SOLD - USED American Crafted Packard Baby Grand RARE
Complete rebuild with new strings, bridge, soundboard by Richard Kingsbury RPT Piano Technician. Ivory keys. Vintage tone and cabinet.
History of Company
In 1871, Isaac Packard established the Packard Organ Company at 233 W. Jefferson, Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 1894, the company incorporated pianos into their line and changed the name of the company to Packard Piano & Organ Company. Packard survived the Great Depression, but was purchased in 1938 by Story & Clark Piano Company who continued to build pianos under the Packard name until the middle of the 20th Century.
The Packard Company was known for making artistic instruments of the highest grade and for maintaining labor practices of the utmost responsibility.
Quality
Packard is a name that will perk up the ears of any piano technician, tuner or player. Always of astounding quality and craftsmanship, a Packard that has lived its life well will have a sound and feel that is simply ten steps above other pianos of its day. The Packard in our showroom has lived its life very, very well, and is no exception to the rule. The color of the soundboard is a testimony to the perfect conditions in which the piano lay dormant until we happily discovered it. The keyboard is immaculate, as is the action. It is truly a favorite of all of the technicians in our land of mending the muses of flying fingers.
Packard instruments are of the highest grade and of extensive sale abroad as well as at home. The product of a model industry in which the cooperative stem of labor is brought to the point of perfection.
The Packard piano has been before the musical world for years, and has attained a foremost place as a reliable instrument of most artistic qualities. It has won high endorsements from many famous musicians, and has met the requirements of all buyers.
The Packard Interpreter player-piano (grand, upright and reproducing styles) presents the same artistic characteristics as the Packard piano, and the best proof of merit is its steady growth and the high esteem in which it is held by those who have used it and are most intimately acquainted with it. Both upright and grand pianos are made; and in tone, construction, style and artistic features they are strictly of a high grade. They are the product of an ambitious house of the highest responsibility. In all that makes an artistic instrument of the highest grade the Packard is recommended.
Labor Practices
A principle of The Packard Piano Co. finds expression in the maxim that "if there is no harmony in the factory, there will be none in the piano." This maxim was the creed of one of the most ambitious piano houses in America.
The workings of the Packard factory at Ft. Wayne, Ind., present an ideal example of harmonious industry. Every worker is loyal to the Packard and puts into it the best results of his skill and effort.
The output of these instruments has greatly increased each year and the factory facilities have been enlarged until today the Ft. Wayne industry is one of the largest in the country.
Every worker felt loyal to the company and gave of his best, resulting in an amazing output of skill and effort. The culmination of these factors can truly be heard and felt in instruments of this treasured name brand.