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The Cable Company (earlier, Wolfinger Organ Company, Chicago Cottage Organ Company; sometimes called by the name of its subsidiary, The Cable Piano Company) was an American manufacturer and distributor of pianos and reed organs that operated independently from 1880 to 1936.
Brinkerhoff Piano Company: Chicago: US 1906–1950 Brinsmead: London: UK 1835–1921 Brødrene Hals: Oslo: Norway 1847–1925 Bush & Gerts: Chicago: US 1884–1942 Bought by Haddorff Piano co. in 1942. Cable and Sons: New York: US 1852–1936 Cable Piano Company: Chicago: US 1880–1937 Merged with Schiller Piano Company to become The Schiller ...
The Conservatory was founded in 1901 by William Lincoln Bush (1861–1941), [1] [2] of the Chicago-based piano manufacturer and retailer, Bush & Gerts Piano Company, a company that he co-founded as W. H. Bush and Company in 1885 with (i) his father, William H. Bush, and (ii) a noted, German-born piano-maker, John Gerts (1845–1913).
When purchased in 1945 by the Cartledge family, the name was changed to the Grand Piano and Furniture Company. In the 1950s, the chain began to expand outside of Roanoke into Southwest Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley and, eventually, other states. Grand eventually stopped selling pianos and assumed its current name, Grand Home Furnishings, in 1998.
The Schiller Piano Company was an American manufacturer of pianos in Oregon, Illinois. It operated independently from 1890 to 1936, when it merged with the Cable Company and thereafter produced pianos under the name Cable and Conover. Thousands of pianos were produced in its factory, which was operated by corporate successors until 1971.
In 1881, he began selling Henry Miller Pianos, made in Boston. Three years later, he moved the business to 1111 Olive Street, in the city's growing piano district. [4] He sold pianos by William Knabe & Company (made in New York City), Kimball & Company (Chicago), and Blasius & Sons (Woodbury, New Jersey). By 1893, he was able to move the store ...
By 1901, William Straube had sold his interest [7] and signed a 5-year non-compete agreement. [MTR 9] But in 1901, Straube, his two brothers, Herman Charles Straube (1867–1921) and Martin Straube, Jr. (1869–1934), and an associate, Charles Jacobsen (no relation to the Jacobsons of Straube Piano Company), formed another piano manufacturing company and leased the Club Block in Downers Grove.
Schubertiade Chicago is a free all-day marathon festival celebrating the music of Franz Schubert, and the trademark festival of PianoForte Foundation as the only such event in the Chicago area. [ 1 ] Chicago Amateur Piano Competition is the first contest in the Midwest honoring the fundamental role amateur pianists have in promoting the piano ...
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