Friends: Here's a little information from "The Music Trades" magazine, September 1998, p. 80 (not a direct quote): The tiny Haddorf Piano Company showed the first 36" spinet with a drop action at the 1935 NAMM show. It created a sensation and the company was swamped with orders. Shortly thereafter the Winter Company offered the Musette. We were on our way! Incidentally, the only spinet pianos currently in production, if the Ancott Music Directory has them all listed, is Wurlitzer (Baldwin). Clyde Hollinger kam544@earthlink.net wrote: > BTW: Does anyone have some historical data about who really did design the > first spinet and would you share that information if you do?
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