梅森丽舍钢琴品牌历史.doc

Pratt Read was founded in 1798; it is one of the oldest American companies. Pratt Read is a very famous piano parts maker, until the nineteen seventies it was recognized as the world’s largest piano keyboard and string machine manufacturers. In 1963, the factory was expanded to add a new electronic organ assembly department and in 1964 moved to the new plant. . During World War II, the United States Department of the army in accordance with the contract signed with the Pratt Read company, at its plant in Pennsylvania, Eddie Gao Don, the wood processing expertise for the world air transport organization production CG-4 military glider. The design in occupied Europe fortress was used. Ups and downs with the Pratt-Read piano company history of Connecticut Ivory industry  Pratt-Read, a worker cut Ivory material manufacturing piano keyboard, nineteen twenties -E.D. Moore collection, the Avery Library Association, Connecticut library treasures. ?In the Connecticut River town of deep river, and Essex Aifulicun, production equipment for processing import them to the United States of America ivory, as many as 90% once. In 1798, silversmiths and Congregational Church deacon Phineas Pratt, invented a device, can realize mechanized comb cutting. Phineas Pratt worked for David Bushnell’s submarine turtle production clock timer. This can speed up production, reduce costs, comb as human beings keep a daily necessities and neat, the demand began to grow rapidly. George A. Read, another Ivory industry pioneer, The United States Industrial Revolution accompanied by a large number of popular sheet music and began. At this time, many American families are keen on music, the rise of the middle class has a lot of money in the music, the piano has become the main symbol of nineteenth Century cultural symbols. Then the demand for ivory and increase rapidly, because people generally think that the ivory is the best piano cover. The ivory and Zanzibar natives, taken at about 1890-1910, Aver