Hobart M. Cable

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Hobart M. Cable is a piano manufacturer founded in 1900 in La Porte, Indiana, and is now owned by , a Korean company.[1][2][3]

History[]

Hobart M. Cable grew out of the Cable Piano Company, which was founded in 1880 and was one of the largest piano manufacturers in Chicago and a major contributor to the American piano industry.[4]

Hobart M. Cable was a piano maker at Cable Piano with brothers Herman D. Cable and Fayette S. Cable before starting the company that bears his name in 1900. He built player pianos during the Depression years and continued to make pianos until the 1960s when the name was discontinued.[1]

The brand was purchased by in the 1990s and the pianos are now made in the largest stringed instrument factory in the world, in Qingdao China. American Sejung also produces George Steck and Falcone pianos.[5][6]

Current models[]

Hobart M. Cable pianos are built using Alaskan Sitka spruce soundboards and Japanese hammer felt.[5] The company makes upright pianos, and grand pianos. Upright piano model numbers begin with UH, grand piano model numbers begin with GH and console models begin with CH.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Antique Piano Shop". Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  2. ^ "America Sejung Website". Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Old Hobart Cable piano site". Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Blue Book of Pianos". Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Welcome America Sejung". 2010-11-27. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  6. ^ "Sejung debuts new Hobart Cable piano line. (Product News)." Music Trades, vol. 150, no. 11, Dec. 2002, p. 166. Gale General OneFile, [1]. Accessed 29 Jan. 2022.

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