Nice lil’ spinet that looks and plays like new as it should. Can this be the piano you’ve been looking for?

Baldwin’s first manufacturing venture was the establishment of “The Hamilton Organ Company” of Chicago in 1888.  The Hamilton Organ Company built reed organs under the “Hamilton” and “Monarch” brand names.  In 1890, Baldwin hired Mr. John Warren Macy to design and build pianos for the firm.  Their first piano was an upright built at their shop on Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, and was shipped to a retail store in Cincinnati in 1891 to be sold.  Macy was named superintendent of The Baldwn Piano Company and the firm was soon building several lines of upright and grand pianos.
In 1893 Baldwin began producing a line of upright pianos under the “Ellington” brand name (named for a lifetime friend of Mr. Baldwin).  The Ellington brand was sold as a more affordable alternative to the costlier Baldwin brand.  The Ellington factory was located on the north side of Cincinnati.
Also in 1893, Baldwin purchased the Ohio Valley Piano Company and renamed it “Valley Gem Piano Company”.  The Valley Gem factory produced the “Valley Gem” and “Howard” piano brands.
Baldwin built several different lines of pianos under the “House of Baldwin” label including Acrosonic, Ellington, Hamilton, Howard, Valley Gem, Monarch, St. Regis, Modello and Manualo.
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