ITEM# 5583
Heintzman Co. Ltd. Ebonized Grand Piano Toronto c1900

This Heintzman & Co. Ltd.Grand Piano serial 16400 six foot ebonized over red mahogany c1900 in excellent working condition. The Heintzman piano manufacturing and retailing business was based in Toronto 1866-1978 and relocated in Hanover, Ont, 1978-86 under the amended name Heintzman Ltd. It was founded by Theodore August Heintzman (b Theodor August Heintzman, Berlin, 19 May 1817, naturalized Canadian 1886, d Toronto 25 Jul 1899) who had been apprenticed to the piano-building trade about 1831.Unlike some of his competitors Heintzman aimed at high-quality rather than low-cost instruments. He was able to establish and maintain a high reputation from the beginning. Grand pianos were introduced about 1886, and two years later one was demonstrated before Queen Victoria at Albert Hall in London, winning the monarch's praise and thus helping to pave the way for an export trade. This one of the finest pianos money can buy. Please call to make an appointment to see this piano in person. To read more about the Heintzman piano go to the following url where the previous text was obtained. http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001587

Thank you for your quick reply. I am really shocked at the price. I knew many people here wanted it, but probably figured I didn't know what I had and they wanted to buy it for nothing. I am glad I held on to it.
Thanks again!
- Ann N