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CATEGORY: Lorenzo Piano Galleries: Prototype Gallery | Peavine Gallery | Model Gallery SubCategories:      Category Description:  Lorenzo Piano is what I call a friendistry. It is an industry named for a friend. In this case, Lorenzo Piano occupies what I've always known as the Williamsburg Box and Partition Company. Other refer to it as Williamsburg Chair Company based on documents from the early 20th century. I believe both names are valid, and I have a friend who had relatives that worked at the Box and Partition company. In the backstory of the Western Ohio, the Box and Partition company went out of business and the building was sold to a local piano maker. They were a regional competitor to the more well known (and real) Baldwin Piano. On the layout, Lorenzo Piano ships the occassional load of pianos by box car, and will get materials and supplies in via box car. It is a low volume industry. The real Box and Partition building was a must include. It was probably the largets building in Williamsburg. It sat on both sides of Foundry Street, and until the late 80s or early 90s, was connected by an aluminum siding bridge on the third floor. Also into the mid 90s, the crossing lights were in the middle of the street. The only image I have of this is from a Greg Scholl video.   Click on image to view larger size   Photo ID: 2904 Photo ID: 2888 Photo ID: 2887 Photo ID: 2884 Photo ID: 2883 Photo ID: 2881 Photo ID: 596 Photo ID: 595 Photo ID: 594 Photo ID: 593

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