Among the oldest
American pianos and one whose career has reflected credit upon the
American art industries. Hallet, Davis & Co. can trace its origins
to the year 1835. It was among the oldest of the historic Boston
piano companies. Many world-famous pianists have chosen Hallet,
Davis & Co. as their favorite piano. The world-renown composer Franz
Liszt played on one at the great Paris exposition in 1867. In 1911,
His Holiness, Pope Pius X selected a Hallet, & Davis & Co. piano for
the Vatican, and awarded the Hallet, & Davis Company a gold medal in
recognition of the beautiful qualities of the instrument. In
November 1925, the Hallet & Davis Piano Co. was acquired by the
Premier Grand Corporation of New York, which continued the
manufacture of the famous grand piano which so long came from
Boston. Building a piano is a demanding and precise art. It is a
task based on knowledge and experience, and on the devotion of the
builders to an unswerving ideal - never to compromise quality.
This company has
continued to expand and today it is everywhere regarded as the high
grade product of one of America's most ambitious piano industries
Hallet & Davis pianos and player-pianos contain all modern
improvements and are used by many eminent pianists and have won the
endorsement of almost countless critics and experts. Hallet & Davis
pianos are made in grand and upright styles, the grand pianos having
been chosen by many artists for their public performances. Whatever
the style and form, these pianos are strictly high grade instruments.
With the
globalization of the world economy, Hallet, Davis & Co. found it
impossible to build pianos in the United States because of the high
labor costs. Due to the high man-hours involved in producing these
pianos, they were forced, like many other piano manufacturers to
move their production overseas. Hallet, Davis & Co. have partnered
with overseas manufacturers to produce a high quality, aesthetically
pleasing pianos at affordable prices.
Hallet, Davis & Co.
collaborated with these manufactures to produce an impressive number
of high quality pianos. Grand pianos in both traditional and
Victorian period styles. Queen Anne and Chippendale models are
featured as well as Decorator Consoles and Professional Uprights.
There are also Continental and Studio styles available in a myriad
of beautiful veneers and finishes. If they were to award Academy
Awards for performance by a piano, Hallet & Davis would have a wall
full of them