Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 306
Illus. 237.—Chickering Upright Piano,1830. 282 Furniture of the Olden Time The story is that a piano-maker in New Yorkvowed he would make 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 York.… … lllus. 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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