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2. Cunningham Piano Company - Wikipedia

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   Noted musicians used the instruments, including Vincent Persichetti, a native Philadelphian and noted composer and professor at the Juilliard School and George Gershwin who used a Cunningham Piano to write his opera "Porgy and Bess" in Folly Beach, South Carolina. The Great Depression was a great blow to the business. Before the start of World ...

3. Steinway Vertegrand - Wikipedia

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   The name "Vertegrand" displayed along the top of the iron frame reflected the instrument's size relative to Steinway's then-current lineup; at 52 inches (132 cm), it was smaller than the 54.3-inch (138 cm) "Upright Grand" scale (Model I in New York; Model R in Hamburg) introduced in 1894, but larger than the 49-inch (125 cm) scale that would ...

4. List of piano manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   United Piano Makers: New York: US 1860–1880 Vose & Sons: Boston: US 1851–1985 Aeolian Company: W. Ritmüller & Sohn: Göttingen: Germany 1795–1933 Pearl River Piano Group in China uses the brand name "Ritmüller" for their pianos. W. W. Kimball and Company: Chicago: US 1857–1996 Kimball International: Weber Piano Company [70] [84] New ...

5. Steinway & Sons - Wikipedia

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   A Steinway piano is handcrafted [147] and takes nearly a year to build. [148] Steinway maintains its own lumber yards at both the Hamburg and New York factories, aging and drying lumber from nine months to five years. Less than 50 percent is finally used in the making of Steinway pianos. More than 70 percent of the walnut stock is discarded ...

6. Aeolian Company - Wikipedia

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   Aeolian was first located at 841 Broadway, in the heart (and soul) of the piano district; the company later moved to 23rd Street, and then to 360 Fifth Avenue. Aeolian Hall (1912–13), 33 West 42nd Street, housed the firm's general offices and demonstration rooms as a recital hall on the 43rd Street side, where many noted musicians performed, and was where the first Vocalions were made.

7. Steinway Musical Instruments - Wikipedia

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   Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. is a worldwide musical instrument manufacturing and marketing conglomerate, based in Astoria, New York, the United States.It was formed in a 1995 merger between the Selmer Industries and Steinway Musical Properties, the parent company of Steinway & Sons piano manufacturers.