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1、PrattReadwasfoundedin1798;itisoneoftheoldestAmericancompanies.PrattReadisaveryfamouspianopartsmaker,untilthenineteenseventiesitwasrecognizedastheworld’slargestpianokeyboardandstringmachinemanufacturers.In1963,thefactorywasexpandedtoaddanewelectronicorganasse
2、mblydepartmentandin1964movedtothenewplant..DuringWorldWarII,theUnitedStatesDepartmentofthearmyinaccordancewiththecontractsignedwiththePrattReadcompany,atitsplantinPennsylvania,EddieGaoDon,thewoodprocessingexpertisefortheworldairtransportorganizationproductio
3、nCG-4militaryglider.ThedesigninoccupiedEuropefortresswasused.UpsanddownswiththePratt-ReadpianocompanyhistoryofConnecticutIvoryindustryPratt-Read,aworkercutIvorymaterialmanufacturingpianokeyboard,nineteentwenties-E.D.Moorecollection,theAveryLibraryAssociation
4、,Connecticutlibrarytreasures. IntheConnecticutRivertownofdeepriver,andEssexAifulicun,productionequipmentforprocessingimportthemtotheUnitedStatesofAmericaivory,asmanyas90%once.In1798,silversmithsandCongregationalChurchdeaconPhineasPratt,inventedadevice,canrea
5、lizemechanizedcombcutting.PhineasPrattworkedforDavidBushnell’ssubmarineturtleproductionclocktimer.Thiscanspeedupproduction,reducecosts,combashumanbeingskeepadailynecessitiesandneat,thedemandbegantogrowrapidly.GeorgeA.Read,anotherIvoryindustrypioneer,TheUnite
6、dStatesIndustrialRevolutionaccompaniedbyalargenumberofpopularsheetmusicandbegan.Atthistime,manyAmericanfamiliesarekeenonmusic,theriseofthemiddleclasshasalotofmoneyinthemusic,thepianohasbecomethemainsymbolofnineteenthCenturyculturalsymbols.Thenthedemandforivo
7、ryandincreaserapidly,becausepeoplegenerallythinkthattheivoryisthebestpianocover.TheivoryandZanzibarnatives,takenatabout1890-1910,AveryLibraryAssociationandConnecticutlibrarytreasures.Comstock,CheneystaffcutivoryinCalifornia.1900–AveryLibraryAssociationandCon
8、necticutlibrarytreasures (1861-1865)10yearsago,GeorgeReadandPrattDeepLeafbrothers,andWestCenterbrook(laterAvery)SamuelMerrittofComstockcompanyasthemainproducerofivorycomb.In1862and1863happ