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'''Phipps Piano Co.''' was a music store located at 2023 [[4th Avenue North]]. The store exclusively sold Baldwin pianos and organs. | '''Phipps Piano Co.''' was a music store located in the [[Jefferson Corner]] building at 2023 [[4th Avenue North]]. The store exclusively sold Baldwin pianos and organs. | ||
Owner [[E. C. Phipps]], a Navy veteran, relocated the business from Duluth, Minnesota, and closed another store in Eau Claire, Wisconsin for the opportunity to move to the South. He brought five families of associates with him. The Birmingham store opened on Monday [[April 16]], [[1956]]. | Owner [[E. C. Phipps]], a Navy veteran, relocated the business from Duluth, Minnesota, and closed another store in Eau Claire, Wisconsin for the opportunity to move to the South. He brought five families of associates with him. The Birmingham store opened on Monday [[April 16]], [[1956]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:31, 17 October 2023
Phipps Piano Co. was a music store located in the Jefferson Corner building at 2023 4th Avenue North. The store exclusively sold Baldwin pianos and organs.
Owner E. C. Phipps, a Navy veteran, relocated the business from Duluth, Minnesota, and closed another store in Eau Claire, Wisconsin for the opportunity to move to the South. He brought five families of associates with him. The Birmingham store opened on Monday April 16, 1956.
References
- "Music company tunes in as city's newest business" (April 17, 1956) The Birmingham News - via Birmingham Rewound
