WE ARE GRATEFUL TO CELEBRATE BEING IN BUSINESS DOING WHAT WE LOVE FOR 50 YEARSIllinois 1842 - 1908
Chicago became a major player in piano manufacturing during the 19th century.
Year |
Company Name |
| 1842 | Reed & Sons Piano Company, Chicago |
| 1854 | W. W. Kimball Company, Chicago |
| 1857 | Julius Bauer & Company, Chicago |
| 1864 | Lyon & Healy, Chicago |
| 1865 | Western Cottage Piano & Organ Company, Ottawa |
| 1869 | M. Schulz Company, Chicago |
| Story & Clark Piano Company, Chicago | |
| 1870 | George P Bengt & Company, Chicago |
| Foley & Williams Piano Manfacturing Company, Chicago | |
| 1873 | Adam Schaaf, Chicago |
| Schaeffer Piano Company, Chicago | |
| 1878 | Straube Piano Company, Chicago |
| 1879 | Steger & Sons Piano Manufacturing Company, Chicago |
| 1880 | Cable Company, Chicago |
| Newmann Brothers Company, Chicago | |
| 1884 | Barnes Smith & Strohber Piano Company, Chicago |
| 1885 | Henry Detmer Piano Company, Chicago |
| 1886 | Bush & Gerts Piano Company, Chicago |
| 1889 | Hamilton Piano Company, Chicago Heights |
| 1890 | Conover Piano Company, Chicago |
| 1891 | Adolph Kaiser Piano Company, Chicago |
| 1892 | Chickering Brothers, Chicago |
| 1893 | Franz Meyer, Chicago |
| Schiller Piano Company, Oregon | |
| 1894 | Singer Piano Company, Chicago |
| 1900 | Melville Clark Piano Company, Chicago |
| 1902 | Price & Teeple Piano Company, Chicago |
| Werner Piano Company, Chicago | |
| Haddorff Piano Company, Rockford | |
| 1903 | Cable-Nelson Piano Company, Chicago |
| Fuehr & Stemmer Piano Company, Chicago | |
| King Piano Company, Chicago | |
| 1905 | Marquette Piano Company, Chicago |
| R. K. Maynard Piano Company, Chicago | |
| 1907 | William A Johnson Piano Company, Champaign |
| Concord Company, Chicago | |
| Decker Brothers Company, Chicago | |
| J. P. Seeburg Piano Company, Chicago | |
| S. N. Swan Company, Freeport | |
| E. P. Johnson Piano Company, Ottawa | |
| 1908 | H. P. Nelson Company, Chicago |
| Pizarro Piano Company, Joliet |
Other piano manufacturing companies established in Illinois during this time period, but without a specific date include: Schumann Piano Company, Nysewander Piano Company, both in Rockford; National Player Piano Company and Standard Piano Player Company, both in Oregon, IL; Seybold Piano & Organ Company in Elgin; and in Chicago: Weber & Sons, P. A. Starek Piano Company, B. Scherpe & Company, Rothschild & Company and Reichardt Piano Company.