American Piano Company

American Piano Company
	Ampico reproducing piano in the Bayernhof Music Museum
Industry	Piano manufacturing
Founded	1908; 116 years ago
Defunct	1932
Fate	Merged with Aeolian Company
Brands	Ampico

American Piano Company (Ampico) was an American piano manufacturer formed in 1908 through the merger of Wm. Knabe & Co., Chickering & Sons, Marshall & Wendell, and Foster-Armstrong.^[1] They later purchased the Mason & Hamlin piano company as their flagship piano. The merger created one of the largest American piano manufacturers. In 1932, it was merged with the Aeolian Company to form Aeolian-American Co.

^ "PIANO MAKERS FORM $12,000,000 COMBINE; Knabe & Co., Chickering & Sons, and Foster-Armstrong Unite in the American Co. OPERATE PRESENT PLANTS Individual Makes Will Be Preserved, with Special Advantages of Each -- E.J. Knabe to be President". The New York Times. Retrieved January 30, 2022.

[1] "PIANO MAKERS FORM $12,000,000 COMBINE; Knabe & Co., Chickering & Sons, and Foster-Armstrong Unite in the American Co. OPERATE PRESENT PLANTS Individual Makes Will Be Preserved, with Special Advantages of Each -- E.J. Knabe to be President". The New York Times. Retrieved January 30, 2022.

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