Fw: Schiller rebuilding

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 Hi Jack,=20
      I'm dying of curiosity. How did you determine that much historical =
 info. on an old defunct and obscure a company as schiller and is there =
a source for this stuff?

Dale Erwin
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From: JWyatt1492@AOL.COM=20
To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 1:31 PM
Subject: Schiller rebuilding


Hello to all.=20

   The Schiller Co. was founded in Oregon, Ill. in 1892.=20
Frederick George Jones was born in Canada in 1847=20
and was a stock holder from the beginning. Soon he=20
bought all the stock and owned entire Company.=20
  By 1912 the Co. was producing 6000 Pianos a year.=20
He had three Sons Geo. H., Edgar and Cyrus who all=20
worked in the factory.  He died in 1913. In some manner  =20
Geo. Jones was able to use the patents of   J. Bauer in=20
his grands.=20
      The scale ' E'  a  5,4 in. Grand was their best and=20
most popular Grand=20
      The Schiller used both the W.N.G. and Strauch Bros.  =20
actions and perhaps others.=20
      The ' E '  scale had 13 single and 14 double strings in=20
the bass.=20
      This Piano is most surely worth rebuilding if you=20
compare,  after a quality rebuild, to anything new on=20
the market at  $10.000  or under. Especially if you=20
consider durability. The wood used to build this Piano  =20
is so much superior to 98% of the pianos build  today=20
that it could easily outlast them 3 times over.=20
     At some point The Schiller Co. was Affiliated with=20
Conover Bros.=20

Hope this helps,=20
Jack Wyatt=20

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