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Topic: Need help identifying piano maker Est. 1866  (Read 2697 times)

Offline mark1234

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Need help identifying piano maker Est. 1866
on: August 30, 2014, 04:11:57 PM
Hi,
A friend has a piano that she is trying to identify the maker of.  It has this logo inside.



Anyone have any ideas?  The original distributor is Thomas Goggan & Bros. in Texas.  

Thanks,
Mark