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Hobart M. Cable, Jr.

b. December 15, 1881

president of Hobart M. Cable Company
  • Hobart M. Cable Company

Biography

Hobart M. Cable, Jr. was born in Boston on December 15, 1881. He graduated from high school and attended the law course at Cornell University for one year, after which he went with his father to Chicago to take up piano making as his life's work. He succeeded his father as president of the Hobart M. Cable Company following his father's death in December 1909.

Highlights

  • Born in Boston on December 15, 1881; attended Cornell University's law course for a year before entering the piano business.
  • Succeeded his father, Hobart M. Cable, as president of the Hobart M. Cable Company after his father's death in 1909.

Source

Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. II (1913), p. 65.

Public domain.

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