Frank C. Decker, Jr.
born 1889; died null
Biography
Frank C. Decker, Jr., son of Frank C. Decker, was born in New York in 1889. He graduated from business college at seventeen and took a regular course in piano making under his father's guidance. He showed exceptional skill with tools, illustrated by designing and building a miniature upright piano only two feet square, a perfect replica of the regular Decker and Son upright, after just one year working at the bench. When Decker and Son was incorporated in 1909, he was elected secretary of the corporation in 1910. was the grandson of piano maker Myron A. Decker, founder of the Decker piano business later known as Decker & Son. According to the text, he was being trained under the tutelage of his father, Frank C. Decker, in preparation to perpetuate the well-earned reputation of the Decker name within the American piano-making trade.
Highlights
- Grandson of founder Myron A. Decker, being trained by his father to carry on the Decker name in piano making
- Born in New York in 1889; graduated business college at seventeen and trained in piano making under his father
- Built a miniature, two-foot-square replica of the regular Decker and Son upright piano after only one year at the bench
- Elected secretary of the incorporated Decker and Son in 1910
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), p. 317; Vol. II (1913), p. 79.
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