Jonas Chickering
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The result was an instrument that could withstand the tension exerted by its strings and resist extremes of temperature and humidity that made it difficult to remain in tune. Chickering\u00e2\u0080\u0099s patented innovations also yielded pianos of greater volume and superior resonance. Honored at the Crystal Palace exhibition in London in 1851, they became the instruments of choice in concert halls throughout the United States. When he posed for this portrait by Boston\u00e2\u0080\u0099s premier daguerreian artists, Chickering was at the zenith of his career."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en Mason Village, New Hampshire"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Jonas Chickering, \u00e2\u0080\u009cel padre de los fabricantes de piano en Estados Unidos\u00e2\u0080\u009d, revolucion\u00c3\u00b3 este sector al desarrollar un bastidor de una sola pieza en hierro fundido. El instrumento resultante pod\u00c3\u00ada soportar mejor la tensi\u00c3\u00b3n ejercida por las cuerdas y los extremos de temperatura y humedad que afectaban su afinaci\u00c3\u00b3n. Las innovaciones patentadas por Chickering tambi\u00c3\u00a9n mejoraron los aspectos de volumen y resonancia. Estos pianos fueron destacados en la exposici\u00c3\u00b3n del Crystal Palace de Londres en 1851 y se convirtieron en los preferidos de las salas de concierto de Estados Unidos. Cuando pos\u00c3\u00b3 para este retrato en el estudio de los m\u00c3\u00a1s distinguidos daguerrotipistas de Boston, Chickering estaba en la cumbre de su carrera."}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution"}], "name": [{"label": "Artist", "content": "Southworth & Hawes, active 1843 - 1862"}, {"label": "Artist", "content": "Albert Sands Southworth, 12 Mar 1811 - 3 Mar 1894"}, {"label": "Artist", "content": "Josiah Johnson Hawes, 20 Feb 1808 - 7 Aug 1901"}, {"label": "Sitter", "content": "Jonas Chickering, 5 Apr 1798 - 8 Dec 1853"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "Interior"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Cased object"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Jonas Chickering: Male"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Jonas Chickering: Science and Technology\\Inventor"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Jonas Chickering: Business and Finance\\Businessperson\\Industrialist\\Manufacturer\\Piano"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Portrait"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "Whole-plate daguerreotype"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Image: 20 \u00c3\u0097 15 cm (7 7/8 \u00c3\u0097 5 7/8\")"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Frame: 31.1 \u00c3\u0097 25.7 \u00c3\u0097 2.5 cm (12 1/4 \u00c3\u0097 10 1/8 \u00c3\u0097 1\")"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Portrait Gallery"}], "objectRights": [{"label": "Restrictions & Rights", "content": "CC0"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Photograph"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:npg_NPG.95.177", "hash": "ef26b7ee633bfe6f659b3e1e2e45689d3a589ee3", "docSignature": "317da175ccf08c34fede5a77b0131bce", "timestamp": 1658327601, "lastTimeUpdated": 1653682043, "title": "Jonas Chickering"}