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1851
"Great Exhibition" displays state-of-the-art pianos, Erard is favoured, London

1852
- Mathushek Company established, New York
- Weber established, New York

1853
- Steinway & Sons, New York established
- Chickering builds new factory, second largest building in U.S., Boston
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk returns to U.S. as a touring virtuoso
- Bluthner piano company established in Leipzig, Germany
- Bechstein established in Berlin, Germany

1854
Mason & Hamlin established in Boston

1855
William Mason establishes chamber music series in New York

1856
Wurlitzer Company established, Chicago

1857
George Steck Company established, New York

1859
- Henry Steinway, Jr. patents cross-stringing for grands
- August Forster Company established, Lobau, Germany

1860
- Julius Feurich established, Leipzig
- Broadwood & Sons make their last square; uprights dominant in European homes

1862
- At London Exposition, Steinway wins a medal with cross-strung grand
- DH Baldwin established in Cincinnati, Ohio

1864
Petrof Company established, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

1865
- Grotrian Company established as successors to Theodore Steinway, Braunschweig,   Germany
- Oberlin Conservatory founded, Oberlin, Ohio

1866
Heintzman Company established, Toronto

1867
- Chickering and Steinway win the top prizes at Paris Exposition


1872
- Theodore Steinway patents the duplex scale to enrich the tone
- Steinway presents Anton Rubinstein's U.S. tour
- Sohmer established, New York

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