Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1908 — American Pianos Abroad. [ARTICLE]

American Pianos Abroad.

There is no trade in American-made lianos in Scotland because it has been .ound that when pianos are manufactured in the dry climate of the Uniled States and brought to Scotland the wood in the course of a few months is seriously affectci by the dampness, causing Joints to open and frequently buckling” the s' Hiding board. One .American firm does a very large business in that country but it has all it. Instruments made In Hamburg, where the wood has been seasoned in a climate similar to that of Scotland. L has become a saying in the trade that the only "American” pianos sold m Scotland are "made in Germany.”