 By 1866 they employed about 230 workmen and manufactured about a thousand pianos a year, including uprights as well as squares and grands, producing as many as thirty pianos a week.The factory was equipped with a steam engine, as well as steam powered elevators and drying rooms, and had been augmented with a second wide building where grand cases, sounding boards, and actions were manufactured and cases varnished and iron frames gilded.Further additions and a cupola completed the factory in 1869, fronting 210 feet (64 m) on Eutaw street and 165 feet (50 m) on West street.