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Boston (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
ned the piano as such. Perhaps the strings were then removed, or later when found useless. How long the owners continued to play the organ 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 the other piano, said to have been Princess Amelia's, the following communication is self-explanatory: Chickering & Sons, Div. American piano Company, Boston, Mass. Boston, December 13, 1921. my Dear Mr. Mann:— At last I have heard from my authorities with the result that the pretty little story about the Princess Amelia's Piano being in the possession of Miss Hale appears to be completely disproved. I am rather sorry for our part, but am pleased for your sake, for this simplifies your problems in connection with the Christopher Ganer Piano at the Conservatory. I wrote to the man who had charge of the Historical Musical Exhibition, held in H
Amelia Court House (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
flated, and which cut shows the peculiar composition of a thickness of two and a half inches. That action must have ruined the piano as such. Perhaps the strings were then removed, or later when found useless. How long the owners continued to play the organ 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 the other piano, said to have been Princess Amelia's, the following communication is self-explanatory: Chickering & Sons, Div. American piano Company, Boston, Mass. Boston, December 13, 1921. my Dear Mr. Mann:— At last I have heard from my authorities with the result that the pretty little story about the Princess Amelia's Piano being in the possession of Miss Hale appears to be completely disproved. I am rather sorry for our part, but am pleased for your sake, for this simplifies your problems in connection with the Christopher
Soho (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 1
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 which our compositor sets it) we were more at sea than ever. We were reminded of the saying of some eminent writer, Language is given us to conceal our thoughts. Evidently its first paragraph is editorially written, the remainder by the correspondent therein mentioned. But who was he? Does the word writer (in the closing paragraph) refer to James Parton, author of the Atlantic Monthly article, or to the writer of the abov
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 1
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 which our compositor sets it) we were more at sea than ever
Haverhill (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
portunity 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 Christt it to Boston. It was sold in this city to Gen. John Montgomery and taken to Medford, Mass., where it was used at the school for young ladies kept by Mrs. Susan Rawson, author of Charlotte Temple. The piano some time afterward was sent to Haverhill, N. H., where it was in use many years. Later it was taken to New Ipswich, N. H., where its real historic importance in connection with the firm of Chickering and Sons begins. Mr. Jonas Chickering, founder of the house, was in the last year of hi
Haverhill (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
(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 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 fam 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 then taken to New Ipswich, where its real historin in the north county of Cowass, or Coos, called from the Massachusetts town on the Merrimack, Haverhill, and probably its wealthiest man. George III had fifteen children, Montgomery had thirteen, bu days at Medford and Newton and in her early married life, is shown by its northern journey to Haverhill and its southern to New Ipswich. No wonder that, with its use in school and family, and its v
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 1
ail 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. Recalling the interesting episode in Medford's old meeting-house (related by Miss Sargent) when Mr. Rowhed 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. Odio
Medford (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
nty-eight pages, and among its illustrations (facing page 18) is a view of the piano of which we write, and which was numbered I (one) in the exhibit and catalogue from which we quote:— I. Square piano. Made in London by Christopher Ganer for Princess Amelia, youngest daughter of George III. She gave it to the chaplain of the royal family, whose daughter married a Mr. Odiorne, an American, and he brought it to Boston. It was sold in this city to Gen. John Montgomery and taken to Medford, Mass., where it was used at the school for young ladies kept by Mrs. Susan Rawson, author of Charlotte Temple. The piano some time afterward was sent to Haverhill, N. H., where it was in use many years. Later it was taken to New Ipswich, N. H., where its real historic importance in connection with the firm of Chickering and Sons begins. Mr. Jonas Chickering, founder of the house, was in the last year of his apprenticeship, at the age of nineteen, with a cabinet-maker named John Gould, when
New Ipswich, N. H. (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
al 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 piusan Rawson, author of Charlotte Temple. The piano some time afterward was sent to Haverhill, N. H., where it was in use many years. Later it was taken to New Ipswich, N. H., where its real historic importance in connection with the firm of Chickering and Sons begins. Mr. Jonas Chickering, founder of the house, was in the last the Piano of Mr. Odiorne for his daughter, then a young girl in Mrs. Rawson's school in Boston, and afterwards gave it to her when she went to reside in New Ipswich, New Hampshire. There, accidentally, the cover was broken. A Cabinetmaker was sent for to make a new lid, and Jonas Chickering, then an apprentice, was sent to exa
Samuel Bachelder (search for this): chapter 1
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 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 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
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