Since 1978/Moving over 100,000 piano’s and keyboards
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Jonas Chickering was the first exporter of American made pianos. First shipment to India 1844.
Yamaha, established in 1887 was the first piano manufacturer in Japan.
That pianos were the first meaningful brand names, the first Status Symbol, and the first major items sold on an installment basis, which was the cornerstone of several major banking institutions of today.
A grand piano action is faster than a vertical (spinet, console, upright) because it has a repetition lever. This allows the pianist to repeat the note when it is only half way up. A vertical action requires letting the key all the way up to reset the hammer action.
Presidential Pianos
11th President – James Knox Polk – Astor & Harwood Square Piano
12th President – Zachary Taylor – name unknown
13th President – Millard Fillmore – name unknown
14th President – Franklin Pierce – Chickering Square Piano
15th President – James Buchanan – Chickering Grand Piano
16th President – Abraham Lincoln – Chickering Square Piano & Chickering Upright
17th President – Andrew Johnson – Steinway & Sons Square Piano
18th President – Ulysses S. Grant – Melodeon
19th President – Rutherford B. Hayes – Bradbury Upright & Harpsichord (name destroyed by fire)
20th President – James A. Garfield – Hallet & Davis Upright
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