---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello Alan, August Gross & Son was built in their own factory. Their offices and factory was located at 590---594 Wells St. in Chicago. They only built pianos for their own retail stores. Some indication is that they may have bought case parts from The Tonk Co. and probably bought most of their actions from Thayer and /or the Arthur King Co. This was a common practice at this time. As far as I can tell they built uprights and their production was only about 250 to 300 a year. Jack Greenfield,s book gives nothing on this brand. Their pianos were of good quality ( as was the vast majorty of this time.) and were very durable. It is quite posable that the Geo.Bent "Crown" was an influence on building thier piano. They could have done much worse. As far as the time line they started business at some time between 1899 and 1909. So your opinion as to when your piano was built is very posable. If you can identify the action I would appreciate knowing the brand. Some times there is a brand name in various places on the action or on the action brackets. Regards, Jack Wyatt ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a1/5d/4f/1e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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