 The piano line was reconstituted by another Hallet (Benjamin Franklin Hallet) and Davis in Boston in the 1850s.The W. W. Kimball Company acquired Hallet & Davis in the early 20th century.In the mid-twentieth century, the Hallet & Davis name, as well as many other U.S. piano brands, were consolidated under the Aeolian-American Corp., which declared bankruptcy in 1985.