Music House" is carved into the stone facade above the storefront.The piano is a struck box-zither chordophone of European origin with a mechanically elaborate key-driven mechanism provided for each string-course. The storefront opening on the first floor spans nearly the entire width of the building. It is three bays wide, with the bays separated by pilasters on the third floor level. The front facade is made entirely of stone, and contains many detailed decorative elements. It was constructed to be fireproof, with a steel frame and concrete floors. The Grinnell Brothers Music store in Pontiac is a three-story Gothic Revival commercial structure, measuring 20 feet in width and 140 feet in length. The Grinnell Brothers store in Pontiac eventually closed, and the building was converted into a nightclub. īy 1960, they were the largest music company in the world and the largest retail outlet for Steinway pianos. The company hired architect Leo John Heenan, a former employee of both Albert Kahn and Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, to design the building. The original Pontiac building was destroyed by fire, and in 1923, the company constructed this building to replace it. They opened an outlet in Pontiac in 1907. In 1905, they moved to Woodward Avenue in Detroit, and in 1915 they built their headquarters two miles north on Woodward Avenue. Eventually, it had 43 retail stores in Michigan Windsor, Ontario and Toledo, Ohio. By 1901, Grinnell Brothers was one of Michigan's largest piano and general music dealers, and the company began opening retail outlets in other cities in Michigan. They moved the company to Ypsilanti in 1882, where they had success selling the Steinway brand and started manufacturing their own brand of pianos. Grinnell started a music business in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The Grinnell Brothers Music House is a commercial building located at 27 South Saginaw Street in Pontiac, Michigan.
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