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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 ...
Ansonia model, c. 1904, Santiago, color caoba. The New York factory burnt down in 1880 - the loss was reported to be $750,000 with only $395,000 insured. [4] The company rebuilt the factory on the same site, and reopened the expanded factory in 1881, with capacity to exceed that of the Connecticut factory - which closed completely in 1883.
The Model I ceased production in 1929 with the onset of the Great Depression. [2] The Hamburg factory continued production of the Model R until 1943. [3] [4] Unlike the revived Model K52 and K132, Steinway never resumed production of the Model I or Model R, leaving the Steingraeber 138 as the sole upright piano of this class currently in ...
A vintage 1980's photo of the abandoned York Grand Rapids factory site as well as the site today. After experiencing unparalleled growth through innovation in much of the early 20th century, the York company fell victim to the Great Depression of the 1930s and was purchased by Carl Fischer for $300,000 in December 1940.
William R. Haberlin is the man who made all of the tools and dies for the original Ives O-gauge ("O" gauge) clockwork train line in 1901. Aside from the patterns for the iron locomotives bodies (made by Charles A. Hotchkiss, mentioned in Model Craftsman - March 1944) and the clockwork mechanisms themselves (manufactured by The Reeves Manufacturing Company in New Haven, Connecticut, later in ...
In 1857, David P. Davis left the firm and Howard & Davis was dissolved. In 1857-8, Edward Howard finished and sold left over "Model 1857" material from the Boston Watch Co. under the name Howard & Rice. In December 1858, Howard bought out Rice's interest and began manufacturing watches of a new design, signed "E. Howard & Co."
Today this area is all condos with a new street grid. 1990. Share of the Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corp., issued 22. October 1925l Mid-1950s Stewart-Warner automotive instruments in "Hollywood" panel. The company was founded as Stewart & Clark Company in 1905 by John K. Stewart. Their speedometers were used in the Ford Model T.
By 1990, New York Air Brake had furnished $100 million worth of equipment for more than half of New York City's R62A's, R68's and R110A/R110B subway cars before NYAB's Transit Division was established as the Knorr Brake Company and moved to Westminster, Maryland.