Kimball
Perhaps the most famous of all piano manufacturers in history was the W.W. Kimball Piano Company of Chicago. William Wallace Kimball founded what was to become one of the largest piano companies in the world in 1857. W.W. Kimball was an amazing entrepreneur and sales genius, and was able to promote his pianos on a nationwide basis that was very much ahead of its time. Prior to about 1880, most pianos sold by Kimball were actually built by other manufacturers such as Hallet & Davis, Emerson, Chickering, and H.P. Hale. By the turn-of-the-century, Kimball was manufacturing around 20,000 pianos annually! Kimball produced a handful of other brand names including Hinze, Dunbar, Whitney, and Harrison. In 1959, Kimball was sold to The Jasper American Corporation under the name of Kimball International. Kimball pianos were discontinued in 1996.
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Kimball Catalog 1893
Illustrated sales catalog for W.W. Kimball Piano Company featuring World Columbian Exposition awards of 1893
Kimball Catalog 1900
Illustrated sales catalog for W.W. Kimball Piano Company, circa 1900
Kimball Catalog 1927
70th Anniversary sales catalog for the Kimball Piano Company featuring their upright pianos, player pianos, and grand pianos. Circa 1927
Kimball Catalog 1931
Illustrated Sales Catalog for the Kimball Piano Company featuring their upright pianos, player pianos, and grand pianos, Circa 1931
Miscellaneous Ephemera
Kimball Organ Advertisements
Period Organ Advertisements For The Kimball Piano Company, Chicago
Kimball Piano Advertisements
Period Advertisements For The W.W. Kimball Piano Company, Chicago
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Kimball Victorian Parlor Organ
1893 | $6,500
Kimball Jacobean Style Baby Grand Piano
1929 | $18,000
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1904 | $20,000
Kimball Arts & Crafts Player Piano
1911 | $18,000 After Total Restoration
Kimball Arts & Crafts Player Piano
1911 | $18,000 After Total Restoration
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1917 | $14,000 After Total Restoration
Kimball Oak Victorian Upright Piano
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Kimball Jacobean Gothic Style Baby Grand Piano
1929 | $20,000 After Total Restoration