On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Barrie Heaton wrote: > Is there a date when the first piano was made in the US and by who. Actually the first pianos date from before the US was the US--Back to when we were still considered "The Colonies" by you guys! :-) By 1775 Johann Behrend off Philadelphia was already building squares. History records that it was while tuning one of those early pianos that Johann broke a string and thus became the first American piano technician to utter the phrase: "Hey, I'm gonna have to charge you extra for replacing the string. It's not included in the price of the tuning!" The first American upright dates from about 1889. Les Smith
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