Chickering Baby Grand Piano Review

By the 1960s the piano had finally found its way back into the majority of living rooms across the country.

Chickering baby grand piano review. Make offer chickering baby grand piano brown cherry. Chickering sons was an american piano manufacturer located in boston massachusetts the company was founded in 1823 by jonas chickering and james stewart but the partnership dissolved four years later. Located in east rochester ny was closed in 1982 and chickering was sold to the wurlitzer piano co with pianos manufactured for them in korea by samick. On the other hand the price 2 000 seems high for a chickering baby grand whatever that means in original condition that is upwards of 80 years old.

Or potentially four generations of kids and grandkids working their magic on the keyboard. This piano was built by the aeolian corporation which also manufactured mason hamlin and was inspired by chickering s quarter grand design which revolutionized the piano industry by introducing a smaller grand piano to the market. Baldwin then purchased the wurlitzer chickering names in 1994. By 1830 jonas chickering became partners with john mackay manufacturing pianos as chickering company and later chickering mackays until the senior mackay s death in 1841 and.

Very nice chickering baby grand piano 5 5 built in 1940ies at the highlight of american piano building cabinet is a wonderful tiger mahogany does have a few nicks and scratches but not to noticeable the real gem of this piano is its tone and touch very nice for any professional player holds tune well a great bargain at this price buyer pays moving expense. A lot can happen to a piano with that much history. Chickering sons not to be confused with chickering brothers was the first piano manufacturer in america chickering quickly became one of the largest and most successful piano manufacturers of all time. Along with samick baldwin also manufactured chickering grand pianos from 1994 to 2001.

That is eight decades of use and survival. Chickering grand piano brass hammer flanges rare 3 per sale.