History of the American pianoforte : its technical development, and the trade . <P<y « O S I P. 125 *< o o ^ P £ 3 * 6 5 5 P o O BOSTON. 89 say, neither the ship nor Mackay was ever heard of after-ward. This threw back the business on the hands ofJonas Chickering, who retired somewhat from the shopdepartment and devoted himself more to the details ofthe shipping and commercial duties involved, until hissons were able to assume some of the responsibility,when the firm became Chickering & Sons. About 1822 another piano-maker appeared on CommonStreet named John Dwight, previously alluded
History of the American pianoforte : its technical development, and the trade . <P<y « O S I P. 125 *< o o ^ P £ 3 * 6 5 5 P o O BOSTON. 89 say, neither the ship nor Mackay was ever heard of after-ward. This threw back the business on the hands ofJonas Chickering, who retired somewhat from the shopdepartment and devoted himself more to the details ofthe shipping and commercial duties involved, until hissons were able to assume some of the responsibility,when the firm became Chickering & Sons. About 1822 another piano-maker appeared on CommonStreet named John Dwight, previously alluded to. Hemust have been of an inventive turn, for he took out apatent for the application of a longitudinal iron barto the piano on July 29th, 1824, thus anticipating aminor feature of Babcocks plate by about sixteenmonths. Dwight subsequently became a partner ofDaniel B. Newhall. This firm exhibited some pianos in1839 designed to meet a want then felt for low-pricedinstruments, and as far as can be learned devoted them-selves entirely to this class of trade. Dwight &
Size: 1732px × 1442px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectpiano, bookyear1890
