The Leon Pinet Co. of Paris, France, started in the music industry in the 1840s, specializing in the harmonium business. The Pinet Co. soon branched out into piano tools and supplies, and is still in business today, manufacturing hardware. They still make continuous piano hinges for general furniture and cabinetry applications
Pinet was also the exclusive seller of Firminy piano strings.
Tuning hammers for tuners are like bats for baseball players: the smallest difference in weight, leverage, or shape is significant. The way the socket fits on the pin (how the diameter taper profile of the socket matches that of the tuning pin) matters greatly. There exists a noticeable variation in…
Many specialized piano tools have been thrown away, probably because people in succeeding generations who have discovered these tools in storage, did not recognize what they were for, or if they did, could not find a use for them. Because of this, these tools have become relatively uncommon, considering how…
Charles H. Lang, owner and founder of C. H. Lang Co., Chicago, was an inventor as well as a business owner, but he is mostly remembered as the first Harley Davidson motorcycle dealer, c. 1905, and he also held motorcycle patents. This company made a full line of piano tools.…
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