HALLET & DAVIS PIANO COMPANY HISTORY: The Hallet & Davis Piano Company (spelled "Hallett & Davis" in earlier years) is one of America’s more historical and illustrious makers. The firm was originally established as Brown & Hallet in 1835, and their factory was located on Washington Street in Boston. In 1843, Brown retired and George Davis joined the firm. Davis retired in about 1847, and Hallet became part of Hallet, Cumston & Allen. Allen resigned from the firm, and in 1850 he formed the Brown & Allen Piano Company. With Allen gone, Hallet & Cumston formed partnership, building pianos under both the "Hallet & Davis" and the "Hallet & Cumston" names. In about 1879, the business was incorporated as “Hallet, Davis & Company” and the "Hallet & Cumston" name was dropped. The Hallet & Davis Piano Company was known for building very high quality, expensive pianos during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. They offered a full line of square, upright and grand pianos until about 1890 when they discontinued the square piano and increased production on the ever more popular upright. After the turn-of-the-century, they built a full line of high-quality player pianos under the brand names of Virtuoloa, Underwood & Sons, and Bowen. After the Great Depression, Hallet & Davis became part of the large Aeolian American Corporation, and the Hallet & Davis name was built by Aeolian until the 1980s era. Today, the Hallet & Davis name is being applied to Asian import pianos.

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       1850-9800      1906-59000     1921-105000    1940-183000
       1855-11400     1907-61000     1922-109000    1941-193000
       1860-12000     1908-63000     1923-113000    1942-204000
     . 1865-14000     1909-65000     1924-117000    1943-215000
       1910-68000     1925-121000    1947-503000
       1875-22000     1911-71000     1926-124000    1948-504000
       1880-26000     1912-74000     1927-128000    1949-504900
       1885-30000     1913-77000     1928-130000    1950-506000
       1890-36000     1914-81000     1929-131000    1951-507000
       1895-42000     1915-85000     1930-132000    1952-508000
       1900-48000     1916-89000     1935-133000    1953-507550
       1901-49500     1917 -93000    1936-135000    1954-509700
       1902-51000     1918-96500     1937-153000    1955-510270
       1903-53000     1919 -100000   1938-163000    1956-510260
       1904-55000     1920-102000    1939-170000    1957-510500