Chickering Square Piano
date: label: date made
content: 1828-1832
name: label: maker
content: Chickering, Jonas
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Pianos
label: Exhibition
content: Within These Walls
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.70.19
label: catalog number
content: 70.19
label: accession number
content: 290543
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano