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Chickering brand piano pictured in an advertisement in an Indianapolis Maennerchor concert program, March 1912. Jonas Chickering made several major contributions to the development of piano technology, most notably by introducing a one-piece, cast-iron plate to support the greater string tension of larger grand pianos. He also invented a new ...
The brand are made in China by Beijing Hsinghai Piano Group, Silbermann Piano Co., and Parsons Music for the importer, North American Music Inc. Hardman Peck: New York: US 1842–1990 The name "Hardman" is used in China by Beiijing HsingHai. Haynes: Chicago: US Heintzman & Co. Toronto: Canada 1866–1929 Hobart M. Cable: La Porte, IN US 1900–1960
Samick, a South Korean manufacturer of musical instruments, trademarked the name in 1997 [87] and used it in some markets for pianos sold elsewhere under the Samick brand. [88] By 2010, pianos bearing the name Conover Cable were available only by special order. [89] In 2012, Samick stopped selling pianos under the name. [90]
An Everett piano keyboard. Many composers used Everett's pianos, but the demand for small pianos grew. In response, Everett made only small pianos in 1946, leaving the manufacturing of grand pianos. In 1936, Everett subsequently joined the Meridan Corporation, where George H. Stapely, a graduate engineer, innovated Everett's old pianos.
Fine, Larry. The Piano Book: Buying and Owning a New or Used Piano, Fourth Edition. Jamaica Plain, MA: Brookside Press, 2005. ISBN 1-929145-01-2; Good, Edwin. Giraffes, Black Dragons, and Other Pianos: A Technological History from Cristofori to the Modern Concert Grand, Second Edition. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047 ...
Some of Steinway's most notable art case pianos are the Alma-Tadema grand piano from 1887, the 100,000th Steinway piano from 1903, the 300,000th Steinway piano from 1938, and the Sound of Harmony from 2008. The Alma-Tadema grand piano was designed by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema and received great public acclaim when it was exhibited in London. [126]