He later got a job in New York City with the publishing house of Barnes and Co., which in 1869 (or 1870 ) sent him to Chicago to manage the western department. In the fall of 1879, Cable joined (or helped found, sources differ) the Wolfinger Organ Co. Its offices and factory were in a three-story building at Randolph and Ann (today, Racine ) Streets, owned by New York financier Hetty Green and familiarly known as the Coan & Ten Broek carriage-factory after a previous occupant.Ĭable served as treasurer and director, along with F.R. A fire on April 18, 1880, caused damage initially estimated at $15,000 to $20,000, which was largely if not entirely covered by insurance. The Wolfinger factory made small reed organs-"cottage organs" - but it also turned out furniture, sewing machine tops, elevator cabs, and more. After Cable arrived, the Wolfinger company began to separate out its various products the furniture business, for example, would wind down by 1883.Ĭhicago Cottage Organ Co. In 1880, the subsidiary that made reed organs was named Chicago Cottage Organ Co. In 1885, the company added two experienced organ makers as partners: E.E. Tewksbury both had worked for the Western Cottage Organ Co.
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