WEAVER ORGAN AND PIANO COMPANY FULL PRODUCTION LINES

Yamaha Pianos for Sale.Item: 312240168520 Weaver Organ and Piano Company antique pump style Eastlake parlor organ. Antique Weaver Organ and Piano Company Eastlake ornate parlor style pump organ. The Weaver company was in York , PA and was in operation form 1870 until 1959.

The keyboard is level with the exception of one key. It is a Weaver piano and organ company antique pump organ - Answered by a verified Musical Instrument Appraiser We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. By continuing to use this site you consent to the use of cookies on your device as described in our cookie policy unless you have disabled them.Antique Weaver Organ & Piano Co.

Worrilow in 1956 and closed in 1959. Weaver in 1870 factory built and incorporated in 1882 discontinued manufacturing organs in 1917 and renamed Weaver Piano Company company purchased by Wm. Weaver Piano Company (York, Pa.) Organ maker and repair company founded by J.O. There are two levers beneath the keyboard - one says 'swell' the other is missing its label. At the time we purchased it we were told that it was complete but that there was a split in a bellow. That was 20 years ago we intended to have it restored but have simply enjoyed it as a beautiful furniture piece instead.

The organ was dedicated on October 23, 1966, at an afternoon recital played by William Weaver, Organist at St. Widener and Company continues to serve as the organвЂ™s curator. Celebrated Weaver organ and piano instruction books, visited his old home,Who knows how many thousands of sturdy musical instruments emanated out of the growing complex of buildings that stood imposingly for 136 years at the intersection of Broad and Philadelphia streets in York? The York County History Center Library/Archives has 16 volumes of shipping records, up through 1944, and it would be a task to enumerate them all, not to mention estimating the last 15 years of production.Widener and Company also handled the tonal specifications of the organ and its installation in 1966. Their business interests, and will organize the McDonnell-Means Piano Co.

No doubt they are still played in areas far and wide. And I would bet more families than not have members that remember doodling around on grandparentsвЂ™ parlor organs or taking lessons on the formidable uprights or more fashionable 20th century spinets.Weaver instruments were shipped all over the world. Some of the workers are still around, perhaps in your family. The rest is blackened rubble.Weaver memories still abound. Dr.Organs (Classic Reprint) Weaver Organ And Piano Company1, Recline In My Soul: Jeweled Words Kissing The Heart To Heaven Jayem, Sketches Of Young Gentlemen (TREDITION CLASSICS) Charles Dickens, Annals Of Horticulture: And Year-Book Of Information On Practical Gardening Thordarson CollectionSince the tragic March 2018 fire, which resulted in the lost lives of two York City firemen, Ivan Flanscha and Zachary Anthony, only part of the 1892 section still stands.

The Weaver Organ Company was incorporated in 1882 and built their own building, designed by the noted Dempwolf architects, that year on Broad Street between Philadelphia and Walnut streets. Oliver Weaver (1849-1885), York musician and teacher, started assembling organs in a warehouse near FarmerвЂ™s Market on West Market Street in 1870. He attests that the pianos stand up to the hot, humid Chinese summers and very cold, dry winters without loss of tone or action.J.

Weaver Organ And Piano Company Full Production Lines

Catalogs in the extensive Weaver Organ and Piano archival collection at the York County History Center show the wide variety of woods and finishes available.By 1908 Weaver was running full production lines for both pianos and organs. Hard to wear out.вЂќ My grandparents were among the thousands with an organ in the parlor as a child I would amuse myself on it while the grownups visited in the more casual living room. Weaver closed down in 1959, but the building stood until the tragic March 2018 fire that cost the lives of two York City firefighters and destroyed much of the complex.Weaver organs were popular for decades, living up to the slogan вЂњEasy to operate. WeaverвЂ™s early death the firm grew under members of the Gibson and Bond families.A full page advertisement in the 1904 book York, Pennsylvania, celebrating York вЂs manufacturing success, shows the facility greatly expanded, with sizable additions in 1892, 1898, and 1904 until it covered a city block bounded by Philadelphia, Broad and Walnut streets and Chain Avenue.

Research indicates Weaver also produced Lincoln and Mercer branded pianos as well as private brands for stores such as YorkвЂ™s Everhart Organ and Piano Company at 124-127 South George Street.WeaverвЂ™s offered piano lessons, taught by вЂњmodern methodsвЂќ in their own studio. The York County History Center has copyright registrations for the familiar Weaver, Livingston and York brands, each showing their own distinctive font. These pianos also came in a variety of woods, finishes and styles. The company name was changed to the Weaver Piano Company, concentrating on grand and upright pianos, including upright player pianos.

Shoppers again had the choice of various styles, from Colonial to Louis XV.Reputation for quality workmanship and the willingness to adapt to changing tastes in size and design over the years carried the Weaver company through the Great Depression and World War II. In the late 1930s Weaver introduced the Vertiforte and also the Verti-Mignon, emphasizing their quality and tone as well as their being more compatible with modern home furnishings. More than half of all United States built pianos in 19 were these Weaver field pianos.On the home front, demand for smaller pianos had grown, down from the upright to the studio and console and the smallest, the spinet. This Weaver Field Type piano was used by the Army, Navy, Red Cross, USO and others for camps, field hospitals, hospital ships and canteens all over the world. Newsletter, catalogs and ads also carried endorsements by musical luminaries of the day, such as composer and conductor Victor Herbert and singer Jessica Dragonette.The Weaver Piano Company fully participated in World War II production, developing a вЂњplastic plywood plate pianoвЂќ that reduced the metal content of a spinet piano from 165 pounds to 38 pounds while still keeping a good tone. The Weaver retail showroom was in the heart of town at 39 West Market Street.

In my family an upright York lasted several generations. The economy was also becoming more global, opening the door to imported pianos.I wonder too if the durability of the Weaver products themselves might have also contributed to less demand. One source says there were 280 United States piano manufacturers in 1920 with only 18 left by 1959.