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1874
Albert Steinway patents the sostenuto pedal (middle pedal on modern grands)

1877
British Piano Manufacturing Co. established in London

1878
A Japanese square piano is exhibited at Paris Exhibition

1880
- Wurlitzer Company begins making pianos
- Theodore Steinway develops the laminated grand piano rim

1881
Mason & Hamlin Company begins making pianos, Boston

1882
Louis Renner Company founded to make piano actions, Stuttgart, Germany

1885
- Schimmel Company founded near Leipzig
- Aeolian Organ & Music Co., later Aeolian Co., founded to make automatic organs, later automatic pianos

1888
Steinway & Sons makes its last square piano; other Americans continue making them

1891
- D. H. Baldwin Company, Cincinnati, begin making pianos
- Steinway presents Ignacy Jan Paderewski's first U.S. tour

1893
Estonia Pianos opens in Russia

1895
- Story & Clark Company making pianos, Chicago, later Grand Haven, Michigan
- Aeolian Company making automatic pianos, New York

1896
- Kohler & Campbell Company established, New York

1899
- Torakusu Yamaha begins making pianos, Hamamatsu, Japan
- Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag published
- Eubie Blake: Charleston Rag composed
- First competition of pianists, Russia

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