Tremaine, had taken over the business, changed the name to the Aeolian Company, moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, and was seeking capital investment to take the company to the next level. Soon thereafter, he introduced the “Aeriola,” the self-playing piano organ hybrid and the precursor to the automatic playing piano that would drive Aeolian’s success as a company - the Pianola. He acquired several organ companies in Boston and founded the Aeolian Organ & Music company in 1888. Tremaine started a piano business in 1868, with his brothers called the “Tremaine Brothers.” He helped engineer and go to market with the “orguinette” which by 1883, had evolved into the well-known Aeolian organ, a table-top organ for in-home play. Perhaps the most recognizable name in the piano industry during the 1900s, the history of the Aeolian piano brand began in the 1860s in Connecticut.
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