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334 pages : illustration ; 22 cm |
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"Seemed at times he could tear the veil off the future" -- "He seemed too full of business to make a long stop here" -- "The panic of 1857 had a musical accompaniment" -- "The point to arrive at is a large volume of trade" -- "He knew the true...value of a name on a fall board" -- "There is scarecely a hamlet in the West which has not felt the touch of his gentle influence" -- "The silk hat gentry if the young and lusty city frequented the Kimball store" -- Mr. Cone was in the store...playing the Dead March from 'Saul' on a dulcimer" -- "He has such an army of workers and such a brand of goods as to defy all competition" -- "With a remarkable insight into human character, he has surrounded himself with men who idolize him" -- "I must manufacture my goods or go out of business" -- "He turned intuitively to the human resources within the family as he strengthened the sinews of the organization" -- "If he starts a piano factory in Chicago...he will become a more formidable rival than ever" -- "You've done it, Governor! The tone of this piano is marvelous in every respect" -- Adelina Patti: "It gives me great pleasure to testify to the merits of the new Kimball piano" -- "They must undoubtedly serve to give the pipe organ a new mission in musical art" -- The Prairie Avenue chateau. "One is easily convinced that Kimball paid a million to build it" -- "And if my congregation don't like it they can go to hell" -- "For having attained the highest standard of excellence in all branches of their manufacture" -- "You will take a Kimball piano, a sandwich and one pint of old rye" -- "They can build a better pipe organ for a given sum of money than any other builder" -- "Kimballville! All out for Kimballville!" -- Conway. "A power in the business life of Chicago and Hercules in the Western music trade" -- "The great business built up by his sagacity is the best monument to the genios that distinguished his career" -- "It was amazing! People would rush into the store and say 'This is mine! This is mine!" -- "Anyone without musical knowledge can play the instrument" -- The Old Guard. "It was one of C.N. Kimball's great sources of strength" -- Curtis N. Kimball. "He leaves us all richer in spirit and experience for having known him" -- "The House of Kimball is now at war" -- "The greatest challenge the company has ever had" -- "The largest and costliest factory built in the piano industry since the decline of the player". |
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Kimball, William Wallace, 1828-1904.
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Kimball, William Wallace, 1828-1904. |
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W.W. Kimball and Company.
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W.W. Kimball and Company. |
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Piano -- Construction.
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Piano -- Construction. |
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Piano -- History.
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Piano. |
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History. |
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Piano makers -- Illinois -- Chicago.
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Piano makers. |
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Illinois -- Chicago. |
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Organ builders -- Illinois -- Chicago.
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Organ builders. |
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Organ (Musical instrument) -- Construction.
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Organ (Musical instrument) -- Construction. |
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