As with any piano this age and with the amount of use it has had it is probably due for a rebuilding and refinishing, but when completed you will have the best of the best. Despite it's age it still retains the famous Mason& Hamlin sound. A few missing ivories and some with chips/cracks. It is in all original, used condition and is sold"as is, where is" There is some missing veneer around the feet and some small gouges with missing veneer on the sides and other small places. This piano spent most of it's life in a church Sunday school. SEE the above HUGE SCANS to note any and all FLAWS! Size: Appro 1210 Chestnut, Philadelphia PA- Advertising- as shown below. Mason& Hamlin was sold a few subsequent times over the 20th Century, and the brand is still being built today in Massachusetts their new models are still based on the famed Mason& Hamlin scale designs of the early 20th Century. In the 1930s, they were absorbed into the giant Aeolian-American Corporation. During the 20th Century, Mason& Hamlin pianos were popular in schools, churches, and studios where they endured harsh and constant use. Mason& Hamlin introduced several innovations, including the patented'tensions resonator' which set their pianos apart from the competition. They began building pianos in the early 1880s, and instantly their instruments were celebrated as some of the finest pianos in the world. Mason& Hamlin was established in Boston in 1854, and they began as an organ manufacturer for the first few decades of their history. = Visit my store: Hot Link Old Cards- Daves Great Cards Galore Authentic 100% Guaranteed Original Antique Vintage Card NOTE: from There are few pianos that enjoy the amazing reputation that has been synonymous with Mason& Hamlin for the past 150 years. more Philadelphia music store dealer imprint on back Worlds Fair Exposition Medals/ Gold Coin Awards- American Bald Eagle- Antique 1800's Piano/ Organ-related Business Advertising Trade Card For more GREAT- Organ/ Piano- Cards Click Here: Music* MORE GREAT pre-1900 piano/ household/ eagle/ music/ etc. The copy I have reprinted it from was one of my best junk shop finds and must be very rare so I hope it interest fellow musical instrument enthusiasts. The book is A4 size, which is quite near the original size. The steel engravings are very difficult to scan& so some have reproduced better than others. There is also details and an engraving of a pressure model'Orchestral Organ' with percussion and double expression which was based on, and it seems used parts bought in from) Mustel in Paris, of which very few were ever made.
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The catalogue itself runs though all the models available at the time from the'Economy Organ' with one row of reeds at £8 to the three manual and pedal instrument at £300. A list of awards and medals won at international exhibitions from 1867-1885, a list of testimonials from eminent musicians of the day such a Franz Liszt& Johann Strauss etc. The catalogue has a brief history of the Mason& Hamlin company. Reprinted by Old Chapel Lane Books, Burgh le Marsh, Lincolnshire 2011. more 36 pages, appromimately 40 illustrations. After undergoing many ownership changes spanning more than a century, the piano company has finally resided in the hands of Burgett brothers who have advanced the company into the 21st century incorporating computer controlled machinery with age old piano building techniques.ĭimensions: 52″圆0.5″x24″ or 132cm x 152cm x 60cmįeatures: Solid white spruce soundboard ~ 5 Layer quarter sawn pinblock ~ 17 ply post construction (4 posts) ~ 3.CATALOGUE OF MASON& HAMLIN AMERICAN ORGANS SOLD BY WHOLESALE AGENTS METZLER& CO. By 1883, Mason & Hamlin started manufacturing pianos. History: Henry Mason and Emmons Hamlin established their reed organ company in the year 1854.
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