• Serial No.: 6020?
  • Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Mich Catalog No. 30.1953.2
  • Year: CA 1844 Grand Piano. It was destroyed by fire at the Museum in 1970.
  • Maker: Jonas Chickering; Boston, MA
  • Action: Chickering grand action
  • Stops: 2 pedals: forte and piano
  • Range: CC-c5 84 Keys (seven octaves)
  • Stringing: Wrest plank with tuning pins located directly behind keyboard, hitch pins located along right side of case. Triple strung, strings extending from front of instrument to back.
  • Framing: Cast Iron
  • Case: Rosewood case , maple inlay on fallboard,heavily carved Chippendale inspired legs, pine sound board, oak framing.
  • Height: 98.4cm(38.75"); Length: 243cm(95.5"); Width: 136cm(53.625")
  • Fallboard Stencil: Chickering, Boston
  • Information Source: Jeanine Head Miller, Curater,Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village & Darcy Kuronen, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.