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In 1888 Williams' son Robert took control of the Canadian Organ & Piano Company; it was moved to Oshawa, Ontario (then a small town) where it took over a large building previously used by the Joseph Hall Works. [5] This arm of the company was renamed The R. S. Williams Piano Company of Oshawa. [6] [7]
In 1835 or 1836 Lindeman began manufacturing his own pianos, and according to the 1875 article he employed a single journeyman. His initial address was listed at 48 William Street; [2] by 1836 he established a small factory at the corner of Bank and Fourth streets, but reportedly removed to work for piano makers Gerding & Simon on Long Island as a result of the bank crisis of 1837.
This article is a list of piano brand names from all over the world. This list also includes names of old instruments which are no longer in production. Many of these piano brand names are "stencil pianos", which means that the company which owns the brand name is simply applying the name to a piano manufactured for them by another company,
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
Willis & Co. is a piano manufacturer, formerly founded in 1884 by Alexander Parker Willis and based in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany. [4] A retailer of Willis & Co. in Canada was sold by the Willis family in 1967, [4] and went out of business in 1979. [5] The global branch was merged with the Landshut Willis company in Germany. [4]
William Knabe died on May 21, 1864, and was succeeded by his sons William and Ernest J. Knabe , and son-in-law Charles Keidel. In 1866, Wm Knabe & Co. introduced their agraffe treble, a piano whose agraffe was threaded into a heavier piece of brass instead of directly into the iron frame. [17] City of Baltimore – Factory of Knabe & Co. (1866)
Steinway & Sons, also known as Steinway (/ ˈ s t aɪ n w eɪ / ⓘ), is a German-American piano company, founded in 1853 in New York City by German piano builder Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later known as Henry E. Steinway).
1974 – William Watts died, still a director of the company he had worked in the industry for 60 years. 1976 – Monington & Weston ceased piano production. Took over J. Pine, keyboard makers. 1986 – Monington & Weston closed. 1996 - Monington & Weston was sold by the Watts family to John Morley of Robert Morley & Co. Ltd..
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