Baldwin Piano & Organ Company - Company History

International Directory of Company Histories (Vol. 18, 1997) via company-histories.com. Graded secondary. Open the original.

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Fact	Years	Records	Passage
Baldwin Piano & Organ Co. (Richard Harrison) owns Gretsch^[1]	1984–1984	Gretsch, Baldwin Piano & Organ Co. (Richard Harrison)	In June 1984, R. S. Harrison... joined with BP&O President Harold Smith to execute a leveraged buyout of the subsidiary from its troubled parent.

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Baldwin Piano & Organ Company - Company Historygraded secondary
- In June 1984, R. S. Harrison... joined with BP&O President Harold Smith to execute a leveraged buyout of the subsidiary from its troubled parent.Baldwin Piano & Organ Co. (Richard Harrison) owns Gretsch, 1984–1984

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