Re: 1999 Packard prototype on Ebay

Posted by John Harley On 2009/5/28 21:10:00

John

I don't know the history offhand of the Packard Piano Company, but can find out the dates pretty easily. Piano companies were plentiful and fluid in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There is a substantial chance that Packard pianos were "stencil" pianos, bought by a dealer who put his own trade name on them. Naming a piano after Packard and trying to ride on their reputation probably occurred to more than one hungry piano salesman.

The family grave site in Warren, predating PMCC, (not J.W.'s, the other one in the same cemetery) carries the familiar Packard script. If memory serves me right it was the trade mark of Warren's lumber company, and the succeeding family businesses continued to use it.

Regards


John Harley