schiller piano value by serial number 297873

and Edgar B., held management positions with the firm. In addition the Schiller Company owned an interest in the Power Company and two Jones sons, George H. Sources conflict as to whether Jones actually left his mercantile interests behind, which included work as the president of the Oregon Electric Light and Power Company and Oregon Machine and Foundry. Jones was not active in the company's management until 1895 when he reportedly left his well-established mercantile business to take an active position at the piano company as general manager and president of the factory. The Schiller Piano Company was started using money from Oregon resident and the first president of the company, F.G. When founded, the company was located at the northwest corner of Oregon's Second and Washington Streets. The Schiller Piano Company, which was historically the largest industry in Ogle County, was founded around 1890. The factory and its iron water tower base are contributing properties to the Oregon Commercial Historic District, listed since 2006 on the United States' National Register of Historic Places. The 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m 2), stucco-clad building was renovated for use as an indoor mall in 1975 and today operates as the Conover Square Mall.

Thousands of pianos were produced in its factory, which was operated by corporate successors until 1971. It operated independently from 1890 to 1936, when it merged with the Cable Company and thereafter produced pianos under the name Cable and Conover. The Schiller Piano Company was an American manufacturer of pianos in Oregon, Illinois.

Oregon Commercial Historic District ( ID06000713 )

Schiller piano value by serial number 297873