Sohmer, Hugo & Company

Sohmer, Hugo & Company 1873-82 pianos 149 E. 14th 1883-85 " " & 143 E. 23rd 1886-90+ " 151 E. 14th Sohmer was born at Dunningen, Würtemberg in the Black Forest Region on November 11, 1846. He was the son of a physician, and as a teenager immigrated to New York where he found work in the piano factory of Schuetze & Luedolff, and learned the trade. After returning to Europe for several years, Sohmer came back to New York in 1872 and, with a partner named Joseph Kuder, took control of Marschall &…