American Piano Co.

American Piano Co. A conglomerate established in June 1908 in New York, bringing together Chickering & Sons, William Knabe, and the various interests of Foster-Armstrong. In 1922 the company also acquired Mason & Hamlin. A player piano department opened in 1909, selling the Ampico mechanism, and in 1913 the American Electric player piano, which operated from a mains circuit or storage battery, could transpose, and had expression controls. American Piano was maker of the Rythmodik [sic] music…