David C. Cook
dealer in sewing machines
Biography
David C. Cook was a Chicago dealer in sewing machines who hired George P. Bent as a general utility man after Bent arrived in Chicago in 1870. In 1878 Bent bought out Cook's business, which became the foundation of Bent's later organ and piano enterprises.
Highlights
- Employed young George P. Bent as a general utility man before Bent bought out his business in 1878
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. II (1913), p. 43.
Public domain.