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5 unusual facts about Baldwin Piano Company


Burns London

The company and name were sold in 1965 to the Baldwin Piano and Organ Company of Cincinnati for the price of $380,000, small money in comparison to the $13 million paid at the time for Fender (where Baldwin were outbid by CBS).

Chickering and Sons

The Chickering name continues to be applied to new pianos today, as a brand name of the Baldwin Piano Company.

Cunningham Piano Company

Louis Cohen determined that building a small number of pianos by hand without the national recognition of companies like Mason & Hamlin, Steinway, or Baldwin was difficult in the economic climate of the Post World War II era.

Everett Piano Company

When Yamaha moved its piano production to a plant in Thomaston, Georgia in 1986, Everett pianos were continued to be manufactured in South Haven by Baldwin Piano and Organ Company, by the contract with Yamaha.

Trumann, Arkansas

In 1980, the Baldwin Piano Company opened a piano manufacturing facility in Trumann.


Hugo Benioff

He continued developing these instruments for the rest of his life, working for over two decades with pianist Rosalyn Tureck and also, towards the end of his life with the Baldwin Piano Company.


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