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 stopped building pianos in about 1929 when the Great Depression hit, but the Crown brand name was produced up until the late 1940s.