Excerpt from Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. 2: Development of the Piano Industry in America Since the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, 1876 With pardonable pride the publishers offer this volume not only as a history, but also as a gallery Of portraits of the leading men of the Piano Industry of today. The statement may be boldly made that this work stands unique in its collection Of portraits of the highest artistic order, all Of them emanating from the genius of Mr. Jules M. Gaspard, than whom there is no greater master of portraiture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.