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Grand piano

Maker: Chickering & Sons
Date: 1864
Place Made:Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Model: Possibly Scale 19
Serial No: 26950
SignedIn gold on fallboard: Chickering. / BOSTON.
On soundboard, near front: Chickering & Sons. / N° 26950 / BOSTON.
MarkingsStamped or written on various parts: 601
Stamped on hammer flange AA: C & SONS
On small label on spine interior: No. 601 / Schweitzer[?]
Obscure penciled inscriptions on key levers b and d’
DescriptionThis piano shipped on November 15, 1864 to M. Mertin(?) of Syracuse, New York. It is described in the Chickering ledgers as being rosewood, of 7-1/4 octave compass (88 notes), semi-grand, double molding, and carved legs. (Information provided by Greg Bennett of the Chickering Foundation, 2/2023)

Compass: AAA-c5
Two pedals: una corda and dampers
Edwin Brown patented action
Straight stringing
One-piece cast-iron frame
Agraffes throughout the compass
Rosewood veneered case with carved legs and lyre
DimensionsMeasurements excluding moldings and carvings:
Length: 2290 mm
Width: 1401 mm

ProvenancePreviously owned by Sylvia Frantz Adler.
Credit Line: Gift of Terry Adler, in memory of Sylvia Frantz Adler, 1993
On view
Published References"1864 Grand Piano a Gift from San Francisco," The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. XX, No. 4 (August 1993), p. 4.

John Koster, "Square Piano by Hallet, Davis & Co., Boston, About 1858," The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. XXII, No. 3 (April 1995), pp. 4-5.
Object number: 05413