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Simpson & Son Piano Co. Albuquerque, NM US 1940–1990 Simpson & Son was the only piano manufacturer west of the Mississippi during that time. They specialized in custom spinet upright pianos. Sohmer & Co. New York: US 1872–1996 Søren Jensen: Copenhagen: Denmark 1893–1921 sponagle Starr Piano Company: Richmond, IN US 1872–1950
Behr Brothers was a New York based piano company founded in 1880 and hailed as a major contributor to the piano industry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Henry Behr of Hamburg , Germany initially established a piano company in New York alongside Leopold Peck (of "Hardman Peck Piano Company") in 1877, named "Behr & Peck ...
As of 1868, Charles Parker Company and related initiatives were described as comprising "four large manufactories, located at different places in Meriden and its vicinity, and some of them comprise so many departments for the manufacture of distinct articles that they might be regarded as several distinct establishments."
Among these were Chicago-based The Cable Company in 1943, once the country's largest maker of reed organs; the Ivers and Pond Piano Company of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1945; Kranich and Bach in 1946; [2] and Hardman Peck in 1953. [3] Mason & Risch of Ontario, Canada, was another. [4] Its longtime president was William G. Heller, a son of ...
Alfred Dolge (December 22, 1848 – January 5, 1922) was a German-born industrialist, inventor, and author.. Originally an importer and manufacturer of piano materials he later founded his own factory, manufacturing felt products at Brockett's Bridge, Fulton County, New York, which in 1887 was renamed to Dolgeville.
Georges Bizet – Variations chromatiques de concert for piano; Ignaz Brüll – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C, op. 24; Johannes Brahms. Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45; 5 Lieder, op. 49; Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 1; Camille Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto No. 2; Johann Strauss II – Tales from the Vienna Woods; Peter Tchaikovsky. Songs Without ...
Schweighofer pianos are still highly respected for their rich, powerful sound and finely crafted construction. Throughout its long history, the company remained committed to the highest standards and incorporated new inventions in their pianos earlier than other Austrian piano makers (such as duplex scaling, Anglo-German and double escapement repetition actions, full cast iron frames etc.)
The company, founded in 1811 as Chappell & Co., was a British music publishing company and instrument shop in Bond Street, London, that specialised in piano manufacturing. [3] In 1929, Warner Bros. acquired M. Witmark & Sons, Remick Music Corporation and Harms, Inc. [4] Tamerlane Music (affiliated with Valiant Records) was acquired in 1969. [5]