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Chickering Piano History
Chickering and Sons was an American piano manufacturer located in
Boston, known for producing award-winning instruments of superb
quality and design. The company was founded in 1823 by Jonas
Chickering and James Stewart, but the partnership dissolved four years
later. By 1830 Jonas Chickering became partners with John Mackay,
manufacturing pianos as Chickering & Company, and later Chickering
& Mackays until the senior Mackay's death in 1841, and reorganized as
Chickering & Sons in 1853. Chickering pianos continued to be made
until 1983.
Jonas Chickering made several major contributions to the development
of piano technology, most notably by introducing a one-piece, cast-iron
plate to support the greater string tension of larger grand pianos.
Chickering was the largest piano manufacter in the United States in the
middle of the nineteenth century, but was surpassed in the 1860s by
Steinway. In 1867, Jonas's son Frank Chickering had the Imperial
Cross of the Legion of Honour, then one of the world's most
prestigious non-military awards, bestowed upon him by Emperor
Napoleon III for services to the art of music, one of more than 200
awards the piano manufacturer garnered over the years.
The Chickering name continues to be applied to new pianos today, as a
brand name of Baldwin Piano.
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Boston, known for producing award-winning instruments of superb
quality and design. The company was founded in 1823 by Jonas
Chickering and James Stewart, but the partnership dissolved four years
later. By 1830 Jonas Chickering became partners with John Mackay,
manufacturing pianos as Chickering & Company, and later Chickering
& Mackays until the senior Mackay's death in 1841, and reorganized as
Chickering & Sons in 1853. Chickering pianos continued to be made
until 1983.
Jonas Chickering made several major contributions to the development
of piano technology, most notably by introducing a one-piece, cast-iron
plate to support the greater string tension of larger grand pianos.
Chickering was the largest piano manufacter in the United States in the
middle of the nineteenth century, but was surpassed in the 1860s by
Steinway. In 1867, Jonas's son Frank Chickering had the Imperial
Cross of the Legion of Honour, then one of the world's most
prestigious non-military awards, bestowed upon him by Emperor
Napoleon III for services to the art of music, one of more than 200
awards the piano manufacturer garnered over the years.
The Chickering name continues to be applied to new pianos today, as a
brand name of Baldwin Piano.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia