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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
ICHARD HOFF-
MAN, in his "Musi-
cal Recollections,"
wrote in 1897:
"There (Boston, 1847) I made the
acquaintance of old Jonas Chicker-
ing, who met me in his working
apron with his tools in his hand....
"It is just fifty years since my in-
troduction to the Chickering piano
....I have been faithful to it ever
since, nor have I had occasion to
change my mind as to its uniform
excellence."
The late master of the piano would
have no occasion to change his
mind were he alive today. The
Chickering is^still the