Re: Chickering Piano Serial Number List

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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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Chickering is one of the most renowned names in the world of piano manufacturing. Known for its excellent quality and innovative solutions. Its history dates back, all the way to 1823, when it was founded by Jonas Chickering in Boston, Massachusetts. The company soon became one of the most important piano manufacturers in North America in the 19th century.Unfortunately, in the following century, the helm of the family business was taken over by other piano brands such as: Aeolian, Wurlitzer or Baldwin. Chickring specialised in the production of both upright and grand pianos as well as table pianos, which are no longer produced today. Chickering concert grand pianos were the most popular concert pianos of their era. It was only Steinway that took the lead in the 20th century.

If you are interested in the history of this brand, then be sure to take a look at the Klaviano Chickering website. There you will find out which pianos from this brand are the rarest and what does it have in common with the famous Steinway & Sons?

Jonas Chickering was known for his innovative approach to instrument design. It is to him that we owe the one-piece cast iron frame, which is able to withstand greater string tension. He also figured out how to put more strings in a smaller space. Instead of stacking them side by side, they started to stack the strings in two rows, one above the other. With this solution, the bass strings could be arranged in a more resonant part of the piano. This idea was so groundbreaking and effective that the strings are still arranged in this way today. Both in upright pianos and grand pianos.

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.

I am a piano researcher with a focus on Chickering & Sons of Boston that had a large manufactory at 791 Tremont Street Boston. I am seeking business records, union records , employee records etc for my research. Also looking for pictures, detailed articles on the construction of the factory in 1853 and 1854. Also looking for records of The South Boston Iron Works and the Alger & Reed Foundry that made the cast iron plates for Chickering & Sons

Thank you for the reply. I have been to the Smithsonian Archives and Reviewed most of the collection . The second collection of the Alger & Reed Foundry is one I recently became aware of . I have written to see what information may be in the files pertaining to piano plate forgings. I appreciate the leads and welcome more

This article on Jonas Chickering and his company, may provide you with other leads to records through the footnotes: The Craftsman as Industrialist: Jonas Chickering and the Transformation of American Piano Making.

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I am still looking for any material including pictures, day books, journals, union membership records, payroll records of Chickering & Sons piano manufactory. In addition I am interested in the same type of records for the following Boston piano makers : McPhail, Mason&Hamlin, Emerson, Ivers & Pond, Henry Miller

Were you able to find any records on the association of Chickering and Alder? I am writing an essay about piano restoration and was coming across the same question. In particular, how did Alder's casting technology help Chickering to make the first larger grand piano plates starting in 1843?

Sorry I am late in responding to your question . Alger Iron Works in South Boston cast piano plates for Chickering & Sons. Cyrus Alger had developed a method of giving cast iron 2 to 3 times the strength it had previously using a process involving air. His castings where so strong that he became so famous he cast cannons for the military ordnance department. Many of his cannons where used in coast defense and a large part of his property in South Boston was used to cast long cannons as well as short portable cannons. The company later became the South Boston Iron Works. I am pursuing some archived records I found out about that are at an offsite location in Maryland. These are described as records and ledgers belonging to Alger and Reed . Unlike Steinway & Sons, Chickering & Sons did not have their own foundry

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This 1928 Chickering's cabinet has blackened over time, but it has a rich mahogany veneer underneath. It is currently in unrestored condition and can be refinished in any color of your choice. See below for the list of work our expert craftsmen recommend to be done to bring this piano back to it's full potential.

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Once your piano is delivered, we give you 30 days to play it and make sure everything is exactly as you wish. If not, simply let us know, and we will pick up the piano and give you a full refund. Additionally, when you buy a restored piano from Lindeblad you can, at any time in the future, exchange that piano for another of our pianos and apply the full price you paid to the exchange.

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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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