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Alpheus Babcock Square # 61
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This square has the same general case design as #170 and #338 but with a more ornate wood grain pattern and more detail in the edgings and leg ferrules, It is in mostly original condition. The pedals are not attached in these pictures. Real… |
![]() Alpheus Babcock Square #170
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This piano spent most of its life in Mexico at the US embassy, before traveling to a private home in the 1970s. Recently it has made its third move to here in Hopkinton. Again it is a Ruth MacKay piano and is very similar to our other… |
Alpheus Babcock Square #336
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This piano was made for Ruth (R.) MacKay, mother of John Mackay of Chickering and MacKays fame |
Alpheus Babcock Square #338
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Alpheus Babcock Square #423
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This is a later design with a larger soundboard |
Alpheus Babcock Square #440
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![]() Brown & Allen Square
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![]() Brown & Allen Square #6978
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![]() Chickering & MacKays Square #3983
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Mr. MacKay and his son (hence Mackays) partnered with Chickering for a time. The elder Mackay was lost at sea during one of his many trips to distribute pianos and come home with rare hardwoods for the factory. Somewhere between this piano… |