---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello Terry ! The Wickham Plate co. was bought at some time or other by the Aeolian Piano co.. The Wickham co. Kelly Plate co. and the Fairbanks Plate co. all began casting plates in Springfield, Ohio in 1890. Badger Plate co. was a major supplier of plates but I have not been able to find any information on this co. Badger made plates for Wurlitzer at least thru 1953 and probably later, however in 1978 Wurlitzer was using at least some O.S. Kelly plates. The Oregon Plate co. started making plates in 1907 in Oregon Ill. This was where the Conover Piano factory was and later the Cable factory was located there As a side note in the late seventies most foundries including the foundry that Steinway bought plates from was on strike. during this time Aeolian made plates for Steinway so they could continue operation. HELP !! If anyone has any information on the Badger Plate Co. or any other foundry PLEASE let me know. Please excuse my bad grammar, bad English and bad spelling. Regards, to all Jack Wyatt ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/dc/01/1f/45/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC