Theodore August Heintzman 1817-1899
Here, in front of this church at 116 Bond Street, just south of Ryerson University, is an Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque which tells us about this gentleman. Here's what it says:
A German immigrant and veteran craftsman, Henitzman founded one of Canada's longest lived and most prominent firms of piano manufacturers. He first immigrated in 1850 to the United States where he worked for a time in a piano factory, before he established his own business. This failing, he came to Toronto, virtually penniless, in 1860. From the sale of a piano built in his daughter's home he financed the beginning of a piano factory. The company he established rapidly expanded and soon Henitzman pianos were being sold across Canada and abroad.
Location Co-ordinates: 43.657006 -79.378737
Photo by Alan L Brown - April 2007
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