Antique Piano Shop of Tennessee Releases Chickering Victorian Grand Concert Piano From 1861

The Antique Piano Shop is proud to release a restored Chickering Victorian Grand Concert Piano that dates to 1861 that was originally commissioned to be a part of the Steamer Mary E. Kenne. This piece of American musical history includes involvement in the United States Civil War and is a highly desired antique piano.

 The Antique Piano Shop of Tennessee is proud to announce the release of a Chickering Victorian Concert Grand Piano that dates from 1861and offers an amazing history from the American Civil War.

This Chickering Victorian Concert Grand Piano is highly prized as one of the finest sounding instruments of the  Victorian Concert State and this Model Chickering was preferred By Famous Pianists Of The Era, including Liszt, Gottschalk, and many others.

Jonas Chickering was the first piano manufacturer in America when the Chickering firm was established in 1823 in Boston, 30 years before Steinway, and the company built some of the finest pianos the world has known. This magnificent instrument released by The Antique Piano Shop is one of the most stunning grand pianos that the company has ever restored.

This concert grand piano, built in 1861, was specially commissioned by the owners of the Steamer Mary E. Keene, a new passenger steamship for the New Orleans to Memphis route. Mary E. Keene was the young daughter of the steamship owner, who also owned two plantations in Louisiana. After only three round-trip journeys, the Confederate Army in the Civil War called this passenger ship into use for wartime battle and at that time, to preserve the beauty of this marvelous piece of musical craftsmanship, the piano was removed from the ship.

When the Union Army got close to the steamer on the Yazoo River in Mississippi, the Confederate Army burned the ship rather than letting it be taken by the Union Army. This beautiful piano has now been painstakingly restored to its former glory, waiting for an owner who can enjoy the majesty of this amazing piece of American and musical history. The purchaser of the piano will also receive a variety of historical memorabilia about the ship, including a ticket for one of the original journeys.

For more information or to purchase this outstanding Chickering Victorian Concert Grand Piano from The Antique Piano Shop, please contact the Antique Piano Shop today. 

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We are people who love pianos. The piano tells the story of our loved ones past, and it will carry our story to future generations. Antique Piano Shop restores and retails antique pianos from around the world.

Antique Piano Shop
1158 Lane Drive
Friendsville, TN 37737
United States