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National Piano Manufacturing Company
Factory Location: Boston, Massachusettes
Serial Number Dates: 1910 - 1926
History:
The National Piano Manufacturing Company was established in 1910 and made pianos for 16 years. The company is associated with such names as Conway, Briggs Merrill, Norris & Hide, Wentworth, Hallet & Davis, and Jacob Doll.
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.
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