Schomacker Piano Manufacturing
Schomacker was a Philadelphia well built, expensive middle class piano that is forgotten besides the PR prone New York Steinways that gained fame for giving or leasing for peanuts Grand Pianos to famous pianists mostly on the New York stage.
The display at the Centennial Exposition in 1876 shows that the company was established in the market and well marketed to middle class parlor tastes.
The Factory at 11th and Catherine was no doubt something to brag about as in illustration in the Philadelphia and Environs 1873 visitor's guidebook.
Factory moved about 1915 and business address listed as 1020 S 21st Street.
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11th and Catherine - 1930 - PhillyHistory.org
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