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He said the plant would be operating at full output capacity in 1984. During the period from 1904 until they sold to Aeolian, they made five grand. Perez, who predicted about 20 grand and 40 upright pianos would be completed by the summer, said he expected Aeolian to grow in terms of sales orders and hiring capability. In 1904, Conover Cable Company obtained the Mason and Hamlin dealerships. In 1959, Aeolian fused with Winter & Co., kept the name Aeolian, and allowed the quality of Mason & Hamlin pianos to decline dramatically. All production was moved to the Aeolian factory in Rochester, NY.
'These fine names (piano lines) cannot be allowed to die,' Perez said.He declined to give a specific purchase price or start-up costs for the plant, except to say it was 'an investment of millions of dollars.'Ī state loan guarantee of $250,000 from the Job Development Authority was included in the financing package, Perez said.Īeolian, which has manufactured upright and grand pianos since 1905, will be operated by company president Elmer Brooks, Perez said. Aeolian, but the two companies ended up merging in 1932 because they both faced the same dilemma. 2 (Rachmaninoff) - Maurice Ravel - Cable Piano Company - American Piano Company - Chickering & Sons - Aeolian Company - Neponset, Boston - East Rochester, New York - War Production Board - World War II. Piano - Boston - Buffalo, New York - Franz Liszt - Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. The reopening of the plant, which is the only one manufacturing Mason & Hamlin, Chickering and Knabe piano lines, had been in the works since February, when former Steinway President Peter Perez purchased the Memphis, Tenn.-based parent Aeolian firm. Haverhill, Massachusetts - Pump organ - Lowell Mason - Mason and Hamlin Prize - Wm. Officials cited foreign competition, particularly from Japanese and Korean piano manufacturers, as a reason for the lagging sales.
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