 1849-50 as Hill, Ryder & Owen and 1850-51 as Hill & Owen both years at [address hidden]
23At the U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C., Hugo Worth Collection of Keyboard Instruments. Cat. No. 303523 (Orig. No. 4)
24"This is unique as the stringing is done from the bottom of the instrument, the strings being struck with hammers from underneath. In 1827 Thomas Loud, Jr., of Philadelphia, took out a patent for a downstriking action, the reverse from the patent action used in this grand, but both actions proved fruitless."
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