The cross-Canada retail network was terminated with the closing in 1949 of the Vancouver outlet, but that same year Mason & Risch (Winter & Co) bought Sterling Action & Keys Co of Brantford, Ont. In 1948 it was sold to Winter & Co of the USA but continued to manufacture pianos in Toronto under the Mason & Risch name. By 1900 the company had built some 20,000 pianos by 1950, over 65,000. Among the many prizes and endorsements received by Mason & Risch was a tribute from Liszt, who sent them a life-size portrait of himself in 1881. A year later the Mason-Risch-Newcombe partnership was dissolved, and Mason & Risch continued their business association, developing a cross-country retail chain (which later included the distribution of records and talking machines) and making extensive sales abroad.
Risch supervised piano tuning and repairs. During its first six years it imported and sold music and instruments. A leading Canadian piano manufacturing firm established in 1871 in Toronto by the former A. 'Mason & Risch', Last Edited December 13, 2013, Article published FebruLast Edited December 13, 2013.
The Canadian Encyclopedia, 13 December 2013, Historica Canada. Mason & Risch - 44, 27 Master - 21, 28 MasterTone - 1 Mathushek - 1, 7, 9. An online listings of piano serial numbers/ages can be seen at 'Bluebook of Pianos'.
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