Antique Piano Shop of Tennessee releases Chickering Victorian Concert Grand Piano

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Feb. 29, 2016 - PRLog -- The Antique Piano Shop of Tennessee is proud to announce the release of an amazing piece of musical history, a Chickering Victorian Concert Grand Piano that dates to 1861 and includes a wide range of historical documentation regarding the history of this outstanding artifact of the American Civil War Period.

Made of Brazilian Rosewood, this Chickering Victorian Concert Grand Piano was built by Jonas Chickering, the first piano manufacturer in America. The Chickering firm was established in 1823 in Boston, 30 years before Steinway, and the company was widely knows for building the finest pianos the world has known. This magnificent instrument is one of the most stunning grand pianos that has ever been restored by the Antique Piano Shop.

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 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 its own ship rather than letting it be taken by the Yankees.  This beautiful piano has now been painstakingly restored to its former glory and this outstanding antique Chickering piano also comes with historical memorabilia about the ship, including a ticket for one of the original journeys.

The Antique Piano Shop of Tennessee is committed to the restoration of a wide range of historical pieces of musical history and this 1861 Chickering Concert Grand Piano offers one of the finest examples of American piano craftsmanship available in the world. For more information on this piano or any of the pianos being restored by the Antique Piano Shop, we encourage visitors to reach our website at antiquepianoshop.com.