A. B. Chase |
Ohio |
1875 |
Aeolian-American Corp until Aeolian went out of business. |
Since 2001 the A.B Chase name has been used by Wrightwood Enterprises Inc. |
A. M. McPhail[60] |
Boston, MA |
1837–c. 1950 |
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A. Mittag |
Berlin |
1800 |
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Aeolian Company |
New York City |
1868–1985 |
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Merged with Ampico in 1932. Ampico rebranded Aeolian in 1941. |
Allen Brook |
London |
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American Piano Company |
East Rochester, NY, US |
1908–1941 |
Aeolian Company |
aka. Ampico |
Astin Weight |
Salt Lake City |
1959–1999 |
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Alexander Herrmann KG |
Sangerhausen, Germany |
1803–1993 |
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Babcock |
Boston |
1810 |
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Barrett Lake |
London, England |
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Charles Albrecht |
Philadelphia, PA and Long Island |
1789–20th Century |
Schultz & Sons Manufacturing Corp., New York |
One of the earliest pianos made in America. The first known piano by Albrecht is located in Pennsylvania. |
Baumann |
Zweibrücken, Germany |
1740–1816 |
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Baumgardt Piano |
Stockholm, Sweden |
1859 |
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Baus Piano Company |
New York City |
1895–1929 |
Jacob Doll Piano Company |
Factories located at Southern Blvd. and Trinity Ave. They built a full line of upright pianos, and player pianos. |
Beale Piano |
Sydney |
1893–1975 |
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Becker Brothers |
New York |
1892–1940 |
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They Also built pianos under the Bennington name. |
Behr Brothers Piano Company |
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Kohler & Campbell |
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Bell |
Canada |
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Bentley Piano Company |
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Brinkerhoff |
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Beulhoff |
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Bohemia Piano |
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Boisselot & Fils |
France |
1831–1908 |
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The brand became Boisselot Fils & Co. in 1847, after the passing of his father Jean-Louis Boisselot. |
Brødrene Hals |
Oslo |
1847–1925 |
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Brinsmead |
London |
1835–1921 |
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C. Burlman & Co. |
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Bush & Gerts |
Chicago, Il |
1884-1942 |
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Bought by Haddorff Piano co. in 1942 |
Cable and Sons |
New York |
1852 |
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Cable, Hobart M. |
La Porte, IN, US |
1900–1960s |
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rand was purchased by American Sejung in the 1990s |
Cable Company |
Chicago |
1880 |
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Camp & Company |
New York City |
1879-1930 |
Kohler & Campbell now Samick |
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Challen |
London |
1804 |
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Chappell Pianos |
London |
1811–1980 |
Kemble |
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Charles Stieff |
Baltimore |
c. 1852–1951 |
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often referred to as "The poor man's Steinway" |
Chas. S. Norris |
Boston |
c. 1930 |
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Chernobieff |
Lenoir City, TN, US |
2010 |
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Maker of Mammoth Vertical Concert Grand piano |
Chickering and Sons |
Boston |
1823–1983 |
American Piano Company |
Acquired in 1908 |
Collard & Collard |
London |
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Cunningham Piano Company |
Philadelphia |
1891 |
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Currier Piano Co. |
Boston and Marion, NC, US |
1823, 1969 |
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Acquisition details |
Clementi |
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Danemann |
London |
1893 |
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Decker Brothers |
New York |
1862 |
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Eastman |
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Edmund |
British Columbia |
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Érard |
Paris |
1777 |
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Ellington Piano |
Division of Baldwin Piano Co. |
??-1930 |
Sold “Manualo” and “Modello” models |
Upright and grand pianos. |
Emerson Piano Company |
Boston |
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Estey Piano Corp |
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1869 |
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EUTERPE |
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Fahr Albert |
Zeitz, Germany |
1887–1950 |
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Falcone[62] |
Haverhill, MA, US |
1982–1993 |
American Sejung Corp. |
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J.&C. Fischer |
New York |
1840-1940's |
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Francis Connor |
New York |
1871 |
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Gabler |
New York |
1851 |
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Gaveau |
Paris |
1847 |
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Generalmusic |
Italy and Bensenville, IL, US |
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Glenz (Josef) |
Breslau |
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Timothy Gilbert |
Boston |
1827 |
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Goetzmann |
New York |
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Grinnell |
Detroit, Michigan |
1902–1960 |
Samick |
Sold under names Lenard, Clayton, Holly, Uxbridge and Playtona. |
Gulbransen |
Chicago, Il |
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1904-1969 |
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Gunther [63] |
Brussels |
1845–1960 |
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Haddorf Piano Company |
Rockford, Illinois |
1902–1960 |
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Maker of Steinbach, Clarendon & Dreher, Bush & Gerts |
Haines Brothers |
New York |
1851 |
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Hallet, Davis & Co |
Boston |
1843 |
Hallet, Davis, & Co. now owned by North American Music, Inc. |
Known as Brown and Hallet from 1835 to 1843, Hallet, Davis, & Co. is the oldest United States Piano Name still in production. |
Hansmann |
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Hardman Peck |
New York |
1842 |
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Haynes |
Chicago, Illinois |
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Heichele, Johann |
Ljubljana, Trieste |
1790–1813 |
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Heintzman & Co. |
Toronto |
1866 |
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Herbert |
Milwaukee, WI US |
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Hobart M. Cable |
La Porte, Indiana, US |
1900 |
American Sejung Corp. |
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Hornung & Møller |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
1827–1972 |
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Hupfield |
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1880 |
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Irmler |
Leipzig and Poland |
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Søren Jensen |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
1893–1921 |
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J. Erbe Eisenach |
Germany |
1881 |
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J. W. Jenkins |
St. Louis Missouri |
1910-1964 |
Sold under Elburn brand |
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J. Strauss & Son |
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1925 |
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Julius Bauer & Co |
Chicago |
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Kemble |
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1911-2009 |
Yamaha |
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Kimball |
Chicago |
1857-1996 |
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see Kimball International |
Kirschner |
New York |
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Knabe |
Baltimore |
1837 |
American Piano Company |
Acquired in 1908 |
Knight, Ltd. |
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1935 |
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Kohler & Campbell[69] |
New York |
1896 |
Samick |
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Krakauer Bros |
New York |
1869 |
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Kranich & Bach |
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1864 |
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Kurtzmann |
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Albert W. Ladd & Company |
Boston |
1838 |
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Lauter Piano Co. |
Newark, NJ, US |
1862–1930 |
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Leipziger Pianofortefabrik |
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1835 |
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Lesage Piano Company[54] |
Quebec |
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Willis & Co. |
Acquired in 1907 |
Lester Piano Company[70] |
Lester, PA, US |
1888–1960 |
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Also manufactured brands Channing, Alden, Bellaire, Schubert and Leonard |
Lindeman & Sons |
New York |
1836 |
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Ludwig & Company |
St. Louis, MO, US |
1895 |
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M. Schulz Piano Co. |
Chicago |
1869–1930s |
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Company manufactured and sold pianos under the names of M. Schulz, Walworth, Bradford, Irving, and Maynard, and Aria Divina. |
Marshall & Wendell |
New York City |
1875-1953 |
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Mason & Risch |
Ontario |
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Mathushek |
New York |
1852–1879 |
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New Haven 1866 |
Mehlin & Sons |
New York |
1853–1960 |
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Melville Clark company |
DeKalb |
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Purchased by Baldwin in 1919 |
Mendelssohn |
Canada |
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Moore and Moore |
London |
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Muir, Wood and Company[71] |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
1798–1818 |
Wood, Small and Company |
Wood, Small and Company was formed at John Muir's Death in 1818 |
Murdoch, McKillop & Co |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
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Joseph Newman |
Baltimore |
1829 |
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Newman & Bros. |
Baltimore |
1842 |
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Nordheimer |
Canada |
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Obermann & Sohn |
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Overs |
Sydney, Australia |
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Pape |
Paris |
1817 |
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P. A. Starck |
Chicago, Illinois |
1891-1965 |
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Petzold |
Paris |
1806 |
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Prate |
Canada |
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Pirsson |
New York |
1829 |
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QRS |
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1900 |
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Quidoz |
Quebec |
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Rud. Ibach Sohn |
Düsseldorf, Germany |
1794–2007 |
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Rainer |
Canada |
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Reed & Sons Chicago, Il. USA |
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1842 |
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Manuel Samaniego[citation needed] |
Madrid |
c. 1800s–1892 |
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San Francisco Piano Co. |
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Adam Schaaf[72] |
Chicago |
1873–1930s |
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also sold as Clarion and Orpheus |
Schiedmayer |
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1853 |
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Schiller Piano Company[73] |
Oregon, Illinois |
1890–1936 |
Cable Company |
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Scholze |
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Schweighofer |
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1792–1938 |
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Sears, Roebuck & Company[74] |
Chicago |
1900–1930 |
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Also manufactured/sold brands Beckwith, American Home, Maywood, and Beverley |
Sezemsky |
Chicago |
1886–1901 |
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Sherlock-Manning |
Ontario |
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Sherman Clay |
San Francisco |
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Shomacker |
Philadelphia |
c. 1840s |
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Shondorff |
Woodbridge, CT |
1850-1938 |
Acquired |
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Shoninger& Son |
New York |
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F.G. Smith |
New York |
1866 |
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Sohmer & Co. |
New York |
1872 |
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Starr Piano Company |
Richmond, Indiana |
1872–1950 |
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Originally named the Trayser Piano Company, after one of its founders, George Trayser. |
Steck |
New York |
1857 |
American Sejung Corp. |
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Steinbach & Dreher |
Rockford, Illinois |
1902–1960 |
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Actually made by Haddorff Piano company. |
Steger & Sons |
Chicago,Illinois and Steger, Illinois |
1879–1959 |
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"Steger & Sons is one of the few American manufacturers to survive the Great Depression. |
Sterling Piano Company |
Derby, CT, US |
1866–1967 |
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Founded in 1845 as The Sterling Organ Company by Charles A. Sterling. |
Story & Clark |
Chicago |
1884 |
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Straube Piano Company |
Downers Grove, Illinois (1895–1904) |
1895–1949 |
C.G. Conn (1942) |
Manufactured Straube, Hammond, Gilmore, and Woodward. |
Streicher |
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1802 |
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Strich & Zeidler[76][77] |
New York City |
1889–1930s |
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Also manufactured Homer brand |
Stuyvesant |
New York |
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Thos Goggan & Brothers |
Texas |
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Th. Mann & Co. |
Bielefeld, Germany |
1836 – c. 1942 |
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Uebel & Lechleiter |
Heilbronn, Germany |
1872–1987 |
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United Piano Makers |
New York |
c. 1800s |
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Waldberg |
Berlin |
c. 1890 |
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George Weber & son, John |
Chicago |
1917 |
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Weber (Ontario)[54] |
Kingston, ON, Canada |
1862 |
Lesage Piano Company |
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Whaley-Royce |
Toronto |
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Whelpdale, Maxwell & Codd |
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1876 |
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George Wilkinson |
London |
1811 |
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R. S. Williams & Sons[78] |
Toronto and Oshawa, Ontario, Canada |
1856 |
ceased production in 1931 |
Manufactured mandolins, banjos, melodeons, organs and pianos |
Willis & Company Ltd.[79] |
Montreal |
1889–1979 |
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Acquired Lesage Piano Company in 1907. Also manufactured Newcombe |
Wolfframm Dresden |
Dresden, Germany |
1872–1930s |
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Started out under brand name Apollo |
Wornum |
London |
1811 |
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Wood, Small and Company[80] |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
1818–1829 |
Successive firms were Wood and Co. |
Continued until Andrew Wood's Death in 1829 |
Wornum |
London |
1811 |
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Wurlitzer |
Cincinnati, OH, US |
1856–1988 |
Baldwin |
Also sold under the names Apollo, De Kalb, Julius Bauer, Farney, Kingston, Kurtzman, Merrium. Schaff Bros. and Underwood. |
Zimmermann |
Seifhennersdorf, Germany |
1884–2011 |
Bechstein Pianoforte Fabrik AG |
Acquired in 1992 |