In 1889–1890, Baldwin vowed to build "the best piano that could be built" and subsequently formed two production companies: Hamilton Organ, which built reed organs, and the Baldwin Piano Company, which made pianos. Baldwin & Company, in 1873, and, under his leadership, the Baldwin Company became the largest piano dealer in the Midwestern United States by the 1890s. Wulsin became a partner in the dealership, by then known as D.H. In 1862, Baldwin started a Decker Brothers piano dealership and, in 1866, hired Lucien Wulsin as a clerk. The company traces its origins back to 1857, when Dwight Hamilton Baldwin began teaching piano, organ, and violin in Cincinnati, Ohio. It ceased most domestic production in December 2008. It was once the largest US-based manufacturer of keyboard instruments and known by the slogan, "America's Favorite Piano". The Baldwin Piano Company is an American piano brand.
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