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Janssen Piano Company.
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1901-1929
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0512
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is composed of six scrapbooks assembled by the Janssen Piano Company of New York. These contain clippings on manufacturing, piano models, and marketing techniques, as well as company-sponsored outings and picnics. Also includes brochures--listing names of Janssen Piano owners in various geographic areas--used as a marketing device.
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Sohmer & Co. Records
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Falcone Custom Grand Pianos
Musical Instruments, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Pratt, Read and Company
Sohmer & Company
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1872-1989
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43 Cubic feet (74 boxes and 11 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0349
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records of Sohmer & Co., date from 1872 through 1989. They fall into fourteen series based primarily on function. Legal, financial, inventory & appraisal, manufacturing, marketing, advertising, and sales are the major series. Photographs, awards, family papers, publications about Sohmer, general publications, "miscellaneous" and corresponden...
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Steinway, William
Steinway, Henry Ziegler
Steinway family
Steinway & Sons
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1857-1919
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6 Cubic feet (12 boxes, including photographs and microfilm)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0178
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of the Steinway & Sons piano company and a daily diary of William Steinway, a key figure in the rise of the company to international prominence in the nineteenth century. The records document overall operations of the company, individual piano serial numbers, and the business and personal life of William Steinway, a prominent figure in New York business, politics, and musical life.
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- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1976
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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Wurlitzer (Rudolph) Company
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1860-1984
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56 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0469
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history and development of the Wurlitzer Company and consists of company publications, business records, employee files, manufacturing records, sales and marketing records, product information, publicity, advertising, photographs, audiovisual materials, and organ installation drawings.
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Arnold, Cheney & Co.
Moore, Ernst D. (importer, trader)
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1888-1932
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1.6 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0321
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting Moore's work as an ivory trader employed by Arnold, Cheney and Co. Includes copies of his diary entries while working as an ivory trader, financial documents, price lists, his writings on the subject of ivory, articles, a map, and photographs.
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Nickse, Hugo
Johnson, Hanford
Comstock, Cheney and Co.
Pratt, Read and Company
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1839-1990
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84 Cubic feet (104 boxes, 28 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0320
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records documenting Pratt, Read and Company; its early competitor and later partner, Comstock, Cheney and Company; and a number of predecessor, subsidiary and related companies. Other topics include the late 19th century African ivory trade and Pratt, Read's production of troop-carrying gliders during World War II.
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Frank Hubbard
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1930-2003
bulk 1949-2003
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30 Cubic feet (76 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1256
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents approximately fifty years of the Hubbard Harpsichord business. The records include correspondence, financial and accounting materials, sales and promotional materials, records, newsletters, dealer files, project files, photographs, research files on European instruments, kit manuals, and design drawings.
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Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Cadwell, Paul, 1889-1985 ((banjoist))
Reed, Frances
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1883-1980
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12 Cubic feet (28 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0387
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The bulk of the collection is music for the five-string banjo, often with piano and/or second banjo accompaniments. Almost no sheets have cover illustrations. Many editions are British and rarely have copyright dates.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1847-1975
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251 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S04
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 4: Songwriters: A "songwriter" for this series is defined as a composer, a lyricist, or both. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.