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Standard Pneumatic Action Company
Information Database

"Year Made" is determined by information found in the "Pierce Piano Atlas"
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Brief History of the company

Legend - For Notes Section
TT - Transposing Trackerbar
AS - Auto-Sustain
MS - Manual or Lever-Operated Sustain
LS - Lower Section or Exhauster Assembly
MFG - Date of Manufacture
PPA - According to the Pierce Piano Atlas
ATTO - According to the Owner
RFB - Refurbished
PBO - Pushbutton Sust., Bass/Treble Soft

Make of Piano Piano Serial # Year Made Action Serial # Valves Reservoirs Special Notes
Anderson 100950 1925 302354 Single One ATTO
Armstrong 67793 1911 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Armstrong 79918 1918 170990 double two MFG/PPA
Armstrong 81809 1920 216749 unknown two MFG/PPA
Artistone 111474 unknown unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Autoart (by Hardman) 67684 1909 382601 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Autopiano 170397 1923 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Autopiano 129833 1918 183388 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Autopiano 184350 1923 392187 single one MFG/PPA
Bacon (Kohler & Campbell) 194799 1917 150613 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Bacon, Francis (Kohler & Campbell) 250800 1927 401414 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Bacon (Kohler & Campbell) 91287 1908 26767 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Bacon, Francis 252972 1916 346020 single one MFG/PPA
Bacon, Francis 276820 1936? 241686 double two MFG/PPA
Becker 55809 1923 278742 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Behr Bros. unknown unknown 324597 single unknown MFG/PPA
Birns, Saul 17385 1903 372460 single two MFG/PPA
Blake * (unknown mfg.) 12844 unknown 115248 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Bond 18001 1920 171922 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Brewster 1890704 1927? 436428 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Brewster 179472 1925? 156543 double two ATTO
Bungalow 77927 1918 (est.) unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Bungalow 94664 1920 (est) unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Bush & Gerts 58661 1917 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Bush & Lane 40550 1916 57959 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Bush & Lane 47726 1921 178717 double two MFG/ATTO
Cable Nelson 149926 1924 unknown 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Cable, HM 75494 1923 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Cameron, AB 35839 1923 41802 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Cameron, AB 36214 1924 46297 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Carter 20423 1907 65926 single ? double MFG/PPA
Chase & Baker 28628 1900? ? single double MFG/PPA
Chase & Baker 6767 1926 ? double tow MFG/PPA
Chippendale 135520 unknown 290708 1 1 AS
Concord (Crown/Bent, Geo.P.) 24802 1902? unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Cunningham 76388 1923 unknown unknown unknown ATTO
Cunningham 78654 1924 unknown 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Cunningham 84049 1929 427386 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Curtaz & Sons 18537 1906? unknown double 1 MFG-?
Davenport Treacy 127996 1918 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Davenport Treacy 127856 1918 254899 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Davenport Treacy 137416 1919 300510 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Davenport Treacy 152300 1920 387938 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Davis&Sons (Weaver?) 161640 unknown unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Dayton (Harvard?) 135255 unknown unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
De Rivas & Harris 30258 1916 130659 double two MFG/PPA
Eilers 41225 1910 50790 double two MFG/PPA
Eilers 7903 pre-1902? unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Eilers 57657 1916 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Eilers 44395 1911 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Eilers 57148 1916 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Eilers 49700 1913 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Eilers 6485 pre-1902? unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Eilers 9735 pre-1902? unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Eilers 58583 1916 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Eilers 59005 1917 unknown 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Eilers 58520 1916 unknown 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Eilers 55269 1915 unknown 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Eillers 58806 1916 34635 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Estey 57662 1920 202934 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Exceltone 74000 1917 62598 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Exceltone (Chase/Hackley) 82445 1921 131310 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Farrand (Cecelain) 20880 1916 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Farrand (Cecelain) 20738 1916 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Farrand (Cecelain) 22209 1917 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Farrand (Cecelain) 21622 1917 114482 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Farrand (Cecelain) 20861 1916 93203 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Farrand (Cecelain) 20384 1916 93766 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Foster 33177 1908 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Foster 45448 1917 unknown 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Foster 67736 post-1932? 13633 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Foster 42172 1916 99045 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Foster (Armstrong) 37983 unknown unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Foster & Co 44715 1917 108302 2 2 MS
Foster & Co 37248 1914 42763 2 2 MFG/PPA
Foster & Co 39255 1915 67510 2 2 MFG/PPA
Francis Bacon 197790 1917 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Francis Bacon 194799 1917 150613 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Francis Bacon 197790 1917 160237 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Francis Bacon (Kohler & Campbell) 190751 1917 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Franklin 42137 1909 99437 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Gabler 174412 1927 unknown 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Garland (Raudenbush & Sons) 20690 1912 32741 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Gordon & Sons 47001 1918 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Gordon & Sons 54724 1922 419655 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Gordon & Sons 43567 1917 117812 2 2 none
Grinnel Bros. 17532 1917 132723 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Haines Bros. 69029 1921 153408 double one MFG/PPA
Hamilton 26830 1930? 79420-13 double 2 ......
Harvey, CC 163892 unknown unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Harvey, C.C. 138670 unknown 300346 double one MFG/PPA
Heyser (Doll, Jacob/American 71657 1905? 325915 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Hoffman 120767 1911 76154 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Hoffman (Smith-Barnes & Stroeber) 166140 1916 36536? double two MFG/PPA
Holland 36526 1921 360565 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Howard, RS 35567 1914 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Howard, RS 36029 1915 unknown 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Howard, RS 36990 1915 57733 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Howard, RS 42043 1917 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Howard, RS 50961 1922 424919 single one MFG/PPA
Imperator 11 1924 152622 single two ATTO
Jacob Doll 166109 1925 unknown 1 unknown MFG/PPA
James & Holstrom 20091 1913 308894 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Jesse French 97589 1926 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Jesse French 95247 1925 380156 1 1 MFG/PPA
Kensington 126376 1914 (est.) unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Kensington 126654 1914 (est.) 106635 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Kenzington (Kensington?) 122798 1913 (est.) unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Kohler, Andrew 184689 1916 121268 double 2 MFG/PPA
Kohler & Campbell 193118 1917 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Kohler & Campbell 573297 1964? unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Kohler & Campbell 247270 1926 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Kohler & Campbell 1583991 post-1983 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Kohler & Campbell 224291 1923 269640 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Kohler & Campbell 158391 1914 60008 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Kohler & Chase 54651 1907 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Kohler (Kohler & Campbell) 201410 1918 182348 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Kohler (Kohler & Campbell) 159395 1914 62625 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Krell 14481 1904 unknown 2 1 RFB-1984
Krell 18537 1906 unknown single 2 MFG/PPA
Kroeger 250367 1927 unknown 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Kroeger 255186 1927 433015 2 1 MFG/PPA
Kurtzman 87170 1925 unknown 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Kurtzman 76985 1921 152172 2 1 MFG/PPA
Laffargue 69452 1919 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Lagonda 56138 1916-1919 30986 2 2 MFG/PPA-1913
Langdon (Janssen) 50486 1922 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Lindeman 124982 1912 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Lindeman 127967 1914 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Lindeman 124982 1912 23339 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Madison (Krakauer) 46473 1919 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Madison (Krakauer) 48458 1921 240039 double 2 MFG/PPA
Malcolm (Kohler & Campbell) 128359 1911 178887 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Mansfield 13246 1918 139091 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Marbro-Wagner 78654 1923? 131432 double two MFG/PPA
Marshall & Wendell 48308 1920 48308? single two MFG/PPA
Marshall & Wendell 02927 1916+ 310182 single two ATTO
Marshall & Wendell 88165 1917 18533 double two ATTO
McCausland (unknown) 27715 unknown unknown 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Milner (Wurlitzer) 124804 1931? unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Milton 71416 1913 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Milton 57321 1911 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Milton 158042 1921 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Milton 49806 1910 unknown 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Milton 93122 1915 79352 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Montelius 237521 unknown unknown 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Noble 28362 1928 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Paiche (unknown) 6927 unknown unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Pianista 128634 1911 174949 Double Two MFG/PPA
Pianista 84219 1912 12477 Double Two ATTO
Pianista (Kohler & Campbell) 88000 1907 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Pianista (Kohler & Campbell) 106584 1909 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Pianista (Kohler & Campbell) 129585 1911 183398 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Pianista (Kohler & Campbell) 102888 1908 59122 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Pianista (Kohler & Campbell) 110738 1909 95630 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Radle 59986 1922 311783 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Regal 30031 1918 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Regent (Lester) 130022 1925 (est.) 172494 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Reinhard (Wissner) 27006 1905 unknown 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Ricca 50041 1917 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Ricca & Sons 6244 1901 215951 1 2 none
Ricca & Son 53547 1918 159128 1 2 PBO
Schaaf, Adam 62672 1923 413634 double 2 MFG/PPA
Schiller 56815 1915 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Seybold 71753 ? 68609 single 2 MFG/PPA
Schiller 63182 1918 unknown 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Schiller 76815 1927 406887 Single one MFG/PPA
Shattuck (P.S. Wick) 16319 1910 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Shattuck (P.S. Wick) 18212 1911 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Shattuck (P.S. Wick) 17137 1910 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Shattuck (P.S. Wick) 16682 1910 unknown 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Shattuck (P.S. Wick) 17159 1910 192017 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Shattuck (P.S. Wick) 16315 1910 73331 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Shoninger 78822 1929-1930 458173 1 1 LS(TypeC)/TT/AS
Smith & Barnes 125543 1911 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Smith & Barnes 122528 1911 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Smith & Barnes 191759 1917 331335 single two MFG/PPA
Smith & Barnes 141547 1913 44929 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Starck, PA 566854 post-1965? unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Starck, PA 66854 1918 174854 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Steiff, Charles M. 36092 1925? 131189 Double two ATTO
Stodart 151486 1922 283208 single one MFG/PPA
Strohber (Smith-Barnes) 164117 1916 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Strohber (Smith-Barnes) 166183 1916 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Strohber (Smith-Barnes) 164271 1916 unknown 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Thomas (Winter) 51530 1915 unknown 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Thomas (Winter) 49301 1914 unknown 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Unknown 172811   416545 1 1 TT/AS
Victor 32789 1911 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 37267 1914 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 48246 1921 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 34374 1912 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 47946 1921 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 40010 1916 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 34367 1912 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 35831 1913 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 35889 1913 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 47181 1920 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 50307 1922 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 48242 1921 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 46831 1920 unknown 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 48259 1921 190950 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 36850 1914 31189 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 37216 1914 31190 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 37282 1914 35084 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Victor 39937 1916 49451 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Vittoria 72938 ??? 169925 double 2 57" high
Vose & Sons unknown 1926 unknown 1 1 TT
Waldemar (by Kreiter) 26030 1910 26543 2 1 MFG/ATTO
Waltham 57480 1918 153546 unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Warren 79225 unknown 153413 2 unknown MFG/PPA
Weaver 73109 1923 343000 double two MFG/PPA
Weckesser 1809 unknown unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Weydig 47590 1926? unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Wick, PS 3161 pre-1900? unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Wick, PS 31597 1921 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Wick, PS 31599 1921 unknown unknown unknown MFG/PPA
Wick, PS 33566 1923 420246 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Wilbur 96842 1920 unknown 1 unknown MFG/PPA
Willard 189667 1919 324338 Single two MFG/PPA
Winteroth 37377 1902 (est.) unknown 2 unknown MFG/PPA

The Standard Pneumatic Action Company started making player piano actions in 1910 and by 1911 they had made 6015 systems. On October 9, 1916 and again in November 1916, the company said they had sold 100,000 player systems. By 1919, the company was claiming that they had made 200,000 actions, and said that their new slogan was "50,000 Actions for 1920". By late 1921 they were claiming to have made 300,000 systems. In May 1924, they celebrated the making of their 325,000th system. In June 1924, the company claimed that they were making 45,000 systems per year and that they had made "78,750 actions in twenty-one months". In August 1924, in an article celebrating their 14th year in business, they claimed that the player system was being installed in "over 100" different makes of player pianos. In March 1925, they celebrated the making of their 350,000th system, and claimed that they were making 45,000 units per year. In the 1926 Convention Issue of The Music Trades, Standard said they had made 400,000 player actions in sixteen years. In May 1927, in an ad that was published in The Music Trade Review, Standard claimed that their player systems were "available in the instruments of over 150 piano manufacturers." The company was sold to Aeolian in 1930, but there is no information about the total number of systems the company manufactured. Also of some interest is the claim that the company started making the double-valve action in 1910 and the single valve action in 1913. They also started making the Type C action in 1920. To read a detailed report, click here. Also available as a PDF file -click here.

Based on the claim that the company was making 45,000 per year, one could extrapolate that the company made the following total number of systems from 1926 through 1929:
1926: 395,000
1927: 440,000
1928: 485,000
1929: 530,000

However, it's interesting to note that the largest player action serial number in the database is 458173 and that the serial number of the piano, into which the system was installed, indicates that the piano was made in 1929-1930.

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