{"id":2230,"date":"2014-06-14T13:31:26","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T05:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tongtuning.com\/wordpress\/?p=2230"},"modified":"2021-09-17T21:26:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T13:26:52","slug":"charles-h-lang-chicago-tools-manufacturer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tongtuning.com\/wordpress\/2230","title":{"rendered":"Charles H. Lang, Chicago (Tools Manufacturer)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Charles H. Lang, owner and founder of C. H. Lang Co., Chicago, was an inventor as well as a business owner, but he is mostly remembered as the first Harley Davidson motorcycle dealer, c. 1905, and he also held motorcycle patents.\u00a0\u00a0 This company made a full line of piano tools.<\/h5>\n<h5><!--more--><\/h5>\n<h5>In the 1920 US census, Charles Lang declared his profession as a motorcycle dealer.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?vanity=Piano.Technician.HK&amp;set=a.4680420365309582\"><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n<div class=\"embedsocial-album\" data-ref=\"52e97e8efbb5a46108a3947efb1d91f2cf7af0a6\"><a class=\"feed-powered-by-es\" title=\"Powered by EmbedSocial\" href=\"https:\/\/embedsocial.com\/facebook-albums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Powered by EmbedSocial\u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id){var js; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"https:\/\/embedsocial.com\/embedscript\/ei.js\"; d.getElementsByTagName(\"head\")[0].appendChild(js);}(document, \"script\", \"EmbedSocialScript\"));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mshepherdpiano.com\/Martin_Shepherd_Piano_Service\/Antique_Piano_Tools.html\">Martin Shepherd<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2230\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tongtuning.com\/wordpress\/2230?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2230\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tongtuning.com\/wordpress\/2230?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tongtuning.com\/wordpress\/2230?share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\"><span>WhatsApp<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-2230\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tongtuning.com\/wordpress\/2230?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tongtuning.com\/wordpress\/2230?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tongtuning.com\/wordpress\/2230\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles H. 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The Pinet Co. soon branched out into piano tools and supplies, and is still in business today, manufacturing hardware.\u00a0 They still make continuous piano hinges for general furniture and cabinetry\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;English Articles&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1996,"url":"https:\/\/www.tongtuning.com\/wordpress\/1996","url_meta":{"origin":2230,"position":3},"title":"Mueller (Tools Manufacturer)","date":"June 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It is interesting to see that alternative materials were advanced to production, even back in 1903. 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