F. S. Cable

Biography

F. S. Cable appears in a passage (continuing from an earlier page not covered here) crediting him with enough civic and industrial impact that a factory town was named 'Cableton' after him, in recognition of his contribution to the town's development. The text singles him out as one of the few piano-makers whose personal name achieved this kind of geographic recognition, 'placing him among the few piano-makers whose names have been put on the map.' A footnote points to Vol. I, pp. 374-75 for further coverage of the same subject. A portrait plate captioned 'F.J. Cable' appears a few pages earlier and, given the placement and the near-identical name, likely depicts the same man, though the given-name initial differs (J vs. S) between the caption and the running text, which may reflect an OCR or printing discrepancy.

Highlights

• A factory town was renamed 'Cableton' in recognition of his beneficial activity in developing it
• Described as one of the few piano-makers whose names have been put on the map

Source

Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. II (1913), p. 67.

Public domain.