Chickering Console 39" high. One Year Warranty, Free Delivery, Free Tuning Chickering and Sons was an American piano manufacturer located in Boston, known for producing award-winning instruments of superb quality and design. The company was founded in 1823 by Jonas Chickering and James Stewart, but the partnership dissolved four years later. By 1830 Jonas Chickering became partners with John Mackay, manufacturing pianos as Chickering & Company, and later Chickering & Mackays until the senior Mackay's death in 1841, and reorganized as Chickering & Sons in 1853. Chickering pianos continued to be made until 1983. Jonas Chickering made several major contributions to the development of piano technology, most notably by introducing a one-piece, cast-iron plate to support the greater string tension of larger grand pianos. Chickering was the largest piano manufacturer in the United States in the middle of the nineteenth century, but was surpassed in the 1860s by Steinway. In 1867, Jonas's son Frank Chickering had the Imperial Cross of the Legion of Honour, then one of the world's most prestigious non-military awards, bestowed upon him by Emperor Napoleon III for services to the art of music, one of more than 200 awards the piano manufacturer garnered over the years. This piano was made in 1941 by the original Chickering family before tha company was sold. Chickering was the most famous piano in the world for many, many decades. These pianos continue to command a pretty high dollar in comparison to other manufacturers. This piano can be seen at: Antiques & Things 4710 Central Ave. Albuquerque Location: Albuquerque it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests newmexico