>Paul Monachino can tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Mason & >Hamlin's history. They were made in Boston until about 1930, then at some >point made in Rochester NY while part of Aeolian. Circa 1979-1981 American Aeolian went through a couple of bankruptcies. Production of Mason & Hamlin resumed at the "new" Sohmer factory (which had housed the Pratt-Read Company for many years) in Ivoryton, CT. Then Sohmer et al had further financial difficulties -- > Production started in the >Boston area again in 1990, in Haverhill MA (about 30 miles northeast of >Boston) in what was once a shoe factory. >
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