This Chickering Square Piano tonally, this probably is the finest square that Chickering ever built.

Chickering Square Piano

Date: Ca. 1881

Serial #: 57918

Keyboard compass: 85 notes 7 octaves

Keyboard covering: Mostly original ivory; all original ebony sharps.

Cabinet: Has double molding around bottom of rosewood case. Typical elegant Chickering style music rack. Cabriole legs and carved pedal lyre. To be refinished.

Dimensions: 81" x 40 ½"

Action: Double bearing agraffes throughout; this was a patented advancement that gave the strings much better bearing and a higher tensioned scale was possible. Action is typical American late square type; two pedals, damper and moderator (soft).

A good solid restorable piano by one of the top builders. This is a very late one and is getting close to the period when square pianos ceased to be built. Many times useless things were patented and flaunted to be something wonderful; but the double bearing agraffe in this case certainly was a technical improvement. Tonally, this probably is the finest square that Chickering ever built.