Talk:Lyon & Healy

Upright piano new in 1930's?
This statement: "In the 1930s, Lyon & Healy was the first retailer in the world to sell upright pianos, a "vertical" piano designed to take up less space in newer, smaller homes, and to be sold for far less than the traditional grand piano." makes no sense- upright pianos date back to the 18th century. Perhaps the author meant Spinet Upright. I'm taking the sentence out because it's wrong. Saxophobia (talk) 16:34, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Lyon & Healy repeatedly made this questionable statement in advertisements and articles as early as the early 1870s. Lyon & Healy did in fact market the spinet piano in the 1930s. Clearly, two different instruments are involved in the first statement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Organologist (talk • contribs) 15:25, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

edited language; deleted egregious marketing
I tried to neutralize language and remove most of the marketing talk that is not pertinent. when I have more time I will try to reorganize the piece as history jumps all over. 24.4.168.188 (talk) 06:28, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

zithers
Here is the George Washburn (Lyon and Healy Co.) New Model alpine style concert zither: http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee64/ncc1701_photos/Instrument/zith-1.png

This model appears in their old ad seen on zither.us http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee64/ncc1701_photos/Instrument/washburn-1898.jpg

Most of what you find on the internet is their Arion style zither, but this one above is hard to find.

George W. Lyon
I was just reading and saw that the W stands for Washburn. Should that be linked to Washburn guitars or is that a dead end?Longinus876 (talk) 23:44, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Two books have been published about the Washburn line. Perhaps someone might wish to summarize these histories. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Organologist (talk • contribs) 15:28, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

This and other points are now covered (somewhat) in Washburn Guitars, which I've been attempting to flesh out properly, albeit bit-by-bit. Maybe it can provide some grounding for turning Lyon & Healy into a proper article rather than a pile of disjoint trivia. Weeb Dingle (talk) 06:03, 29 November 2017 (UTC)