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Grand piano
Maker: Chickering & Sons
Date: 1884
Place Made:Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Model: Style 30 Scale 95
Serial No: 68245
SignedChickering / BOSTON / U.S.A.
MarkingsPainted on soundboard: Chickering & Sons, Boston, U.S.A.
A medal: HONNEUR ET PATRIE
Two seals: NAPOLEON III, EMPEREUR and CHICKERINGS
Cast into the iron frame: CHICKERING & SONS \ 95
Stamped on both cheekblocks: 8712 \ JACHARLTON
In pencil on treble cheekblock: 68248
Stamped on front of case under keyframe: 8712
Label underneath keybed: No. [not legible] \ Davis & Godfrey \ Scale, 95
In pencil, bass side of action: Richmond \ 1-18-21
A medal: HONNEUR ET PATRIE
Two seals: NAPOLEON III, EMPEREUR and CHICKERINGS
Cast into the iron frame: CHICKERING & SONS \ 95
Stamped on both cheekblocks: 8712 \ JACHARLTON
In pencil on treble cheekblock: 68248
Stamped on front of case under keyframe: 8712
Label underneath keybed: No. [not legible] \ Davis & Godfrey \ Scale, 95
In pencil, bass side of action: Richmond \ 1-18-21
DescriptionThis piano shipped on October 15, 1884 to R. Lentz of Baltimore, Maryland, likely a retailer. It is described in the Chickering ledger as a rosewood grand of 7-1/4 octave compass (88 notes) with straight molding, carved legs, Swiss action (Erard/Herz action as opposed to the Edwin Brown action Chickering also offered at the time), Scale 95, Style 30. (Information provided by Greg Bennett of the Chickering Foundation, 2/2023)
Patents covering this instrument include: US Patent 175,336, March 28, 1876, concerning the plate and pinblock attachment; US Patent 197,270, March 20, 1877, concerning the pedal mechanism; and US Patent 247,887, October 4, 1881, concerning the floated soundboard and plate with isolated rim contact. The last patent was intended to enhance the tone and increase volume.
Compass: AAA-c5
Three pedals: una corda, bass dampers, dampers.
Chickering scale 95.
Patents covering this instrument include: US Patent 175,336, March 28, 1876, concerning the plate and pinblock attachment; US Patent 197,270, March 20, 1877, concerning the pedal mechanism; and US Patent 247,887, October 4, 1881, concerning the floated soundboard and plate with isolated rim contact. The last patent was intended to enhance the tone and increase volume.
Compass: AAA-c5
Three pedals: una corda, bass dampers, dampers.
Chickering scale 95.
ProvenancePreviously owned by First Congregational Church, Ravenswood, Illinois, who donated the piano to Yankton College in 1969.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesLarson, André P. The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 56.
Object number: 01214