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Kohler & Chase

San Francisco, CA

USA

1870 - 1912

Andrew Kohler and Quincy Chase were dealers in San Francisco, and Oakland. They re-branded Frederick instruments and others.




They used Quincy as a tradename for low end instruments.

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  1852 Andrew Kohler, toys & fancy goods, 276 Stockton St., SF 1856 store now includes music goods; Quincy Chase is a clerk 1858 now at 276 Stockton & 178 Washington St.
  
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  1860 another store at 424 Sansome St. is added, this is the first year the listing includes musical instruments
  
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  1861 now 424 Sansome, 630 Washington, & 1108 Stockton
  
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  1867 first listing for Kohler, Chase & Co., importers, dealers and
  publishers of music and musical instruments; 421
  Montgomery & 424 Sansome
  
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  1869 now at 633 & 635 Clay St.
  
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  1872 now at 633 to 640 Clay St.
  
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  1877 now at 633 to 637 Clay St.; name now Kohler & Chase
  
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  1878 added pianos & organs to list as well as store at corner of
  9th and Washington St. in Oakland; brass instruments sold include Missenharter, Higham, Courtois, & Besson
  
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  1879 San Francisco store moves to 137-139 Post St.
  
• 1880 Oakland store at 951 Washington St.
  
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  1884 Oakland store now at 1105 Broadway
  
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  1885 founder Andrew Kohler dies in March at age 66
  
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  1887 Portland, Oregon store added at 71 Morrison St.
  
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  1889 Portland store gone from listing
  
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  1890 Store added in San Jose, no address given
  
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  1891 SF store now at 26-30 O’Farrell St.; Oakland is 1013 Broadway; they may have incorporated later this year
  
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  1896 Kohler & Chase now listed as incorporated; branch store in LA mentioned just this year
  
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  1904 SF wholesale location at 715 Mission St.
  
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  1906 SF store now at 1329 Sutter; no mention of Oakland
  
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  1907 now at 1385 Sutter, dealers in musical inst. & pianos
  
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  1909 new store at 26 O’Farrell St.
  
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  1920s only pianos are listed at this time; probably no more brass
  
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  1959 last year for pianos; selling real estate in 1960
  

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