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Born February 9, 1859 • Rochester • England
Died September 13, 1914 (aged 55) • New York
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German piano craftsman
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Laurens Hammond
American inventor
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Henry Willis
British organ maker
Steinway, Henry Engelhard
Henry Engelhard Steinway
American piano maker
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G. Donald Harrison
American organ designer
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American organ maker
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Charles Kao
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Sir Hiram Maxim.
Hiram Maxim
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Hugh Burgess
British-born American inventor
lithium-ion batteries
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Bernard Smith
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Sébastien Érard
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Thomas Dallam
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