The Packard Piano Co. had its roots in the reed organ industry, as
the following quotes from "Gellerman's International Reed Organ Atlas"
show:

PACKARD BROS.; Bridgewater, MA.  Isaac T. and Edmund Packard.
Melodeons were made under the Packard Bros. name as well as under each
brother's name.  For a time Isaac was in business as Packard & Foss and
as Packard, Foss & Co. in North Bridgewater in 1850, then in Campello.
In 1852 Isaac is shown at Campello, MA.  In 1862 Edmund Packard sold his
business to Philip Reynolds.  Isaac moved to Chicago and formed Packard,
Keith & Talbot, but the business failed at the time of the Chicago fire
in 1871.  Isaac then moved to Fort Wayne, IN where he formed the Fort
Wayne Organ Co. with the backing of S.B. Bond, a banker.  In 1900 the
name was changed to The Packard Organ Co.

PACKARD, CALEB H.; Bridgewater, MA 1839 to about 1855.  A melodeon
maker, he was a cousin of Isaac and Edmund Packard.  Sold out to
A.B. Marston in 1855.

FORT WAYNE ORGAN CO.; Fairfield Ave. & Organ Ave., Fort Wayne, IN
1871-1899.  Made the Packard organ; changed the company name to
Packard Organ Co. in 1899 and later to the Packard Piano Co.  Went
out of business in 1930.  The former factory site is now Packard Park.
Isaac T. Packard, founder, S.B. Bond, a banker, president, and his
son Albert S. Bond, General Manager from 1886.  Factory capacity
5,000 organs per year in 1897.

Fritz Gellerman (Robert F)