Davenport & Treacy

The Davenport & Treacy Company (sometimes rendered as Davenport-Treacy) was a manufacturer of pianos and piano components that was established in 1868 in New York City.[1] It was founded by John Davenport, a graduate of Yale University; and Col. Daniel F. Treacy, an engineer.[2]

By 1889, the company had a 2.5-acre factory complex in Stamford, Connecticut, on the waterfront. Working around the clock except on Sundays, the company cast some 60 piano plates a day, consuming some 60 tons of iron each week, for annual output of more than 15,000 piano plates a year.[3]

Davenport & Treacy pianos sailed aboard the USS McCulloch, a United States Revenue Cutter Service cutter; and the USS Albatross, the first research ship built especially for marine research, racking up more than 20,000 miles at sea aboard the latter.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Picturesque Stamford 1892 / The Davenport & Treacy Company". The Stamford History Society, Inc. 1892. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
  2. ^ a b "Growing Popularity of Davenport & Treacy Pianos" (PDF). The Music Trades Review. 1905.
  3. ^ Freund, John C. (1889-07-12). "The Davenport & Treacy Company". Stamford Advocate. p. 8. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
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