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Re: Seeking records of Chickering & Sons of Boston
Susannah Brooks Nov 27, 2020 2:22 PM (in response to Jim Kelly)1 person found this helpfulIt looks like the papers of Chickering & Sons are in the Smithsonian Archives Collection:. https://sova.si.edu//record/NMAH.AC.0264
There also seems to be a small collection at the Smithsonian for the Alger & Reed Foundry
https://sova.si.edu/details/NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Foundries#ref529
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Re: Seeking records of Chickering & Sons of Boston
Jim Kelly Nov 27, 2020 9:31 PM (in response to Jim Kelly)Thank you for the reply. I have been to the Smithsonian Archives and Reviewed most of the collection . The second collection of the Alger & Reed Foundry is one I recently became aware of . I have written to see what information may be in the files pertaining to piano plate forgings. I appreciate the leads and welcome more
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Re: Seeking records of Chickering & Sons of Boston
Susannah Brooks Nov 28, 2020 2:21 PM (in response to Jim Kelly)1 person found this helpfulThis article on Jonas Chickering and his company, may provide you with other leads to records through the footnotes: The Craftsman as Industrialist: Jonas Chickering and the Transformation of American Piano Making.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3114003?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
[normally JSTOR is only available through major institutions, but due to Covid (and closure of libraries, etc) individuals can sign up for a free username and password and download up to 100 articles per month.
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Re: Seeking records of Chickering & Sons of Boston
Alice Lane Nov 28, 2020 7:15 AM (in response to Jim Kelly)1 person found this helpfulHello Jim,
Welcome to History Hub
Found this online
List of American-Made Pianos (ourpastimes
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There may be more in the Historic New England website than I have listed. (Search in All Collections)
Collections Search | Historic New England /
Chickering account book Account book of Chickering Piano Company, 1847-1860s | Historic New England
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Cyrus Alger (1781-1856) - Find A Grave Memorial
And This Is Good Old Boston: Alger's Gun Works
Alice Lane
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Re: Seeking records of Chickering & Sons of Boston
Jim Kelly Jan 14, 2021 10:32 AM (in response to Alice Lane)I am still looking for any material including pictures, day books, journals, union membership records, payroll records of Chickering & Sons piano manufactory. In addition I am interested in the same type of records for the following Boston piano makers : McPhail, Mason&Hamlin, Emerson, Ivers & Pond, Henry Miller
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Re: Seeking records of Chickering & Sons of Boston
Alice Lane Jan 14, 2021 10:50 AM (in response to Jim Kelly)Hi Jim,
Have you tried EBAY?
Alice Lane
Research Volunteer
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Re: Seeking records of Chickering & Sons of Boston
Jim Kelly Jan 14, 2021 7:07 PM (in response to Alice Lane)yes and i have found a number of things there including a plaque and a rare book written about the company by the company.
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Re: Seeking records of Chickering & Sons of Boston
B E Jan 21, 2021 5:15 PM (in response to Jim Kelly)Here's an almanach by them: https://archive.org/details/commemorationfo00sonsgoog at archive.org. And a few mentions at https://archive.org/search.php?query=Chickering%20%26%20Sons%20of%20Boston&sin=TXT