Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1868/00/00 William B Tremaine and his brothers establish a piano business called the Tremaine Brothers. Established
1878/00/00 H B Tremaine founds the Mechanical Orguinette for the production of automated reed organs. Genesis
1883/00/00 William B Tremaine co-engineers and brings to market the orguinette which by 1883, evolves into the Aeolian organ, a table-top organ for in-home play. Work
1887/07/26 The Aeolian Organ and Music Co is establishes in Meriden by merger of the Mechanical Orguinette Co of New York and the Automatic Music Paper Co of Boston. The Meriden plant is erected for the manufacture of the perforated music rolls used in its organs. Founder Aeolian Company Factory Complex Meriden
1895/00/00 Edwin S Votey invents the pianola, a pneumatic player piano which will become very popular. Work
1897/00/00 Edwin S Votey, president of the Farrand and Votey Organ Co of Detroit joins The Aeolian Co as Vice-President and Technical Director. Votey and W B Tremaine shared more or less equally in the profits. In 1900 Aeolian obtained his instrument patents. Work
1903/08/00 As an enormous mortgage on the Weber Manhattan factory comes due, Aeolian Co buys the Weber Piano Company at a low price. Growth
1907/10/00 The Aeolian Co brings in outside management to take over Balmer and Weber's new building and their business. St Louis branch was named "Aeolian Hall" after the renown New York corporate building. Owner Balmer and Weber Music House Co Building City of St Louis
1912/00/00 The Aeolian Building is built for the Aeolian Company, a manufacturer of player organs and pianos. Offices Aeolian Building New York City
1922/00/00 When the Aeolian parent company is divesting itself of retail stores, William Chrisler together with other associates, buys the Aeolian Co of Missouri franchise. Chrisler was a friend Theodore Steinway since school days. Owner Balmer and Weber Music House Co Building City of St Louis
1925/03/00 The Aeolian Co, a leading manufacturer of roll-operated instruments, signs a 63-year lease for $12 million for most of the new Gould building with display spaces for instruments, a small recital hall, executive offices, a library and an artists' room. Offices Aeolian Arden Building New York City
1932/00/00 The Skinner Organ Company merges with the pipe organ division of the Aeolian Company creating Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company Inc. Evolution
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