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Brinkerhoff Piano Company: Chicago: US 1906–1950 Brinsmead: London: UK 1835–1921 Brødrene Hals: Oslo: Norway 1847–1925 Bush & Gerts: Chicago: US 1884–1942 Bought by Haddorff Piano co. in 1942. Cable and Sons: New York: US 1852–1936 Cable Piano Company: Chicago: US 1880–1937 Merged with Schiller Piano Company to become The Schiller ...
Originally named Allen Manufacturing Company, the business produced hexagonal set screws and wrenches to fasten them. The terms "Allen wrench" (American English) and "Allen key" (British English) [3] are derived from the Allen brand name and refer to the generic product category "hex keys". W.G. Allen [4] filed the first related patent in 1909 ...
In 1915 he invented the first vacuum tube instrument, the audio piano. Until the invention of the transistor , the vacuum tube was an essential component in electric instruments. In 1935, the Hammond organ was introduced, [7] exploiting previous limited production efforts like the Robb Wave Organ [8] from 1923.
Compositions in which the beginning only hints at a possible reading of a major key without really establishing it, such as the Brahms Clarinet Quintet, Haydn's two string quartets, Op. 33 No. 1 and Op. 64 No. 2, C. P. E. Bach's Piano Sonata, Wq. 55/3, or the first movement of Alkan's Grande sonate 'Les quatre âges' (all of which are in B ...
The clavichord is a stringed rectangular keyboard instrument [1] that was used largely in the Late Middle Ages, through the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras. [2] Historically, it was mostly used as a practice instrument and as an aid to composition, not being loud enough for larger performances. [2]
Edward Elzear "Zez" Confrey (3 April 1895 – 22 November 1971) [1] was an American composer and performer of novelty piano and jazz music. His most noted works were "Kitten on the Keys" and "Dizzy Fingers." Studying at the Chicago Musical College and becoming enthralled by French impressionists played a critical role in how he composed and ...
Kurzweil Music Systems is an American company that produces electronic musical instruments. It was founded in 1982 by Stevie Wonder (musician), Ray Kurzweil (innovator) and Bruce Cichowlas (software developer). Kurzweil was a developer of reading machines for the blind, and their company used many of the technologies originally designed for ...
Christopher Latham Sholes (February 14, 1819 – February 17, 1890) was an American inventor who invented the QWERTY keyboard, [2] and, along with Samuel W. Soule, Carlos Glidden and John Pratt, has been contended to be one of the inventors of the first typewriter in the United States. [3] [4] [5] He was also a newspaper publisher and Wisconsin ...