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1782 AD (search for this): chapter 1
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 bo 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.
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
June (search for this): chapter 1
inet 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. Recalling the interesting episode in Medford's old meeting-house (related by Miss Sargent) when Mr. Rowson and Mr. Montgomery sang a powerful duo in the absence of Medford's recalcitrant choir during a v
April (search for this): chapter 1
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. Recalling the interesting episode in Medford's old meeting-house (related by Miss Sargent) when Mr. Rowson and Mr. Montgomery sang a powerful duo in the absence of Medford's recalcitrant ch
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
1799 AD (search for this): chapter 1
t, and read by her before the Historical Society, October, 1903. To that the reader is referred for the setting and location of this piano while in Medford (though no allusion is there made to it), the present writer only remarking that Mrs. Rowson's school was housed in a building on High street, removed just prior to the erection of Grace Church and the Tufts residence. Mrs. Rowson's biographer (Rev. Elias Nason) states Mrs. Rowson introduced a piano into her schoolroom in the spring of 1799, 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 t
January 11th (search for this): chapter 1
wn an upright piano, diminutive in size as compared with present styles. It was enclosed in a case of inlaid wood of most elaborate workmanship. It is said to be the first upright made, and the most valuable in the collection. We thought we had succeeded in our quest, but a second visit revealed that we had more to learn. By the courtesy of the manager's office we were shown the real instrument in question 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 enumerations, mainly of musical instruments, ancient and modern. The catalogue filled seventy-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. Sh
1802 AD (search for this): chapter 1
when Mr. Rowson and Mr. Montgomery sang a powerful duo in the absence of Medford's recalcitrant 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 li
March, 1901 AD (search for this): chapter 1
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 American. She brought the piano to Boston. It was
March, 1914 AD (search for this): chapter 1
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 American. She brought the piano to Boston. It was bought by General John Montgomery and taken to Medford, where it was used, by
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