American Piano Company also put out stencil pianos.  I never knew the
reason, but during the twenties and thirties, many identical pianos had
the names Fischer, Marshall and Wendall, Haines, Steck, etc.  (All
reasonably good quality American made pianos... then.)

I have a Haines Baby Ampico, and a friend has one identical, but that
piano is marked Fischer.  If one looks very closely, you can see that
the cast iron name plate is separate from the cast frame of the piano,
and the name can be easily changed by removing two bolts.

As much time as I spent in and around the factory, I never questioned
this practice, and still wonder why this was done.

Bruce Clark