Chickering Piano Serial Number List

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Following is a list of brand names that are in use or in development, by Gibson, since 2003: A. B. Chase, Aeolian, Ampico, Baldwin, Cable, Chickering, Ellington, Howard, Ivers & Pond, J & C Fischer, 1{ranich & Bach, Monarch, Mozart, Pianola, Pianovelle, Sargent, and Wurlitzer. In 2004 Gibson acquired a piano factory in the Guangdong Province, of China. In 2006 they purchased the Dongbei Piano Group, third-biggest Chinese piano maker.

HAMILTON PIANO CO., Est. 1889, with factories at Chicago Heights, Ill. Controlled by the Baldwin Piano Company. Gibson Guitars Guitars acquired the Hamilton name in 2001, when they purchased the Baldwin Piano Co. See Acrosonic or Baldwin for additional numbers. Serial numbers are for the first piano made in year shown.

Chickering piano serial number list

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To get the answer to this question, be sure to check the serial number of your piano and then locate it within the date range below. Usually in a grand piano this will be 5 or 6 digits. Chickering grand pianos with 4-digit serial numbers are very rare. The same is true of upright pianos, only a few have less than a 5-digit serial number. For square pianos, both 4 and 5-digit serial numbers are common.

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Ric and Del, An answer to the question about model location on Chickering and acount of ribs on the 133. There is a model number stamped on the plate. Depending on theage of the piano this may be on the side of the strut just above theupper bass, it may be on the plate webbing itself, or may, finally be atthe tail on the left side of the plate. The plates themselves, at least, or in my experience those up tothe forties or so, follow a design sequence which can be associatedwith the scale designations, their ages and locations. The open plateand by this is meant the plate with an open area above the right side ofthe soundboard - that is a plate which does not completely cover thesoundboard on the right at the curve, begins sometime in the latenineteenth century. There are five or six configurations of platesthat I am aware of that span the period from about 1860 to 1950s.Chronologically, this would be the third one. It is used on the 121,122, 123, 133, the concert grand which I don't know the model number of,and perhaps others. The earlier pianos of this type that I have seenhave the model number, name of the company(Chickering, of course), andlocation (Boston, U.S.A.) stamped on the side of the strut as describedabove. A little later the stamped info was decreased in quantity andplaced on the webbing. Subsequently, somewhere perhaps, in the mid-teens this style platewas abandonded and a new configuration substituted in place. The newerplate now covers, with the plate holes, the right side of the plate inthe normal fashion, held down by bolts around the perimeter of thesoundboard. An unusual feature of this plate is the substitution of acurved, rolled area just interior to the plate bolts which is theChickering form of the flange or cupola on Steinway style systems.During the period of the late eighteenth century Chickering plates, inan earlier incarnation not described, had a very impressive coat ofarms, for the absence of a better term, cast into the plate. Thiseventually became the plate decal seen on later style plates. On theplate configuration used following the open system just described, thereis much less info: the model number is cast into the plate at the back,left side of the tail. Finally, at sometime, I think, in the early twenties the platewas changed again. This time to a more conventional cupola plate: therolled area in the casting was eliminated, and the shape of the plateholes changed. This is the plate, I think, which is used on theAnniversary Grand. On reflection, I am not sure of this particularpoint. Anyway, the location of the model designation was maintainedon the back. left side at the tail. The 121 became, along with othernew features, the 135; the 133, I think exists, in both styles, althoughI am not very familiar with this model, the earlier 123 became the 123A,B,or C, and there is a very unusual, remarkable, eight foot piano,the 235, and the nine foot which is the 141. The 141's also havevariants labeled with a letter following the model number. On the subject of the 133, on which I posted an inaccuratecommentary earlier, I did count the ribs on the board removed from onein my shop. There were nine. The bass bridge was cantilevered and anunusual feature of this piano, something it has in common with the 121,was a cantilever for the tenor end of the long bridge. The last sevenunisons are cantilevered away from the point of attachment of the bridgewith the last being about two and a half inches past the glue line. Itdoes not, however, approach the rim. I am not familiar with the soundof this piano. The one I had had been ruined by exposure to weather andI could not evaluate the sound. However, I have been told that theseare great sounding pianos and believe this to be the case.Regards, Robin HuffordRichard Moody wrote:> Is there a mark on the piano indicating the model number. Where> do you find it. I have an Anniversary grand. Is the "quarter> grand" a trade name or designation by Chickering. Does it have> a model number?> Thanks ---rm>> >.......................> That would be 1923. The 135 and the> 133 were at that time Chickering,s most> popular models.>> The 133 was quickley replaced by the> 123-A 123-B 123C. The latter were great> scales. Far far better than the 133.>> Regards,> Jack Wyatt> .......................<>> _______________________________________________> pianotech list info:

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Sources differ regarding the number of pianos at the Exposition. The official French report says 158 manufacturers exhibited 338 pianos; the U.S. report says 178 makers displayed 356 pianos. (4)(23) Whatever the actual number, the five Steinway instruments attracted particular attention for the quality of their sound. The composer Hector Berlioz said "their sonority is splendid and essentially noble....[This is] progress for which all artists and amateurs gifted with delicate perception must be infinitely indebted to you." (1) With many other piano manufacturers eager to adopt the Steinway stringing system, Theodore sent a cable on April 28, 1867, asking William to "Send over Patents immediately by steamer." (Diary, 1867-04-28)

William was obsessed with trying to confirm that Steinway had won the Exposition's "first" gold medal. At times his focus was on being "first" chronologically; at other times he viewed "first" in terms of quality. Either way, he was driven to assert Steinway's superiority over Chickering. Based on the thin evidence from Paris, William's advertisements repeatedly claimed that Steinway had won "the First Gold Medal of Merit for the highest degree of perfection", that it was "distinctly classified first in order of merit and placed at the head of the list." Chickering countered, also repeatedly, with the argument that its Legion of Honor gave it "the only distinction over the ... other medals awarded for pianos" and thus put Chickering "at the head of all others." (2)(18)

I own a Baldwin Hamilton Grand Piano (that I purchased in 1970). The piano was built in 1940 (serial number 89715). I purchased it as a refurbished piano after trying out a whole warehouse full of pianos before settling on this particular one. I still love the sound and the action of this piano!

Hello James;
I am looking at a Baldwin grand, serial # A54914 on Craigslist. Any information you can provide would be helpful. It appears it was likely built in the 1920s. If it has been maintained (apparently so, as was supposedly owned by a piano teacher), is there any concern about buying a piano of this age?

I am shopping for a new or newish BP190 (I played a lovely one at a Baltimore Baldwin dealer yesterday), but when I called the listed Baldwin Company phone number to get a list of serial numbers by year of the Chinese manufactured pianos, I got the Gibson headquarters and they told me while they still own the name Baldwin, they are no longer being produced, not even in China. Is this true? I thought Parsons Music Group just opened up a new manufacturing facility in Zhongshan.

Osborne moved his Boston shop twice; this information is invaluable in dating his surviving pianos, which often bear a business address. By 1818, he was at 12 Orange Street, and then in 1822 he moved to Boylston Market, where he seems to have remained until the end of the decade. Creating a basic chronology is further assisted by three-digit numbers stamped on many of his pianos; however, these may not be reliable as cumulative serial numbers because anomalies often appear when they are juxtaposed with other characteristics of his instruments.

Around 1824, Osborne introduced a more massive style of square piano (fig. 16). This appearance is partly related to the incorporation of a larger number of keys and strings (called for by music of the time), which necessitated a larger case. Some of the change also reflects the adoption in pianos of more robust and up-to-date styling. The most noticeable construction feature is the front corners of the case, which now form a sort of projection or pilaster above the legs. Mahogany veneer continues to be used for the bulk of the casework, with rosewood as a contrasting accent, both in the key well and as stringing and crossbanding.

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