Schomacker

Philadelphia piano maker started in 1838 by Vienna-trained John Henry Schomacker, first in partnership with William Bosert and on his own from 1842. It became known for its "Gold String" pianos, whose strings were electroplated with gold under an 1876 patent. Around 1900 the Wanamaker department store bought the firm and kept making Schomacker pianos into the early 1940s.