In 1887 an imposing five-story factory was constructed for the building of Kimball pianos. KIMBALL ROLLS INTO THE 20 th CENTURYĪs the piano grew in wild popularity toward the end of the 19 th century, Kimball grew to meet the growing demand. Kimball would continue to see success and go on to produce over 400,000 organs throughout their time in business. In 1882 a large factory was built for the manufacturing of organs and it was soon churning out as many as 15,000 of these instruments per year.

In three years that goal was achieved and he began offering organs for sale that were made entirely by his company. Earhuff and cases made by other contractors, he slowly moved toward full, in-house production.

Kimball began assembling reed organs for sale in 1877. Based in Chicago, the company sold a number of brands such as Chickering and Sons, Hallet-Davis and other leading companies at that time. Kimball and Company as a piano and organ dealership. Working as a real estate broker in his younger years, he liquidated his investments and moved to Chicago, Illinois.

I'm located in Roseville, California, and looking for a buyer that will assume shipping/moving costs.William Wallace Kimball was born in Rumford, Maine in 1828. Please contact me for more info or additional photos. For someone that wants to take the time to refurbish the wood and keys, they would have a very nice final product. The photos also show some chips and scratches in the wood, both on piano and bench. I know that replacement piano key overlays are available on-line, but I don't know the replacement process. There are some chips in the ivory keys and two keys are missing the ivory caps. Over all the condition of the piano is fair to good. All the keys and felts operate well and do not stick. The piano still gets infrequent use but will need to be tuned for best performance. We don't use it enough and our family seems disinterested with keeping it for more generations. My family has decided it is time to move this piano on to a new home. Make offer!! This was my mother's Kimball baby grand piano that her family purchased new in 1932, and we have paperwork to document that purchase.

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