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1852 AD (search for this): chapter 1
fter much labor succeeded in restoring it to usefulness. This apparently trifling matter, no doubt, had an important bearing on [his] after life, and he soon after, unaided and alone, commenced the building of a small organ without any instruction, drawings, or hardly any idea of what such an instrument should be. He persevered for a while, but could hardly be said to have succeeded, and it is only now referred to, to show his bent of mind. In reading this latter paragraph (written in 1852) we are led to compare it with the preceding extract quoted, and query if both refer to one and the same thing. A brief description may be in order. The piano itself, i.e., the frame, strings and keyboard, is enclosed in a rectangular box about twenty-one by sixty inches, about eight inches deep. The cover is in two parts, with a flap in front, hinged to it, i.e., a two-third section along the keyboard. This box has metallic drop handles at each end, such as are used on tool-boxes for c
1870 AD (search for this): chapter 1
t of Mrs. Rowson, from which those in the Register and Medford Past and Present are reproduced. This was given to Miss Sargent by a granddaughter of Mrs. Bachelder, the Mary Montgomery who attended Mrs. Rowson's school and there (and in her early married life in New Ipswich) used this old piano. We also took from the library, for a careful reading, the Memoir of Mrs. Rowson, above alluded to. It was with some surprise that we found that though written by a Medford author, and published in 1870, it was not acquired by our library until March, 1901, and in the twenty years since then had been taken out but once (March, 1914). Attached to page 99 is the following typewritten statement:— In 1884 there was given to the New England Conservatory of Music an old piano—made in London in 1782. This instrument originally belonged to the Princess Amelia, the youngest daughter of George III, and she gave it to the Chaplain of the royal family, whose daughter married a Mr. Odiorne, an Am
1850 AD (search for this): chapter 1
le, copy of which you have, I am as much at sea as you, for we have nothing other than a copy of the article, exactly like the one which I gave to you. I am sorry that the information I am able to give you is so meagre, but I feel somewhat relieved to be in position to set you right on the question of Miss Hale's ownership of the Princess' Piano. Wishing you success with your work, I am, Very truly yours, Margaret E. Connell, Secretary. At the Centennial Celebration at New Ipswich (1850) the orator said:— Thirty years ago, few ears had been delighted with the sound even of the tinkling pianos of that day. . . A great and happy change has been wrought in social life. And to whom is it owing? Is it not to one of our own citizens? Do we not remember him as he quietly plied the saw, the plane and the lathe by yonder hill? It is Chickering. Mr. Chickering was there present, having then constructed eleven thousand pianos since his restoration in 1817 of this London-ma
1902 AD (search for this): chapter 1
n and presented with an elaborate Catalogue of the Exhibition, Horticultural Hall, January 11-26, 1902. This exhibition was under the auspices of Chickering & Sons, and totalled 1,346 distinct enumerressed his surprise thus, Why, this isn't a piano at all, it's an organ! But the exhibit card of 1902 still lies inside the old case, Princess Amelia piano. Here the query arises,—when did it cease t. No other writer mentions the organizing save the brief mention in the Chickering catalogue of 1902, which assigns a later date than 1817. Neither Dr. Hale nor Louis Elson, who were speakers at rgan by itself as recommended we cannot say, nor yet whether it was thus usable when exhibited in 1902. It certainly is not at this present writing, as the keys are almost immovable. Regarding theote to the man who had charge of the Historical Musical Exhibition, held in Horticultural Hall in 1902, under the auspices of Chickering & Sons, and all that he could tell me of the previous history o
1884 AD (search for this): chapter 1
n's school and there (and in her early married life in New Ipswich) used this old piano. We also took from the library, for a careful reading, the Memoir of Mrs. Rowson, above alluded to. It was with some surprise that we found that though written by a Medford author, and published in 1870, it was not acquired by our library until March, 1901, and in the twenty years since then had been taken out but once (March, 1914). Attached to page 99 is the following typewritten statement:— In 1884 there was given to the New England Conservatory of Music an old piano—made in London in 1782. This instrument originally belonged to the Princess Amelia, the youngest daughter of George III, and she gave it to the Chaplain of the royal family, whose daughter married a Mr. Odiorne, an American. She brought the piano to Boston. It was bought by General John Montgomery and taken to Medford, where it was used, by his daughter, at the school for young ladies kept by Mrs. Susanna Rowson. Thi
July (search for this): chapter 1
e tuned in unison, or they could be played separately. Mr. Chickering, a few years since, advised the owner to have a new and larger bellows put in, and play the organ by itself, as the tones were very sweet and suited to a chamber. His advice was followed. Mr. Chickering expressed much pleasure from time to time in selecting his best instruments for the lady to whom he was indebted for his first study of a Pianoforte. This true account will correct the statements of the writer in the July number of The Atlantic Monthly on The Piano in the United States, in which he states that the first Piano Jonas Chickering ever saw was in a battered condition, and that he put it in good repair, whereas, the one he first saw was in constant use and is a handsome instrument at the present moment, inlaid with satinwood and wreaths of colored wood surrounding the name of Christopher Ganer Londoni Fecit 1782 Broad Street Soho. On reading the above (typed copy kindly furnished us, and from
1820 AD (search for this): chapter 1
and young ladies from different parts of the country availed themselves of the opportunity of learning to play this instrument that had taken the place of the spinet and harpsichord. Mr. Nason, however, tells nothing of its history. Our interest in it was aroused by the following, very recently published (History of Haverhill, N. H., W. F. Whitcher, p. 378);— First piano. The first piano in Haverhill was owned by Gen. John Montgomery and was brought to Haverhill some time prior to 1820. This instrument had an interesting history. It was made in London by Christopher Gaverand and had been the property of Princess Amelia, daughter of George III. She gave it to a chaplain of the royal family, whose daughter married an American by the name of Odionne. They brought it to Boston, later it was taken to Medford and used in a school kept by Miss Susan Ranson. It was later still purchased by General Montgomery and brought to Haverhill, where it was in use for some years, and was
1804 AD (search for this): chapter 1
nt choir during a visit to the school, we looked into the genealogies in the Haverhill history and find them given as— 1 Mary. b Mar 5, 1790 2 Ann or Nancy b Apr 8. 1792 3 Mary Evidently an error, as Montgomery had a daughter Myra at the school with Mary. b. Oct 1, 1794d. Apr 14. 1817 The above first-mentioned Mary would have been twelve years of age at her father's visit to Medford in 1802, and was under Mrs. Rowson's tuition in 1805 after the removal of the school to Newton (1804). She married, August 26, 1810, Samuel Bachelder (who was six years her senior, and who outlived her ten years). He came to New Ipswich, N. H., in 1808, and was engaged in cotton manufacture there several years. Having digressed a little to show connection with the above, let us return to our piano subject again. For information we visited the Medford Public Library and were shown the beautiful little portrait of Mrs. Rowson, from which those in the Register and Medford Past and Present a
1817 AD (search for this): chapter 1
tly an error, as Montgomery had a daughter Myra at the school with Mary. b. Oct 1, 1794d. Apr 14. 1817 The above first-mentioned Mary would have been twelve years of age at her father's visit to Mwith its use in school and family, and its various cartings about, it needed tuning and repair in 1817, when it fell into the hands of Jonas Chickering. Referring to the history of New Ipswich we finat the piano of Princess Amelia had been organized prior to Jonas Chickering's first sight of it, 1817, in New Ipswich. How correct it may be we cannot say. It was written fifty years after Chickerinizing save the brief mention in the Chickering catalogue of 1902, which assigns a later date than 1817. Neither Dr. Hale nor Louis Elson, who were speakers at the eightieth anniversary exercises ofkering was there present, having then constructed eleven thousand pianos since his restoration in 1817 of this London-made piano, which was the incentive to his life's work. And here we leave the o
1818 AD (search for this): chapter 1
averhill, where it was in use for some years, and was then taken to New Ipswich, where its real historical importance was seen in the life work of Jonas Chickering, who was at the age of twenty a cabinet maker in that town. The piano was out of repair and he was given the task of placing it in condition, and though he had never seen such an instrument before, he made a careful study and successfully accomplished his task, and determined to become a piano manufacturer. He went to Boston in 1818, and entered the employ of John Osborne the only piano maker in that city. He mastered every detail of the work, made many improvements, and in 1823 began business for himself in April, and in June of that year finished and sold his first piano. This is now in the collection of early musical instruments of various types belonging to the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. John Montgomery had three daughters in Mrs. Rowson's school. He was not General till the war of 1812. Reca
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