Six part wooden clarinet with five levered metal keys and 8 finger holes. Ivory-colored bands at each of the five joins. Maker's marks stamped onto instrument in five places.
Open scroll work on rectangular music stand; elaborate lyre-shaped pedal support with two pedals. Three massive legs with ten-faceted tapered legs. Sides of keyboard area scrolled with foliate carving. Around bottom is rope-like molding.
Ames, Kenneth L [ed], 'Victorian Furniture: Essays from a Victorian Society Autumn Symposium', Victorian Society in America, 1982.
Height (in)
37.437
Length (in)
98.5
Width (in)
57
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2022-11-17
Condition Notes
adjusted' piano 5/16/1949
Last cleaning & tuning September 2006
Several strings are broken and the sound board no longer holds its tuning.
Object ID
W.1936.001.004
Notes
Jonas Chickering (1798-1853), whose firm made the piano, began his career as a cabinetmaker in Ipswich, New Hampshire. In 1818 at the age of twenty, he went to Boston and apprenticed himself in one of the town's cabinet shops.
A) Case - Walnut joined case with brass hinges, lock & small key. Interior covered in red velvet and base divided into three main compartments. Painted gold lettering on lid of case reads, "B. Frank Saylor"
B) Valved mid-piece with six open finger holes & five metal-levered holes.
C) Mouthpiece
D) End piece with three holes covered by metal levers
E) "E. J. Albert's Perfected Orchestra & Solo Rosin" used on strings wrapped around joins. Piece of hardened rosin in wood inside sleeve from cardboard box. (2.5 x1.25 x 1" high)
Five-piece wood flute that can adjusted in length. 4 of the ten holes are closed/filled with cork. Three metal-levered keys. Stamped on wooed at mouthpiece, "GER. SILVER" and stamped in middle, "C. PELOUBET / NEW YORK / FACTORY AT / BLOOMFIELD / NJ"
Violin in case and accessories. Contents include violin, bow, chamois cover, and various accessories in compartment at front of case (two string packets, one string missing; bridge; labels).
A) Violin - Label on the interior reads, "Fried. Aug. Glass vvefertigt nach / Antonius Straduarius Fies / Fabrikat in Cremona 1730" [Friedrich August Glass manufactured in the style of Antonius Stradvarius [the younger?] factory of Cremona 1730]
Missing bridge and strings.
B) Bow - Wood, Ebony, Mother of Pearl. Wooden with ebony & mother-of-pearl piece to anchor strings. Metal covers both ends. 29" long.
C) Velvet and Chamois cover - Velvet is painted with floral motif. Violin-shaped cover, scalloped-edged chamois with black velvet piece hand-stitched to it.
D) Case - lined with decorative paper, small storage compartment at one end. Metal handle, lock, and latch. 2 hook-and-eye front closures, 2 hinges on back. Remnants of fabric strips on inside of case.
A) Violin has two of 4 strings and 1 of four adjusting screws; label on interior reads, "Ralph H. Quackenbush / Baldwinsville / 1899 NY"
B) Bow, wood, mother of pearl
C) Case - Hard case painted black with swivel handle, 4 metal buttons on bottom; 3 hinges on lid, 2 closure clamps & lock on side. Interior lined with purple napped fabric; loops to hold 2 bows on inside of lid, only one bow is present. Well worn.
