Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 308
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… … Illus. 239. —Hawkey Square Piano, about 1845. Illustration 239 shows the form in which thesquare piano was finally made, and which, with fewvariations, continued fashionable until the introduc-tion of the present style of upright pianos, since when Musical Instruments 283 there have been…
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