Turnback Tuesday features Sterling Company in Derby

This week’s “Turnback Tuesday” features a Sterling Piano advertisement. 
This playful ad for the Sterling Co. shows an organ with a pipe top. 
The Sterling Piano Company, founded by Charles Sterling in 1866, initially produced organs until 1884, when the first piano was introduced. Sterling pianos and organs were known worldwide. 
And their ads boasted that the designs were tasteful, workmanship was first class, they were finished magnificently, could be tuned flawlessly, and were simply the ideal piano for the home, as this ad illustrates. 
Many different subjects were used in Sterling advertisements such as young couples, animals, and children. The piano and organs built by the Sterling company were built to last … and lasted they have. 
Two pianos are located here at the [Derby Public] Library (one on the upper level; one on the lower level.) A third one is on the main floor of Derby City Hall by the parking lot entrance and a fourth is fittingly at the Sterling Opera House.

Thanks go to the Derby Public Library for sharing another interesting bit of local history!