Destroyed by fire with the loss of many historical records, a new factory was later built in Melrose Park, Illinois.
Kimball piano factory was located at 26th and California Streets in Chicago. Kimball Piano Company in 1857 in Chicago.
William Wallace Kimball had founded the W.W. Habig, becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Jasper Corporation. Kimball Company, a century-old piano maker, was purchased from the last remaining Kimball family heir by Mr.