• Serial No. 898
• The Wayside; Concord, MA
• Year: 1830 Square Piano.
• Maker: Jonas Chickering; Boston, MA
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• Range: FF-f⁴ 73 Keys (six octaves)
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• Case: Mahogany and rosewood veneer in Sheraton style with mahogany cross-branding and square corners. Bead-and-real carvings decorate molding at the top of the skirt, with lyre-shaped pedal support suspended beneath the case. There are two rings outlining a bell-like form above carved reeding which fans outward like a skirt. Heavier reeding tapers to turned ring with each leg set on a castor. Music rack is attached to curved and notched desk perpendicular to nameboard.
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• Insert brass nameplate is surrounded by brass molding oramented with fancy brass inlay. Inscription: Patent,J. Chickering, maker, 416 Washington St., Boston
• Information Source: Darcy Kuronen, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; "The Square Pianos of Jonas Chickering", Mary Ellen Patnaude Haupert; Heather C Wager, Orchard House, Concord, MA.