Antique Piano Shop

Smith & Nixon

The Smith & Nixon Piano Company was one of Cincinnati's premier piano manufacturers during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Smith & Nixon owned and controlled a handful of other makers including Ebersole and Goldsmith Piano Companies. Ebersole and Goldsmith were marketed as affordable alternatives to the costlier Smith & Nixon brand instruments. Smith & Nixon brand pianos were sold as the firm's top-of-the-line, highest grade instruments. Because of their high prices, they were only built in modest numbers and are a bit rare today. The firm was out of business by 1931 due to the Great Depression. We have seen a handful of Smith & Nixon instruments come through our shop, and they are consistently of superior quality.

Miscellaneous Ephemera

Abraham Lincoln Souvenir Piano
Abraham Lincoln Souvenir Piano With Lincoln Carved In Front Panel Made By Smith & Nixon Piano Co. For The Columbian Exhibition In 1895

Smith & Nixon Advertisements
Turn-Of-The-Century Advertisements For The Smith & Nixon Piano Company (Makers Of Ebersole)

Related Instruments

Smith & Nixon Victorian Parlor Grand Piano
1906 | $18,000 After Total Restoration