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Kimball, William Wallace

piano manufacturer, was born in 1828, in Maine. He was founder of the piano and organ making industries of Chicago, and pioneer of the wholesale music trade of the north. In 1882 the business was reorganized under the corporate name of W. W. Kimball and Co., the founder being president and controlling owner.

In 1887 the growth of trade led to the occupancy of the mammoth structure, southeast corner State and Jackson streets, the final removal to the statelier and more commodious Kimball building, 147-157 Wabash avenue, being made in the spring of 1891.