Presto
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MILESTONES IN THE
PIANO'S ONWARD MARCH
Chronology of the Progress of the Instrument from Its First Inception,
in 1701, to the Beginning of Present Generation.
1701.—Piano invented by Bartolemo Cristofori, of
Padua, Italy.
1791.—Benjamin Crehore built first American pi-
ano, at Milton, Mass
1820.—Robert Stoddard started piano making in
New York.
1823.—Jonas Chickering began making pianos in
Boston.
1823.—Myron A. Decker founded Decker & Son
piano in historic building, 3d avenue and 14th street,
New York.
1825.—First Steinway piano made by Henry Stein-
way.
1833.—Hallet & Davis piano founded in Boston.
1836.—Geo. Bacon joined Dubois & Stoddard, New
York.
1841.—Bacon & Raven succeed Dubois & Bacon,
New York.
1839.—William Knabe founded the famous in-
dustry in Baltimore.
1840.—Hazelton piano founded by Henry Hazel-
ton, New York.
1848.—Christian Kurtzman established famous in-
dustry at Buffalo.
1851.—-James W. Vose founded Boston industry
of James Vose & Sons Piano Co.
1851.—Napoleon J. Haines started Haines Bros.,
New York.
1851.—Albert Weber started in business, making
pianos now controlled by Aeolian Co., New York.
1853.—Steinway & Sons pianos began their career
in New York.
1856.—Rudolph Wurlitzer established business in
Cincinnati.
1857.—W. W. Kimball started a store in Chicago,
selling Chickering and Hallet & Davis.
1857.—Julius Bauer & Co. established in Chicago;
oldest in point of continuous existence in the West.
1864.—House of Lyon & Healy, Chicago, founded
by P. J. Healy and Geo. W. Lyon.
1866.—D. H. Baldwin started piano selling in Cin-
cinnati; D. H. Baldwin & Co. in '73; The Baldwin
Company in '99.
1866.—Estey industry organized at Brattleboro,
Vt.
1867.—Hampton L. Story founded Story & Clark
Piano Co., Chicago.
1869.—Simon Krakauer founded the industry of
Krakauer Bros., New York.
1869.—Foundation laid for the M. Schulz Co., Chi-
cago, by M. Schulz.
1870.—Hugo Sohmer founded piano which bears
his name by securing old industry of Marshall &
Mittauer, New York.
1871.—Packard Company founded at Fort Wayne,
Ind.
1872.—Foundation laid for the present Starr Piano
Co., Richmond, Ind.
1875.—The A. B. Chase Company organized at
Norwalk, Ohio.
1879..—J. V. Steger entered business in Chicago
and later established the great factories at Steger,
111.
1880.—Industry founded by Herman D. Cable,
later became The Cable Company, Chicago.
1886.—Industry of Bush & Gerts founded in Chi-
cago by W. H. Bush.
1888.—Aeolian Organ & Piano Co. organized by
William B. Tremaine, New York.
1889.—Chase-Hackley Piano Co. organized at
Muskegon, Mich., by Milo J. Chase, who had been
making pianos for nearly forty years.
1890.—F,irst association of American piano man-
ufacturers formed in New York, with William E.
Wheelock president.
1896,—Kohler & Campbell founded the present
great industry, New York.
1897.—National Piano Manufacturers' Association
formed at Manhattan Beach, N. Y.
1898.—Pianola appeared, giving impetus to player-
piano industry.
1900.—Organization of the Auto Pneumatic Ac-
tion Co., by Chas. Kohler, New York.
1900.—American Piano Co., New York, incorpo-
rated with capital and surplus of $12,000,000.
1903.—The Autopiano Company organized in New
York.
January 29, 1920.
TRADE HAPPENINGS
RELATED IN BRIEF
Views and Beliefs of Live Piano Merchants Are
Presented.
The McHugh & Lawson Piano Company, Wash-
ington, D. C, whose store was destroyed by fire a
few months ago, is doing a bigger business than
ever in a new location.
The Steinway, Vose & Sons and Estey pianos are
the leaders in the fine line of the Clark & Jones
Piano Company, Birmingham, Ala. The handsome
warerooms of the company are at 1913 Third avenue-
The Thearle Music Company, San Diego, Cal.,
is advertising the Gulbransen playerpiano in a way
that interests the man with a home but no music
in it. The San Diego dealers remove the erroneous
impression that the music of a playerpiano is
"mechanical."
The organ trade of the Frix Piano & Phono-
graph Co., Danville, Va., is quite considerable, but
of course pianos and players are the instruments
most sought by the customers. The phonograph
business of the house is growing in importance.
The Field-Lippman Piano stores are well estab-
lished in nine locations, St. Louis, Sedalia, Farm-
ington, Bonne Terre and Flat River, Mo., and Dallas,
Fort Worth and San Antonio, Tex.
The Darrow Music Co., Denver, has branch stores
at Fort Collins and Canon City. A fine playerpiano
business is enjoyed at the Denver warerooms at
the corner of 15th and Stout streets.
A limited number of playerpianos at a special
holiday price was offered by the Knabe Warerooms,
Inc., Baltimore, Md. The quick manner in which
the players were sold showed the dependence of the
public on the company's advertised statements.
The Davis. Burkham & Tyler Company carries
the following line in its East Liverpool, Ohio,
branch: A. B. Chase, Hardman, Estey, Milton, Cable-
Nelson, Schulz, Walworth, Foster, Francis Bacon,
Price & Teeple, Werner and the Angelus.
At the opening of the new Neenah Theatre, Nee-
nah, Wis., recently, the Corda Ward Buchner Com-
pany of artists appeared under the auspices of the
Neenah City Club. The Steinway concert grand
was provided through the courtesy of Henry L.
Sorenson, local representative at Neenah.
Quality—Sup^rnacy—EBE—New York
BETTER THAN EVER
THE 1920 EDITION
Of
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
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we cannot guarantee deliveries.
Single Copy SO Cents, Post Paid
No Dealer or Salesman Can Afford to Be Without It
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»TO
MILESTONES IN THE
PIANO'S ONWARD MARCH
Chronology of the Progress of the Instrument from Its First Inception,
in 1701, to the Beginning of Present Generation.
1701.—Piano invented by Bartolemo Cristofori, of
Padua, Italy.
1791.—Benjamin Crehore built first American pi-
ano, at Milton, Mass
1820.—Robert Stoddard started piano making in
New York.
1823.—Jonas Chickering began making pianos in
Boston.
1823.—Myron A. Decker founded Decker & Son
piano in historic building, 3d avenue and 14th street,
New York.
1825.—First Steinway piano made by Henry Stein-
way.
1833.—Hallet & Davis piano founded in Boston.
1836.—Geo. Bacon joined Dubois & Stoddard, New
York.
1841.—Bacon & Raven succeed Dubois & Bacon,
New York.
1839.—William Knabe founded the famous in-
dustry in Baltimore.
1840.—Hazelton piano founded by Henry Hazel-
ton, New York.
1848.—Christian Kurtzman established famous in-
dustry at Buffalo.
1851.—-James W. Vose founded Boston industry
of James Vose & Sons Piano Co.
1851.—Napoleon J. Haines started Haines Bros.,
New York.
1851.—Albert Weber started in business, making
pianos now controlled by Aeolian Co., New York.
1853.—Steinway & Sons pianos began their career
in New York.
1856.—Rudolph Wurlitzer established business in
Cincinnati.
1857.—W. W. Kimball started a store in Chicago,
selling Chickering and Hallet & Davis.
1857.—Julius Bauer & Co. established in Chicago;
oldest in point of continuous existence in the West.
1864.—House of Lyon & Healy, Chicago, founded
by P. J. Healy and Geo. W. Lyon.
1866.—D. H. Baldwin started piano selling in Cin-
cinnati; D. H. Baldwin & Co. in '73; The Baldwin
Company in '99.
1866.—Estey industry organized at Brattleboro,
Vt.
1867.—Hampton L. Story founded Story & Clark
Piano Co., Chicago.
1869.—Simon Krakauer founded the industry of
Krakauer Bros., New York.
1869.—Foundation laid for the M. Schulz Co., Chi-
cago, by M. Schulz.
1870.—Hugo Sohmer founded piano which bears
his name by securing old industry of Marshall &
Mittauer, New York.
1871.—Packard Company founded at Fort Wayne,
Ind.
1872.—Foundation laid for the present Starr Piano
Co., Richmond, Ind.
1875.—The A. B. Chase Company organized at
Norwalk, Ohio.
1879..—J. V. Steger entered business in Chicago
and later established the great factories at Steger,
111.
1880.—Industry founded by Herman D. Cable,
later became The Cable Company, Chicago.
1886.—Industry of Bush & Gerts founded in Chi-
cago by W. H. Bush.
1888.—Aeolian Organ & Piano Co. organized by
William B. Tremaine, New York.
1889.—Chase-Hackley Piano Co. organized at
Muskegon, Mich., by Milo J. Chase, who had been
making pianos for nearly forty years.
1890.—F,irst association of American piano man-
ufacturers formed in New York, with William E.
Wheelock president.
1896,—Kohler & Campbell founded the present
great industry, New York.
1897.—National Piano Manufacturers' Association
formed at Manhattan Beach, N. Y.
1898.—Pianola appeared, giving impetus to player-
piano industry.
1900.—Organization of the Auto Pneumatic Ac-
tion Co., by Chas. Kohler, New York.
1900.—American Piano Co., New York, incorpo-
rated with capital and surplus of $12,000,000.
1903.—The Autopiano Company organized in New
York.
January 29, 1920.
TRADE HAPPENINGS
RELATED IN BRIEF
Views and Beliefs of Live Piano Merchants Are
Presented.
The McHugh & Lawson Piano Company, Wash-
ington, D. C, whose store was destroyed by fire a
few months ago, is doing a bigger business than
ever in a new location.
The Steinway, Vose & Sons and Estey pianos are
the leaders in the fine line of the Clark & Jones
Piano Company, Birmingham, Ala. The handsome
warerooms of the company are at 1913 Third avenue-
The Thearle Music Company, San Diego, Cal.,
is advertising the Gulbransen playerpiano in a way
that interests the man with a home but no music
in it. The San Diego dealers remove the erroneous
impression that the music of a playerpiano is
"mechanical."
The organ trade of the Frix Piano & Phono-
graph Co., Danville, Va., is quite considerable, but
of course pianos and players are the instruments
most sought by the customers. The phonograph
business of the house is growing in importance.
The Field-Lippman Piano stores are well estab-
lished in nine locations, St. Louis, Sedalia, Farm-
ington, Bonne Terre and Flat River, Mo., and Dallas,
Fort Worth and San Antonio, Tex.
The Darrow Music Co., Denver, has branch stores
at Fort Collins and Canon City. A fine playerpiano
business is enjoyed at the Denver warerooms at
the corner of 15th and Stout streets.
A limited number of playerpianos at a special
holiday price was offered by the Knabe Warerooms,
Inc., Baltimore, Md. The quick manner in which
the players were sold showed the dependence of the
public on the company's advertised statements.
The Davis. Burkham & Tyler Company carries
the following line in its East Liverpool, Ohio,
branch: A. B. Chase, Hardman, Estey, Milton, Cable-
Nelson, Schulz, Walworth, Foster, Francis Bacon,
Price & Teeple, Werner and the Angelus.
At the opening of the new Neenah Theatre, Nee-
nah, Wis., recently, the Corda Ward Buchner Com-
pany of artists appeared under the auspices of the
Neenah City Club. The Steinway concert grand
was provided through the courtesy of Henry L.
Sorenson, local representative at Neenah.
Quality—Sup^rnacy—EBE—New York
BETTER THAN EVER
THE 1920 EDITION
Of
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
Orders for quantities of 100 or more copies must be placed at once or
we cannot guarantee deliveries.
Single Copy SO Cents, Post Paid
No Dealer or Salesman Can Afford to Be Without It
PRESTO PUBLISHING CO., 407 So. Dearborn St., Chicago
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
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Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).