Schoenhut Piano Company
The Schoenhut Piano Company is an American manufacturer of children's pianos , dolls and other wooden toys. The company was founded in 1872 by Albert Schoenhut in Philadelphia as the A. Schoenhut Company . Schoenhut, born in Göppingen in 1849 , was a trained wood turner and emigrated to the USA in 1866. The company started making children's pianos and quickly expanded the business to other toys such as dolls, dollhouses and circus figures; at the start of World War II it was the largest toy manufacturer in the United States. The Great Depression resulted in bankruptcy in 1935, but a year later, Otto Schoenhut, son of the founder, opened a new company called O. Schoenhut, Inc. and carried on the legacy. It was bought by the Trinca family in the 1980s.
The beginning
Albert Schoenhut began making children's pianos in his youth in Germany. His father and grandfather had been toy and doll makers. After emigrating to the USA, he repaired children's pianos made in Germany in Philadelphia and founded the Schoenhut Piano Company in 1872. By his death in 1912, the Schoenhut Piano Company had grown to become the largest toy manufacturer in the USA and the first to export its products to Germany.
Products
Children's pianos
Schoenhut children's pianos, designed by Albert Schoenhut, were the company's first products. Various models were made from 1872 until bankruptcy in 1935. The family name was continued in 1936 when Otto Schoenhut founded O Schoenhut, Inc., which continued to produce children's pianos. The company produced children's pianos well into the 21st century.
Dolls
See Schoenhut dolls
literature
- Played in Philadelphia: Albert Schoenhut, Philadelphia's Own Santa Claus | url = http://www.philadelphiahistory.org/Schoenhut%7Cyear=2016%7Cpublisher=Philadelphia History Museum | location = Philadelphia
- Susan Drinan: Artifact: Toy (Schoenhut Company) . Retrieved August 31, 2016.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ City of Göppingen - Christmas exhibition in the Storchen. Retrieved February 25, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c d History . In: Toypiano.com . Archived from the original on October 15, 2009. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
- ^ Moore, Jay: What's it Worth: Figurines and a Schoenhut piano . In: Richmond Times-Dispatch . January 24, 2015. Accessed September 1, 2017.
- ↑ a b Wooden Wonders . In: National Museum of Toys and Miniatures . January 9, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
