Bothner
active from 1861
action maker
Biography
Bothner began to make piano actions in 1861 and, at the time of Spillane's writing, was still doing a large and conservative business in New York, ranking as one of the two notable modern examples of development in action-making the author selects for treatment, alongside the firm of Strauch Bros.
Highlights
- Began making piano actions in 1861 and, as of 1890, still conducted a large, conservative business in New York.
Source
Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 312.
Public domain.