Hobart M. Cable
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Hobart M. Cable is a piano manufacturer which originated in 1900 in Laporte, Indiana
and is now owned by American Sejung Corp, a Korean company. It is one of the best known American piano brands.
Hobart M. Cable was a piano maker at Cable Piano Co. with brothers H.D. Cable and Fayette S. Cable prior to starting the company that bears his name in 1900. He built player pianos during the depression years and continued to make pianos until the 1960's when the name was discontinued.
The brand was purchased by American Sejung in the 1990's and the pianos are now made in the largest stringed instrument factory in the world, located in Quingdao China. American Sejung also produces George Steck and Falcone pianos.
LaPorte, Indiana
La Porte is a city in La Porte County, Indiana, United States, of which it is the county seat. Its population was 22,053 at the 2010 census. It is one of the two principal cities of the Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the...
and is now owned by American Sejung Corp, a Korean company. It is one of the best known American piano brands.
History
Hobart M. Cable grew out of Cable Piano Co., which was founded in 1880 and was one of the largest piano manufacturers in Chicago as well as a major contributor to the American piano industry.Hobart M. Cable was a piano maker at Cable Piano Co. with brothers H.D. Cable and Fayette S. Cable prior to starting the company that bears his name in 1900. He built player pianos during the depression years and continued to make pianos until the 1960's when the name was discontinued.
The brand was purchased by American Sejung in the 1990's and the pianos are now made in the largest stringed instrument factory in the world, located in Quingdao China. American Sejung also produces George Steck and Falcone pianos.