Alfred Dolge

Alfred Dolge

Alfred Dolge was a New York City industrialist, inventor and author. [cite book
title=Pianos and Their Makers
last=Dolge|first=Alfred|authorlink=Alfred Dolge
volume=1
format=book
publisher=Covina/Dover
edition=(fulltext on Google Books link)
year=1911
pages=482pp
isbn=0486228568
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=J8Y5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA7&dq=pianos+and+their+makers&source=gbs_toc_s&cad=1
]

He was an importer and manufacturer of piano materials. In 1874 Alfred Dolge went to Brocket's Bridge, New York, prospecting for spruce wood to be used for piano sounding boards. The area was renamed Dolgeville in his honor.

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