Category:Martin-Orme Piano Company
References edit
- Helmut Kallmann, Florence Hayes (2006-02-07, 2013-12-12 (last edit)). J.L. Orme & Sons. The Canadian Encyclopedia (TheCanadianEncyclopedia.ca). Historica Canada." J.L. Orme & Sons. Ottawa music, and later furniture, firm, founded in 1861, and one of the oldest surviving names in the Canadian music trade. James Lawrence Orme (d 1893) arrived from Scotland in 1856 ... In 1861 he became the first paid organist of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Ottawa, and to fill a void opened a music store on Sparks St. The firm was incorporated in 1866 as J.L. Orme & Son. ",
" The company's name was changed to Orme & Son in 1906. ",
" An Orme Concert Hall, opened on Wellington St in 1900, proved a business failure, but the Martin-Orme Piano Co, a factory opened in 1902, was active until ca 1924. It made between 300 and 500 upright and player pianos each year and won high respect among local musicians. Owain Martin (d 1923), formerly a Heintzman superintendent, provided the technical knowledge, the Ormes the business skills. ",
" In 1909 a part of the business was sold to C.W. Lindsay of Montreal, ... Orme & Son continued however, ... After World War I radios and Victrola gramophones became major sale items; in 1930 refrigerators; and later in that decade furniture. By the 1940s pianos and records made up only 10-15 per cent of sales revenue. About 1950 part of the business became Orme-Bannon (a furniture company on Albert St) and a new J.L. Orme & Sons was established. ... Managed by James L. Orme (son of Frank L.) until his death in 1979, the store at that time continued to sell furniture and, in keeping with the family tradition, pianos, mostly built by Lesage. In 1990 its name was Orme Interiors Ltd. "
Further reading edit
- Instruments
- Martin-Orme player piano / Piano mecanique Martin-Orme / code number 45. (NickelOdeonCo.com)."... very nice Canadian player piano, from the Ottawan Company Martin-Orme (between 1861 and 1924) ... ",
" This player piano's original serial number is 7406 (as seen at left), so it can be dated from 1916. ",
" It has all of the features of the once 'Modern VIOLOFORM Player Piano' of the WWI time :- Automated tracking of the music roll.
- Automatic or manual sustain control .
- Automatic or manual expression control.
- Mandolin or "Honkey Tonk" control. for use when playing as a player piano or when playing the piano by hand.
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