Aeolian American Piano Corporation collection, 1840-1950s.

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Aeolian American Piano Corporation collection, 1840-1950s.

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The Aeolian American Piano Corporation Collection contains the extant records and design drawings of the world's largest piano manufacturer of the early 20th century. The Aeolian American Piano Corporation was formed in 1932 with the merger of two prominent piano manufacturers, The Aeolian Co. (incorporated 1887) and the American Piano Co. (incorporated 1908). The corporation's offices and factory were located in East Rochester, New York. Each company brought with it subsidiary companies. Foremost among them were Chickering & Sons, Mason & Hamlin, J. and C. Fischer, Foster-Armstrong Co., and the Wm. Knabe Co. By the 1960s, the firm employed almost 500 emplyees in East Rochester. Portions of the corporate records of these seven companies and the records of the merged corporation form this collection. Materials include: 300 trade catalogs and advertising pieces; 25 ledgers and daybooks; 50 blueprints for pianos; 10 volumes of piano patents; 90 photographs; 20 master rolls for making player piano rolls; 15 folders of papers and correspondence; 35 monographs; and 25 newspaper issues.

75 linear ft.

The Strong, Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play

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The Strong, Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play

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Chickering & Sons

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American firm of piano makers. From the description of Partially printed document signed Chickering & Sons, dated : New York, 30 September 1875, 1875 Sept. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873924 ...

American Piano Co.

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Aeolian American Corporation

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Wm. Knabe & Co.

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J. & C. Fischer

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Aeolian Company

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The Skinner Organ Company was established in Boston in 1902 by Ernest M. Skinner, and was incorporated in 1919 with Arthur Hudson Marks as the primary share holder. On January 2, 1932, the firm merged with the Aeolian Company to become the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company. The firm reorganized in 1970 and moved to Randolph, Massachusetts, and was bankrupt by 1974. The Skinner and the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Companies were the two leading American organ-building firms of the first two-thirds of the tw...

Mason & Hamlin

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Foster-Armstrong Co.

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