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Upright piano new in 1930's?
editThis statement: "In the 1930s, Lyon & Healy was the first retailer in the world to sell upright pianos, a "vertical" piano designed to take up less space in newer, smaller homes, and to be sold for far less than the traditional grand piano." makes no sense- upright pianos date back to the 18th century. Perhaps the author meant Spinet Upright. I'm taking the sentence out because it's wrong. Saxophobia (talk) 16:34, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Lyon & Healy repeatedly made this questionable statement in advertisements and articles as early as the early 1870s. Lyon & Healy did in fact market the spinet piano in the 1930s. Clearly, two different instruments are involved in the first statement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Organologist (talk • contribs) 15:25, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
edited language; deleted egregious marketing
editI tried to neutralize language and remove most of the marketing talk that is not pertinent. when I have more time I will try to reorganize the piece as history jumps all over. 24.4.168.188 (talk) 06:28, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
zithers
editHere is the George Washburn (Lyon and Healy Co.) New Model alpine style concert zither: http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee64/ncc1701_photos/Instrument/zith-1.png
This model appears in their old ad seen on zither.us http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee64/ncc1701_photos/Instrument/washburn-1898.jpg
Most of what you find on the internet is their Arion style zither, but this one above is hard to find.
George W. Lyon
editI was just reading and saw that the W stands for Washburn. Should that be linked to Washburn guitars or is that a dead end?Longinus876 (talk) 23:44, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
Two books have been published about the Washburn line. Perhaps someone might wish to summarize these histories. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Organologist (talk • contribs) 15:28, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
This and other points are now covered (somewhat) in Washburn Guitars, which I've been attempting to flesh out properly, albeit bit-by-bit. Maybe it can provide some grounding for turning Lyon & Healy into a proper article rather than a pile of disjoint trivia.
Weeb Dingle (talk) 06:03, 29 November 2017 (UTC)