C. A. Gerold
piano-maker
employer of John Gerts
Biography
C. A. Gerold was a Chicago piano-maker for whom John Gerts worked for twelve years after arriving from Germany in 1870, before Gerts left to start his own business and later co-found the Bush and Gerts Piano Company.
Highlights
- Employed John Gerts as a piano-maker in Chicago for twelve years before Gerts started his own business
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. II (1913), p. 48.
Public domain.