Boston Piano Co.

Boston Piano Co.

Type	Piano Stores
Industry	Retail
Fate	Dissolved
Headquarters	Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	0000 E South St, Wooster, Ohio

Comprehensive History

The Boston Piano Company was originally formed and operated in Boston, Massachusetts. When one of the principle business partners, Epaminondas Wilson, was adjudged insolvent in October of 1891 he was ordered to sell his equity in the company to pay his creditors. On May 24, 1892 an agreement for the sale of the personal property of Mr. Wilson consisting of pianos, machinery, etc., and referred to as the "piano plant" was sold to James B. Taylor, H.B. Odenkirk, and others of Wooster, Ohio for $15,000. There was a long legal battle surrounding Mr. Wilson, his business partners, and this company which was not settled until 1909 and most of the people involved had already died.

In July of 1892 the whole Boston Piano Co. plant was moved from Boston, Massachusetts to Wooster, Ohio and set up in the old Whip Factory brick building on South street. The piano factory would employ approximately 40 men. However, upon arriving in Wooster the space in the building was found to be too small and they had to secure space outside of factory building for the storage of already finished pianos: reportedly 100 ready for market and 80 others in the process of completion. The 100 finished pianos were ordered to be sold right away through the firm of Odenkirk & McClarran.

After the factory was up and running in Wooster, Ohio it reportedly produced about 8 pianos a week and these were sold principally in Ohio and Pennsylvania, with some being shipped to the New England states and Texas. The company operated in Wooster for about 10 years.

In 1902, A. E. Jones, bought the Boston Piano company and moved it to Coshocton, Ohio, thus ending the manufacturing of pianos in Wooster, Ohio.

Locations

• 0000 E. South St., Wooster, Ohio 44691

Gallery

Maps

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  Sanborn Maps 1892

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  Sanborn Maps 1898

Newspaper articles

Newspaper full-text articles

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  Boston Piano Co. equipment arrives in Wooster, Ohio in 1892.

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  Boston Piano Co. up and running in Wooster, Ohio.

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  Owner of Boston Piano Co. moves it to Coshocton, Ohio in 1902.

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  When one of the original principle owners of the Boston Piano Co. is adjudged "insolvent" the company is bought by Wooster businessmen in 1892.

What Links Here

• Business Abstracts from the 1894-1895 Directory - Wooster ‎ (← links)
• Business Abstracts from the 1896 Directory ‎ (← links)
• Business Abstracts from the 1900 Directory (J-P) ‎ (← links)
• Wooster Republican, Business Abstracts 1891 ‎ (← links)
• Wooster Republican, Business Abstracts 1892 ‎ (← links)
• Wooster Republican, Business Abstracts 1894 ‎ (← links)
• Wooster Republican, Business Abstracts 1895 ‎ (← links)
• Wooster Republican, Business Abstracts 1896 ‎ (← links)