Music Trade Review
Issue: 1922 Vol. 75 N. 15 - Page 8
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8
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
OCTOBKR 7, 1922
Illustrious History of
FRANCIS BACON PIANOS
Dating Back to Washington's First Administration
Part One ~ Period VJ&9 -1841
^ Z'EfV people of the present
' generation associate the name
of John Jacob Astor, the founder
of the vast Astor fortune, with the
early development of the piano
business in America. Old records
show that this rugged, far-sighted,
pioneer merchant was actively en-
f
John Jacob Astor relinquished his
interest in the piano business in
, Piano Fortes, of the ncweft con(b-n£Hon,
'Made by the belt miken in London,which he will fell oo
reafonabte terms.
.
He gives Cafh for all kinds «f FURS : 4
men who blended with their skill
a genuine affection for the products
of their handicraft. And it was here
at the humble workshop of DuBois
and Bacon that the traditional
thoroughness and painstaking care
that have always been characteristic
of Bacon pianos came into being.
And h u for file a quantity of Ciaada Bearer, and
B«»«r Costinj, R*c«o« Skiw, tad Racoon BlanLeu, ^
Modern Skin:, Ac. Ice.
Dec. * j -
•«•- '
1802 to two brothers, William and
Michael PafF, who were succeeded
in 1815 by William DuBois. In 1830
DuBois became associated with
George Bacon and founded the firm
of DuBois and Bacon. And so it was
that in 1 836 at number 126 Broad-
way, the first piano bearing the
Bacon name came into existence.
gaged in the piano business as
early as 1 789 and founded then the
enterprise which has grown and
developed through 133 years into
the present Bacon Piano Company.
The enterpriseofthis sturdy, shrewd
pioneer piano dealer is well displayed
in the reproduction of an advertise-
ment that appeared in an early New
York newspaper, dated Saturday,
January 10th, 1789. This was prob-
ably the first piano advertisement
to appear in the United States.
From this early day to the present
time a rigid adherence to the prin-
ciples formulated by George Bacon
has been successfully carried out by
two succeeding generations of the
Bacon family. The Francis Bacon
Pianos of today are a reflection or
the quality of workmanship that
for over 86 years has appealed to a
discriminating demand.
In those early days of the 19th cen-
tury, piano-building was thebusiness
of a few carefully-trained artisans,
This story of Francis Bacon Pianos
will be continued in a later issue of
this publication.
FRANCIS BACON
Grand Pianos - Player Pianos - Upright Pianos
Electric Expression Pianos - Reproducing Pianos
BACON PIANO COMPANY* - NEW" YORK - CHICAGO - SAN FRANCISCO
00000000000000000000
ODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC
8
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
OCTOBKR 7, 1922
Illustrious History of
FRANCIS BACON PIANOS
Dating Back to Washington's First Administration
Part One ~ Period VJ&9 -1841
^ Z'EfV people of the present
' generation associate the name
of John Jacob Astor, the founder
of the vast Astor fortune, with the
early development of the piano
business in America. Old records
show that this rugged, far-sighted,
pioneer merchant was actively en-
f
John Jacob Astor relinquished his
interest in the piano business in
, Piano Fortes, of the ncweft con(b-n£Hon,
'Made by the belt miken in London,which he will fell oo
reafonabte terms.
.
He gives Cafh for all kinds «f FURS : 4
men who blended with their skill
a genuine affection for the products
of their handicraft. And it was here
at the humble workshop of DuBois
and Bacon that the traditional
thoroughness and painstaking care
that have always been characteristic
of Bacon pianos came into being.
And h u for file a quantity of Ciaada Bearer, and
B«»«r Costinj, R*c«o« Skiw, tad Racoon BlanLeu, ^
Modern Skin:, Ac. Ice.
Dec. * j -
•«•- '
1802 to two brothers, William and
Michael PafF, who were succeeded
in 1815 by William DuBois. In 1830
DuBois became associated with
George Bacon and founded the firm
of DuBois and Bacon. And so it was
that in 1 836 at number 126 Broad-
way, the first piano bearing the
Bacon name came into existence.
gaged in the piano business as
early as 1 789 and founded then the
enterprise which has grown and
developed through 133 years into
the present Bacon Piano Company.
The enterpriseofthis sturdy, shrewd
pioneer piano dealer is well displayed
in the reproduction of an advertise-
ment that appeared in an early New
York newspaper, dated Saturday,
January 10th, 1789. This was prob-
ably the first piano advertisement
to appear in the United States.
From this early day to the present
time a rigid adherence to the prin-
ciples formulated by George Bacon
has been successfully carried out by
two succeeding generations of the
Bacon family. The Francis Bacon
Pianos of today are a reflection or
the quality of workmanship that
for over 86 years has appealed to a
discriminating demand.
In those early days of the 19th cen-
tury, piano-building was thebusiness
of a few carefully-trained artisans,
This story of Francis Bacon Pianos
will be continued in a later issue of
this publication.
FRANCIS BACON
Grand Pianos - Player Pianos - Upright Pianos
Electric Expression Pianos - Reproducing Pianos
BACON PIANO COMPANY* - NEW" YORK - CHICAGO - SAN FRANCISCO
00000000000000000000
ODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC
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