The Story and Clark business thrived and opened a factory in England in 1892 and another in Germany in 1893.Ĭlark left the firm in 1901 to form his own company, and Story and Clark pianos moved to a new factory in Grand Haven, Michigan. He joined with various piano makers to start manufacturing Story and Powers pianos in 1862, then Story and Camp pianos and organs in 1868, before finally establishing Story and Clark pianos in 1884. Story senior had started out working in a music store for $50 a month and saved enough to buy out the principal in 1859. Story and Melville Clark, an expert reed-organ builder. Story and Clark was founded in 1884 by Hampton L. It turns out that Story and Clark has a long and interesting history in piano manufacturing, and is still being used as a piano brand name after the company changed ownership several times towards the end of the twentieth century. Having just bought a second-hand 1970 Story and Clark piano, I was interest in learning a bit more about the company that had made my piano.
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