Samuel T. White
errand boy
clerk
partner
secretary
manager
Biography
Samuel T. White entered the employ of Horace Waters as an errand boy in February 1869, at age fifteen. He rose to a clerkship and was admitted to partnership in 1880. When the firm incorporated in 1886, White became secretary, alongside Horace Waters as president, T. Leeds Waters as vice-president, and William H. Alfring as treasurer. Described as a man of high ideals, White pushed his partners toward manufacturing rather than merely selling pianos, and successfully urged them to open a factory producing a high-class instrument. He managed the concern for many years and took full charge after T. Leeds Waters' death in 1908.
Highlights
- Entered Horace Waters' employ as a fifteen-year-old errand boy in February 1869 and rose to partner by 1880
- Persuaded his partners to move the firm into piano manufacturing
- Took over management of the company after T. Leeds Waters' death in 1908
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. II (1913), p. 194.
Public domain.