The company operated until 1985, the brand has been owned by North American Music since the 1990s, and Hallet & Davis upright and grand pianos are manufactured in China (for several years they were also created by Samick in Korea).Īmerican-made Hallet & Davis upright and grand pianos are described as valuable, robust and expensive quality instruments. Like many companies after the great crisis in America, the company was sold and became part of Aeolian - American Corporation. Hallet & Davis Piano Company was acquired by the Premier Grand Corporation of New York in November 1925.
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Also pianos at the turn of the 19th and 20th century were extremely solid and full of ornaments. Very popular at that time were massive, carved and exclusive square pianos, an overview of which can be found in archival catalogues. They produced upright and grand pianos called Hallet & Davis, and Hallet & Cumston.Īgain, the name Hallet, Davis & Co. The second owner did not stay for long, 4 years later the owner changed again, and the brand was called "Hallet & Cumston".
The company's initial name was "Brown & Hallet" (1833), until 1843, when one of the founders retired and was replaced by George Davis. Hallet, Davis & Company is one of the oldest American factories in Boston, Massachusetts, founded before the legendary brands Steinway & Sons, Mason & Hamlin and Baldwin.
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