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Sales Records

National Museum of American History

Object Details

sova.nmah.ac.0320_ref257
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep822a8983d-e8d0-4eab-9db5-54197abfecfd
Collection Donor
Nickse, Hugo
Johnson, Hanford
Collection Creator
Comstock, Cheney and Co.
Pratt, Read and Company
Collection Donor
Steinway, Henry Ziegler
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Pratt, Read Corporation Records
Pratt, Read Corporation Records / Series 3: Pratt, Read and Company, Pratt, Read and Company, Inc., and Pratt-Read Corporation
Date
1860 - 1979
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.0320, Subseries 3.6
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Pratt, Read Corporation Records, 1839-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Collection Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Scope and Contents
Information concerning the sale and marketing of Pratt, Read's piano keyboards and actions can be found in the SALES RECORDS, 1860 1979. These include an 1860 agreement with the firm of Julius Pratt & Company for the joint sale of ivory combs; price lists for ivory combs, 1864-1865 and 1920; labels for boxes of ivory combs; and blank sales receipts from the company's London office, undated The monthly sales figures, 1914 1931, show total sales income by month and by year, while the monthly sales statistics, 1917-1936, detail sales according to type and value of goods sold (e.g., sharps, ivory, hammers, etc.). The record of sharp sales is a day by day accounting which lists customer name and type of sharps ordered. The scrap orders journal is a daily record of orders for small ivory items, such as collar buttons, billiard cue tips, and beads, as well as scrap ivory. Information on sales for the period 1952-1969 can be found in two charts, one showing the total number of complete keyboards shipped and the other showing average key and action prices.
Collection Restrictions
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
NMAH.AC.0320_ref257
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep822a8983d-e8d0-4eab-9db5-54197abfecfd
NMAH.AC.0320
ACAH
Record ID
ebl-1505493610265-1505493610453-0

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