It is thought that Chickering may have had a duplicate set of serial numbers for grand pianos but this collection lacks that volume.
CHICKERING PIANO HISTORY SERIAL NUMBER
Based on the serial number you provided, your piano was built in 1872. Seven square pianos made during the three years of the partnership between James Stewart and Jonas Chickering are known to exist. Bibliography and other sources of information about Chickering: Giraffes, Black Dragons, and Other Pianos, Edwin M. This square piano was made by Stewart & Chickering in Boston, Massachusetts around 1823-1824. This is to certify authenticity of this Antique Chickering & Sons Grand Piano, Serial No. The company continued as Chickering and Sons until 1908 when it was combined with the Knabe company to form American Piano Co. Some grand pianos from turn of the century onward are not listed in the ledgers. About this piano: This beautiful Chickering square grand piano was built in Boston in 1884, a time when more square grand pianos were being built in America than both upright and grand pianos combined This piano is made of Brazilian Rosewood, now an endangered species, and is of the carved Rococo Victorian style. During this period, public venues like theatre’s and concert halls were extravagantly decorated. 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. However, their partnership was dissolved four years later. Chickering called this type of piano a parlor grand, but today it has come to be known as a cocked-hat grand because its shape from above is like that of a cocked hat. Chickering greatly improved this frame, including in it the pin-bridge. There are also ten documents related to the construction, mortgaging and insurance of Chickering Hall in New York City (1876-1886). Company History The company was founded in 1823 by Jonas Chickering and James Stewart. Description (Brief) This piano was made by Chickering & Sons in Boston, Massachusetts in 1857. In 1825 Alpheus Babcock, of Boston, patented a east-iron frame for a square piano. 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.
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