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乔纳斯·戚克林1798年出生在美国新罕普郡，他做过木匠学徒工，据说他将一架因海运而损坏的欧洲公主的名琴修到了能弹的状态。这使得他对未来的事业有了明确的认识。
1817年，戚克林来到波士顿，在奥斯博恩的钢琴长工作，五年后，与詹姆斯·斯图尔特建立了钢琴公司。1826年，斯图尔特回到英国后，戚克林建立了自己的钢琴公司，起初制造的是方形钢琴。1830年制造出他的第一架立式书架形钢琴，还在1843年制造出他的第一架三角钢琴，其改良品获得了一致好评，并在伦敦水晶宫举行的第一届国际博览会上获得了最高奖励。

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Chickering & Sons
Chickering & Sons (not to be confused with Chickering Brothers) was the first actual piano factory in America, established in Boston in 1823 by Jonas Chickering with partner James Stewart. (The firm was known as "Stewart & Chickering" for a short time) From about 1830-1840, Chickering built some pianos under the name of Chickering & Mackay. John Mackay was a sea captain, and he would export Chickering pianos to South American, and in return, would bring back ships full of sweet smelling rosewood and mahogany for piano building. Mackay was lost at sea in 1841, and we have seen only a handful of pianos bearing the name Chickering & Mackay. Apparently they are very rare today. In 1852, the name of the firm was changed to Chickering & Sons when Chickering brought in his three sons, Thomas, Frank and George, as partners. Jonas Chickering died in 1853, and the firm was taken over by his son Thomas. Thomas Chickering died in 1871, and the firm was taken over by Frank Chickering. The remaining brothers died in the 1890s, as the firm continued to grow and thrive. In 1908, Chickering was sold to the American Piano Company, makers of some of America's better brand names. In 1932, the Aeolian Piano Company and the American Piano Company merged to create the Aeolian-American Corporation, and they continued to build the Chickering name for decades.

1852年，戚克林的三个儿子：托马斯、弗兰克和乔治加入了该公司，公司的名称改为“戚克林父子公司”。但是，当年年底的一场大火摧毁了整个工厂，齐克林也于次年去世，不过在此之前他们已着手建设新工厂，新工厂成为当时美国的第二大建筑。
戚克林钢琴公司以后在其儿子们先后掌管下重振雄风，特别是在弗兰克管理期间，公司的钢琴质量非常高。戚克林钢琴公司1875年在纽约的第五大道建成了可容纳两千人的音乐厅，弗兰克本人还在巴黎的国际博览会上获得了“皇家十字荣誉勋章”。拿破仑三世还授予他全世界最高的“非军事奖章”以鼓励其对音乐的贡献。
今天CHICKERING（戚克林）从它新的拥有者GIBSON－BALDWIN公司获得了新的能量――人们惊奇的发现这个具有170多年历史的钢琴品牌正迎来它生命中第二次高潮，GIBSON-BALDWIN公司不但完全保留了它历史悠久的钢琴制造经验及技术而且还对其品牌形象进行了一系列的新的包装了定位，这一切使它已连续几年成为美国人最受欢迎的钢琴品牌。

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