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Article: Piano man: John Ford Jr. keeps family tradition alive. (Cover Story).
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- Westchester County Business Journal
- Article date:
- April 30, 2001
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John Ford started Ford Piano Co. in 1985 in Peekskill to carry on a century-old family tradition that his grandfather brought to America from Hungary.
John Fekete, who emigrated to the United States from Hungary in the 1890s, opened Fekete Pianos about 1912 or 1913 in Manhattan.
Fekete ran the shop until his death in 1957, passing on the business to his son, John, who changed his family name to Ford and the name of the business to Ford Piano Co.
Meanwhile, John started a new business: Ford Piano Supplies. He sold both businesses five years ago when he retired. He died in 1999.
His son, John Jr., who was "pretty much born in the piano ...