![]() Throughout the rise of the in-home piano movement in the early to mid-1900s, the Cable-Nelson pianos garnered a reputation for affordability without sacrificing quality. Known for being a well-made, midwestern-American piano brand, Cable Nelson pianos came in all types of upright and grand piano models and sizes. As of 2014, Yamaha is not currently producing new Cable-Nelson pianos. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, the Cable-Nelson name was used off and on. In 1973, both the Everett and Cable-Nelson piano companies were purchased by Yamaha Corporation and production was moved to Georgia. This drastically changed the production approach and the brand reputation for the Cable-Nelson pianos. Initially becoming a division of the company, by 1954, the Everett Piano Company was bought by the Hammond Organ Company. ![]() The company flourished with this mindset for nearly two decades before being bought by the Everett Piano Company in 1926. Their vision was to build their company in a small, midwestern American town where it could grow a loyal base of workers and become a household name. The two previously-purchased companies were located in Chicago, but the merging and start of the new brand was the perfect opportunity for the co-owners to relocate the company to South Haven, Michigan. Nelson joined the company in 1905, the name was changed to Cable-Nelson. Cable purchased two well-known piano companies at the time: Lakeside Piano Co and Sweetland Piano Co. The start of the Cable Nelson piano company began in 1903 when Fayette S.
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