The Horner Piano Co.

Samuel H. Horner became a piano salesman at Steger & Sons, Co. In 1893, at the age of 36, Samuel took the plunge and started his own company, The Horner Piano Co. It was located at 549 W. North Avenue.

In 1910, Samuel, his wife Lena and A. Horner, Samuel's nephew. incorporated the Horner Piano Co. with a capital stock of $20,000, for the manufacture and sale of musical instruments and pianos. That is the equivalent of over $465,000 in 2010 dollars. At the time, he was quoted that "for the present he would confine his attention to selling, but admitted that he may enter the manufacturing business a little later on". There is no evidence that they entered the manufacturing business.