American Made Pianos

An Outstanding Manufacturing Tradition

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Steinert Piano Company

Factory Location: Athens, Georgia
Serial Number Dates: 1916 - 1931

History:

The Morris Steinhert Piano Company was established in 1860, manufacturing pianos until 1932. The company is associated with other names as well, including the Hume Piano Company and the Mathushek Piano Company. Other piano names include Jewett, Woodbury, Curtis, and Berkshire.

 

Information source: Pierce Piano Atlas

The Resonance of a Continent: The American Piano Tradition

The American piano manufacturing tradition is a story of unparalleled craftsmanship meeting the boundless natural resources of a new world. At its heart lies the selection of materials—most notably the vast, old-growth spruce forests of the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast. These superior stands of Sitka and Adirondack spruce provided the tight-grained, resonant timber essential for crafting the world’s finest soundboards, offering a tonal depth and "singing" quality that European makers envied. Combined with a relentless spirit of industrial innovation, American makers refined the overstrung scale and the heavy cast-iron plate, creating instruments of such structural integrity and powerful projection that they redefined the modern piano.