• Serial No: 529
• Owner: Marlowe Sigal, Newtown Centre, MA;e-mail sigal@msn.com
• Type: J.Chickering Square
• Year: 1827
• Action:
• Stops: One Pedal (dampers)
• Range: FF-c⁴
• Stringing: Double Strung Wound FF-AA
• ..............Double Strung Plain AA#-c⁴
• Framing: all wood, no iron
• Case: Mahogany with rosewood crossbanding; rounded corners
• Brass Plaque Inscription: PATENT/J.Chickering Maker/No.20 Common Street/Boston
• Length:177.5 cm (67 7/8")
• Width: 71.1 cm (28")
• Depth:(excluding legs) 29.8 cm (11 3/4")
• Other Information: 4 legs (tapered round, reeded, capped by brass floral collars); full soundboard; 3 front drawers. This instrument plays well.
• Original Owner: Mr. Moses Everitt, purchased Nov. 24,1827
• Information Source: Marlowe Sigal, Cynthia Adams Hoover, Smithsonian Institution