Registries of 5 American Piano Manufacturers

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THE PERIOD PIANO COLLECTION

Performing - Studying - Exhibiting - Conserving

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Bill Shull, RPT, M.Mus. Founder and President

610 Amigos Dr C, Redlands, CA 92373 909 796-4226 PERIOD PIANO CENTER SINCE 2006


	We seek to rediscover the art of the piano as the composer heard it on the instruments of the time; to collect and study the instruments themselves, conserving many for history, and performing on many, so we might rediscover history’s magic. We exhibit and curate instruments, tell the great stories of piano and society, and study the history of the piano, its technology and its builders.


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THE LEADING AMERICAN PIANO MANUFACTURERS’ REGISTRIES

William Shull, RPT, M.Mus.

American Musical Instrument Society Conference, Phoenix, AZ

May 20, 2011

The factory registers of five American manufacturers, Chickering and Sons, Knabe and Co., Steinway and Sons, Mason and Hamlin, and Baldwin Piano Co., stand out for examination due to their distinctive contribution to American musical and cultural life, manufacturing staying power, presence on the concert stage, university, conservatory, and performance venues, and recognition for quality of manufacture. This paper represents the early stages of a study of these manufacturers, more an “in-progress” or “state of the study” report.


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