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1910 illustrated letter from Gourlay Pianos, Hamilton Ontario
1910 illustrated letter from Gourlay Pianos, Hamilton Ontario
1910 illustrated letter from Gourlay Pianos, Hamilton Ontario
1910 illustrated letter from Gourlay Pianos, Hamilton Ontario
1910 illustrated letter from Gourlay Pianos, Hamilton Ontario
1910 illustrated letter from Gourlay Pianos, Hamilton Ontario

1910 illustrated letter from Gourlay Pianos, Hamilton Ontario

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Nice letter talking about a second hand organ for the Church in Smithville. Sheet with company logo and images of its building in Toronto.

Gourlay. Winter & Leeming
          Manufacturer of
         Gourlay Pianos
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
      
    PIANOS & ORGANS
188 Yonge St. TORONTO
 
Hamilton Feb. 19/10
 
M.B, Cosby Esq. Smithville, Ont.
Dear Sir,
…we fear we have not anything that would be suitable and satisfactory in the shape of a second-hand organ for the Church at Smithville. We have, however, a very fine Sherlock-Manning Organ new in Cathedral style, Oak case, which in view of our removal sale er would dispose of at a very low figure…their paying in the neighbourhood of $100, we would be glad……we are writing our Toronto office to find out if they have anything there that would be suitable in a second hand Chapel Organ…
Yours truly, Gourlay Winter Leeming
 

Smithville is about 30 kms SE of Hamilton.

Includes advertising envelope with image of piano and company info. Postmarked ‘TORONTO ONT. FEB 17 1920’. Receiving postmark on back ‘--- ONT FE 18 20’.

Mismatch in years between letter and envelope.

Folded horizontally and vertically to fit into envelope.

10 ⅞” x 8 ⅜”

 

Gourlay, Winter & Leeming, Ltd. Toronto retailer of pianos, player pianos, organs, music boxes, and phonographs, and manufacturer of pianos. The firm was established in 1890 by Robert S. Gourlay, Francis William Winter, and Thomas Leeming. The firm was incorporated, with Gourlay as president, in 1915, when Winter and Leeming retired and Gourlay's sons David and Albert became sales manager and manufacturing supervisor respectively. Gourlay himself was active in civic affairs and served terms as president of the Toronto Board of Trade and the Canadian Manufacturers' Association. After his retirement in 1923 the firm was forced into receivership.

Throughout its history the company had a retail store on downtown Yonge St. It began by selling Heintzman pianos and imported Steinway pianos and Estey reed organs. By 1904 it had begun the production of its own pianos, and by 1911 the factory employed 225 persons. By 1915 8000 Gourlay pianos had been built. The Gourlay company also sold the Gourlay-Angelus line of player piano.

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gourlay-winter-leeming-ltd-emc

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