Wissner Piano

[Farrell]

Thank you very much Jack. It certainly appears to be a substantial piano.

Terry Farrell
  
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From: <JWyatt1492@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 11:04 AM
Subject: Wissner Piano


> 
>   Hello to All:
> 
>      Otto Wissner left Germany in 1869 to come
> to American to learn to build pianos in the American
> way.  He found employment with George Steck and
> then with Fred Mathusheck.  It is any wonder that he 
> was destined to build great Pianos. 
>       He then came to Brooklyn where he went into the
> business as a technician and dealer. In 1890 he began
> the manufacture of the " Wissner" piano.
>        Otto had three sons who carried on the business 
> well into the 1900s.  It is a Piano well worth rebuilding 
> today.
> 
>    Hope this helps:
>    Jack Wyatt
>