. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . be spared from the actual operationof the great Chickering factory are devoted by him tohis family, to musical affairs in Boston, with which hehas always been prominently associated, and to mattersof art, in which he is deeply interested. He is verywell and very widely known, and to all is an authority on musical greatest ambi-tion to-day is thatthe Chickering pianoshall, if possible, bebrought to a higherpoint than ever be-fore, and so perpetu-
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . be spared from the actual operationof the great Chickering factory are devoted by him tohis family, to musical affairs in Boston, with which hehas always been prominently associated, and to mattersof art, in which he is deeply interested. He is verywell and very widely known, and to all is an authority on musical greatest ambi-tion to-day is thatthe Chickering pianoshall, if possible, bebrought to a higherpoint than ever be-fore, and so perpetu-ate the record of thehouse, and finish thelife-work of his fam-ily, that they may god o w n to posterity,not only as thefounders of theAmerican piano-forte industry, but asthe inventors andpractical introducersof those wonderf\ilinventions in theearly days of pianomaking, which madeall subsequent im-provements possibleand made the con-cert grand of to-day,that t r i u m p h ofmechanical genius,artistic skill, scien-tific research a n dindomitable labor, an accomplished fact. Personally,Mr. Chickering is a most modest and unassuming. all factory matters. In fact, he became an integral part gentleman, absolutely devoid of the unwholesome self- of the institution, and has ever since his entry at thefactory been thoroughly identified with the Chickeringpiano and its remarkable development, and the presentgreat fame of the house and of its instruments is due tohim more than to any other one man. Mr. Chickeringhas made occasional trips to Europe, and is very fond infatuation so characteristic of the/« dc neck with evenmen of success and position. He is a very approach-able man, and if he will he can talk for hours in anextremely interesting manner on all topics, whethermusical, artistic or otherwise. Mr. Chickerings resi-dence is at Readville, Mass. BOSTON. 191 BOSTON has always held a high place in the cordageindustry of America. Ropewalks were estab-lished there in the early days
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