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==Piano Manufacturing== Chappell pianos were manufactured from the 1840s until 2000. The factory at Chalk Farm produced instruments under the Chappell name for over 150 years. From 1980, following the separation of the publishing and instrument businesses, Kemble Pianos manufactured instruments under the Chappell name until production ceased on April 1, 2000, at Kemble's factory in Buckinghamshire. Chappell pianos are serial-numbered and dateable from extant factory records. {| style="border-collapse:collapse; width:100%; font-size:0.95em;" ! style="background:#333; color:#fff; padding:6px 10px; text-align:left;" | Period ! style="background:#333; color:#fff; padding:6px 10px; text-align:left;" | Manufacturing Notes |- | style="border:1px solid #888; padding:5px 10px;" | 1840sβ1900 | style="border:1px solid #888; padding:5px 10px;" | Factory opened in Phoenix Street, Soho; relocated to Chalk Farm |- | style="border:1px solid #888; padding:5px 10px;" | 1901 | style="border:1px solid #888; padding:5px 10px;" | Chappell Piano Co. Ltd. incorporated as a separate entity |- | style="border:1px solid #888; padding:5px 10px;" | 1922 | style="border:1px solid #888; padding:5px 10px;" | Production reaches 100+ pianos per week |- | style="border:1px solid #888; padding:5px 10px;" | 1929 | style="border:1px solid #888; padding:5px 10px;" | Acquired Allison Pianos and Collard & Collard |- | style="border:1px solid #888; padding:5px 10px;" | 1938 | style="border:1px solid #888; padding:5px 10px;" | Acquired John Strohmenger & Sons |- | style="border:1px solid #888; padding:5px 10px;" | 1980 | style="border:1px solid #888; padding:5px 10px;" | Retail and instrument business sold to Kemble Pianos |- | style="border:1px solid #888; padding:5px 10px;" | 1980β2000 | style="border:1px solid #888; padding:5px 10px;" | Kemble manufactures Chappell-branded pianos at Buckinghamshire factory |- | style="border:1px solid #888; padding:5px 10px;" | April 1, 2000 | style="border:1px solid #888; padding:5px 10px;" | Piano production ceases |}
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