Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 307
s H. Darling-ton, D.D., of Brook-lyn, New York. Thebody of the piano ismade of rosewood.The strings are ar-ranged like those ina grand piano, butthe sounding-boardextends only the dis-tance of the pianobody ; above that thestrings are exposed like those of a harp. Thewooden frame upon which the… … Illus. 237. Chickering Upright Piano,1830. 282 Furniture of the Olden Time The story is that a piano-maker in New Yorkvowed he would n^iake the most beautiful piano inthe world. One like this was the result, and it wasbought by A. T. Stewart, at that time, about 1840,the merchant prince of New…
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