George P. Bent was one of the most well known piano and organ makers of the late 19th Century in America. Established in 1870, George P. Bent built pianos and organs under both his own name and also under the Crown and Concord brand names which were originally sold and distributed by Sears, Roebuck & Company through their mail order catalogs.

George P. Bent’s most famous innovations were his ‘Orchestral Attachment’ and ‘Practice Clavier’, which were special features operated by extra foot pedals.

George P. Bent stopped building pianos during the Great Depression, but the Crown brand name was produced up until the late 1940s.