California 1852

Anne Beetem abeetem@wizard.net
Thu, 22 Jan 1998 21:10:42 -0500


No, sorry Dave.   Pianos were being built earlier in America by various
people, such as Thomas Loud before 1815, and John Geib by 1798.    There
are a few anonymous earlier examples as well.




>1823 by Chickering.
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>dave
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>David M. Porritt, RPT
>Meadows School of the Arts
>Southern Methodist University
>Dallas, Texas
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