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ABBOTT & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

Richmond

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906) in Richmond

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)

 Teddington

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)

 

 

45, Halford Road (x1906)(x1912), Richmond (Surrey)

2, Richmond Terrace (x1906)(x1912), Teddington

Twickenham (x1912)

 

ABBOTT E. A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano- u. Orgel-Hdlg.' (x1906)

 

89, Main Street (x1906), Egremont (Cumb.)
ABBOTT John 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884 1, Brill Street, Somers Town, N.W. (**1884), London
ABBOTT J. & Son  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1893-1906

AMBROSE, ABBOTT & Cie (*1906)

 

Dear's Place, N.W. (*1893), 25, New Gate Street, E. C. (*1906), London
ABBOTT & SMITH Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1903-10 Blackman Lane (*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), Leeds
ABBOTT & Son 'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1906

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer' (x1906)

53, Bayham Place, Samden Town N.W. (x1906), London
ABBOTT Thomas  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1880 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Harmonium- u. Instrumenten-Handlung' (x1906)

'Musiklehrer, auch Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

21, Lee Lane (x1906)(x1912), Horwich near Bolton
 

ABBOTT W. O.

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)

 

157, Newhall Road (x1906), Sheffield
 

ABEL J. L.

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung u. -Stimmer' (x1912)

 

36, Oak Lane (x1912), Bradford
ABEL & Sons Ltd.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1794 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)

Manager : J. A. Parkinson (x1912)

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

9, The Parade (x1906), 9-10, The Parade (x1912), Northampton
 

ABRAHAM G. P.

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

Victoria Buildings, Lake Road (x1912), Keswick
 

ABRAM H.

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1862 (xx1890)]

'Organist u. Pianohändler' (xx1890)

 

56, Queen Street (xx1890), Ramsgate
ACHURCH H. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1850 (xx1890)]

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

123, Ladbroke Grove Road, W. (xx1890), London
ACOTT Sydney, HARRIS & Co  

Kelly's directory of Berkshire, Bucks and Oxon, 1911, p. 38

 
 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-14 [since 1894 (x1906)]

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)

'Pianoforte, american organ, harmonium & music & musical instrument sellers, concert agents & pianoforte tuners' (yy1911)

ACCOT, HARRIS & Co (yy1911)(x1912)

 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Saiten-Handlung' (x1912)

 

124, High Street (x1906)(y1907)(yy1911)(x1912)(y1914), Alfred Street (y1907)(y1914), workshops : Carendon Street (y1907), Oxford
ADALBERT PIANO Co  

SEE ALSO ...

ADALBERT PIANOFORTEFABRIK GESELLSCHAFT in Berlin, Germany

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1912-14

Owners : James LAMPING & Edwald BUCK (x1912) in London

'Fabrik in Rixdorf-Berlin' (x1912)

BRANCH : 6, Great Marlborough Street, W. (x1912)(*1914)(y1914), London
ADAMS G. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907-09 23, High Street, Kensington (*1907)(*1909), London
ADAMS William Benjamin Thomas
| ADAM
 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1861-1912

ADAMS & BERESFORD (**1867), 'Pianoforte-dealers'

ADAMS William Benjamin Thomas (y1878), 'Pianoforte maker' and dealer

ADAM[S] William (xx1890), 'Orgelbauer'

ADAMS A. (*1906)(*1909)

ADAMS & Co (x1912), 'Pianobauer u. -Händler'

 

4, Hockley Hill (xx1861)(y1878)(xx1890), 16-17, Ann Street (**1867), 77, Belgrave Road (*1906)(*1909)(*1910), 22, Ludgate Hill (x1912), Birmingham
ADAMSON George Frederick  

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1904-21

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

'Piano- u. Orgel-Händler und -Vertreter' (x1912)

'Piano maker' (*1921)

 

1, Nisbet Place, High Street, Homerton, N.E. (**1904), 203, Lower Clapton Road, Clapton (**1904)(x1906)(y1907), 10, Powell Road, N.E. (x1906), 136, High Street, Homerton (x1906)(y1907)(x1912), 1-7, Nisbet Place (x1906), 93, Sheep Lane, Hackney, N.E. (x1912), 51, Andrew's Road, Hackney, N.E. (*1914)(y1914)(*1915), 1, Gillet Place, Gillett Street, Kingskand High Street, E.S. (*1921), London

 

ADCOCK George Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1864 (xx1890)(x1906)]

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)

 

11-12, Baxter Gate (xx1890)(x1906), Loughborough

 

ADDISON Robert  

ADDISON & NUTTING

Upright pianoforte ca. 1860, Hezlett House, County Londonderry, Ireland, U.K.
Upright pianoforte n° 8224, Basil E. Marsch Collection, Midland, M.I., U.S.

LONDON - "R, Addison, United Kingdom, for a "Royal Albert" transposing pianoforte." The great London Exhibition 1851, p. 12

LONDON - "Mr. Addison sends a transposing pianoforte (No. 467), as also Messrs. Harwar and Towns, and Packer. Mr. Addison's principle is the most original, the others being on plans that have been adopted by different manufacturers for a long period." Crystal Palace, and its contents : being an illustrated cyclopaedia of the great exhibition of the industry of all nations, 1851, p. 202 (archive.org)

LONDON - "487 Addison, R., Eigenth. und Patent-Inh., 210 Regent Street. – Transponirendes Pianoforte. " Amtlicher Catalog der Ausstellung der Industrie-Erzeugnisse aller Völker, 1851, p. 67

LONDON - "Commencing with British exhibitors, we find that Messrs. Addison and Co. have contributed an upright piccolo, called the “Royal Albert transposing piano-forte.” The object sought is to transpose vocal music, so as to suit voices whose compass would not allow of their executing it in the original key. For example, if a song he played on the keys as if in C, it can be made to sound either in the key of Csharp, D, E flat, B, B flat, or A,—-i. e., in any key within a range of three semitones above or below the original one. There are other contrivances for this purpose in the Exhibition; but in all these, either the key-board and action, or the strings and framing, are shifted laterally, so as to make one hammer strike different strings, according to its position. In the present, neither action nor strings are moveable. The keys may be described as divided at half their length, the front and back ends being capable of moving independently of each other, and the connection being made between them by means of a shifting lever underneath ; so that, by altering the position of this lever, the front end of the key C, for example, may he made to act on the back end of either of the keys C sharp, D, B, B flat, &c. A model of the movement accompanies the piano-forte. We cannot see that the present contrivance has much advantage over the other plans; while it is certainly more complicated and expensive, and must inevitably deteriorate the touch. The transposing piano-forte is an old contrivance, having been made by Messrs. Broadwood, under patent, thirty years ago. It has, however, never been much used, and probably never will be. It can only be of service to players of an inferior class; for to better musicians, having a proper perception of pitch, it would be torture to have the fingers playing in one key, while the ears are impressed with another." Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, 1851, p. 28

LONDON - "487 Addison, Robert, 210 Regent Street - Patentee and Proprietor. A transposing pianoforte. This piano will transpose music five semitones higher or lower than the written key, if necessary. Its novelty consists in the key-board, hammers, and strin immoveable. The internal action cannot be shifted or deranged. To make this intelligible, the first two bars of the National Anthem have been selected, if written thus -

can, by striking the same ivory as the above notes represen, be immediately transposed into three higher and three lower keys." Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition, 1851, p. 469 - See also MERCIER Sébastien (°1830) in Paris, France

LONDON - "3453 NUTTING & Addison, 210, Regent-st. — A piano.
3455 Nutting & Addison, 210, Regent-st. W. — A piano-forte."
International exhibition, 1862 : Official catalogue of the industrial department, 1862, p. 54

LONDON - "Messrs. Nutting and Addison, Priestly, and a number of other makers, exhibit cottage pianos of different descriptions; [...]" The Illustrated London News, 14/06/1862, p. 617

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1824-67

ADDISON & BEALE (**1824), Musoc Sellers and publishers

CRAMER, ADDISON & BEALE (**1839), see also CRAMER and BEALE

1842 - "Tuesday, June 14. Partnerships dissolved. [...] R. Addison, J. Steward, and T. F. Beale, pianoforte manufacturers; so fur as regards K. Addison." Circular to Bankers, 24/06/1842, p. 409

ADDISON & HODSON (xx1845)

ADDISON Robert (*1847)

ADDISON & Co (??)

COVENTRY, BARNETT, ADDISON & NUTTING (x1850), see also COVENTRY Charles, BARNETT Robert and NUTTING

ADDISON & NUTTING (x1862), see also NUTTING

Patent of 1845 : "To Robert Addison, of Regent-street, London, piano-forte manufacturer, for improvements in piano-fortes,— being a foreign communication. — Sealed 23rd June." Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, 1846, p. 66

Patent of 1854 : "8th may 1854 - George Thomas, casemaker to Messrs. Nutting, Addison, and Co., of Ornsburg-street, Regent's Park, Middlesex, pianoforte-manufacturers. Improvements in the construction of the framework of upright pianofortes." The Commissioners of Patents' Journal, 1857, p. 980

"ADDISON AND BEALE, MUSIC SELLERS AND PUBLISHERS, Beg leave to acquaint the Nobility and Gentry and their Friends, that they have removed from 120, NEW BOND STREET, to more extensive premises 201, REGENT STREET, corner of Conduit Street, where they trust through unremitting attention to merit their future patronage and support. June 25th." The Harmonicon, 07/1824, p. 268

"PANOFORTES for SALE or HIRE, selected from the Stock of the most eminent makers by Mr. Lindsay s' A liberal Discount allowed. ADDISON and CO., 210, Regent-street.
HARMONIUMS for SALE or HIRE, selected by Mr. Lemmens from the Stock of Debain, he, Alexandre, and Evans. A liberal Discount allowed. R. ADDISON and CO., 210, Regent-street.
ADDISON and CO.'S PIANOFORTE and HARMONIUM Rooms, 210, Regent-street, w." The Illustrated London News, Volume 50, 09/03/1867, p. 234

Prize medal London, 1851 | Exhibitors list London, 1862

 

120, Regent Street (before (1824), 201, Regent Street (**1824), Regent Street (**1839)(**1846)(x1850), 210, Regent Street (xx1845)(*1847)(**1851)(*1858)(x1862)(***1867), London
ADKIN W. & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1896 (x1906)]

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)

 

160, Arkwright Street (x1906), Nottingham

 

ADLAM John 'Piano Forte Maker' ca. 1790-93 40, King Street, Soho (1790)(z1791), London
ADLER George Louis  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1845 (xx1890)(x1906)]

'Lehrer, Piano-, Harmonium- u. Instrumenten-Handlung' (xx1890)

'Piano-, Harmonium- u. Instrumenten-Handlung' (x1906)

'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

52, St. Andrew's (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Uxbridge
AGATE  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1882-1914 [since 1868 (xx1890) or since 1869 (x1906)(x1912)]

AGATE & PRITCHARD (**1882)(**1884)

AGATE & Co (xx1890)(*1893)(*1906)(x1906)(*1907)(y1907)(*1909)(*1910)(y1914)

'Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)

'Piano- u. Orgel-Händler und -Vertreter' (x1912)

 

 

68, Gracechurch Street, E.C. (**1882)(**1884), 183, Church Street, Stoke Newington, N. (**1882)(xx1890)(*1893)(x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914), 300, Regent Street, W. (*1893), 18, Poland Street, W. (*1906)(x1906)(*1907)(y1907)(*1909)(*1910)(x1912)(y1914), London

 

AGGIO George H.  

LONDON - "488 Aggio, George H., Colchester - Designer and Manufacturer. Pianoforte, fitted up in plate-glass case, and gold carvings, with embroidered cutrain front." Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition, 1851, p. 469

LONDON - "Aggio, Henry, Colchester, musical instrument maker. A very elegant pianoforte of his own design and construction. The upper part, divided into three compartments, is filled with needle work, both carved and plain, is of gilt, relieved by silvered plate-glass below and at the end, and ivory pedals. The key-board, formed of the best ivory and ebony, has a range of 6 ½ Octaves." oocities.org

 LONDON - "488 Aggio, G. A., Zeichn. u. Verf. – Ein Pianoforte." Amtlicher Catalog der Ausstellung der Industrie-Erzeugnisse aller Völker, 1851, p. 67

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1851-1925 [since 1800 (x1906) or since 1794 (x1912)]

Colchester

AGGIO [H.] & Son (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(ca. 1925)

 'Musikal.- und Musikinstr.-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)

'Pianobauer, Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)

Chelmsford

AGGIO & Son (x1906)(x1912) in

'Musikal.- und Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)

'Musikal.-, Musikinstr.- u. Saiten-Handlung' (x1912)

Exhibitors list London, 1851

 

MAIN FIRM : Gravedona House (xx1890), Gravedona House, Head Street (x1906), 324, Head Street (*1910)(*1912), Colchester, Essex

BRANCH : New London Road (x1906)(x1912), Chelmsford

AGGIO Henry  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-1910

AGGIO & Sons (**1882)

AGGI Henry (**1884)

AGGIO Henry & Sons (**1891)(**1895)

AGGIO & Son (*1907)(*1909)(*1910)

 

393, Edgware Road, W. (**1882), 15, York buildings, Adelphi, W.C. (**1884), 324, Gray's Inn Road, W.C. (**1891)(**1895)(*1907)(*1909), London
AIDNEY T.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

Representative for Carl MAND, Hofpianofortefabrik in Koblenz, Germany (x1906)(x1912)

 

Hartshill (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Stoke-on-Trent
AINLEY E.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)

'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

58-60, Broad Street, Parkgate near Rotherham (x1906)(x1912), Rotherham
AINSWORTH John  

Patent of 1882 : "March 7, 1882. - J. AINSWORTH. Apparatus for connecting pedals with the keys." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 232

Patent of 1885 : "April 27, 1885.- JOHN AINSWORTH. Organ-pedals to pianofortes." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 239

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1881-90 [since 1880 (xx1890)]

'Piano- u. Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890)

Brinscall (xx1890), Chorley
AITKEN William

 

Upright pianoforte ca. 1840, Museu de la Música, Barcelona Spain

 
 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 18??

 

Liverpool
AJELLO Giuliano

 

 

Music Trades Review, 15/06/1889, p. 32

 

 

Advertisement in Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 35, 1911, p. 151

 

BRANDS

DULCETTE
MICHELLE

Patent of 1894 : "78941. Simkins, W., u. G. Ajello, Camden Town b/London; Vertr.: R. Lüders, Görlitz, Vorrichtung zur Tonverlängerung an Pianofortes. 3/1 94." Verzeichnis der von dem Kaiserlichen Patentamt in der Zeit vom ..., 1895, p. 109

ADVERT

Music Trades Review, 15/08/1892, p. 7

SEE ALSO ...

AJELLO in Palermo (Italy) around 1844

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker and Organ Builder' and pianoforte dealers ca. 1872-1915 [since 1863 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

AJELLO & AJELLO (xx1872), 'Pianoforte manufacturers and importers of Italian walnut and foreign woods'

AJELLO [Giuliano] (**1882)(**1884)(y1889)(xx1890)(**1891)

"Il signor Giuliano Ajello, fabbricante di pianoforti a Londre, ha fatto dono alla Regia Accademia di Santa Cecilia di un egregio istrumento di sua fatture. Questo istrumento, pregevolissimo per le innovazioni della meccanica per la finezza del lavoro, è un bel saggio della valentia del costruttore. Il signor Ajello, socio onorario della Regia Ascademia, ha anche ottenuto il titolo di fornitore dell’Accademia stessa e del Liceo musicale." Fanfulla, Roma, 14-15/12/1882, p. 54 (archive.org)

'Pianofabrik' (xx1890)

AJELLO [Giuliano] & Sons (*1895)(**1895)(*1910)(*1914)

AJELLO B. & Sons (*1897)(*1899)(*1903)

AJELLO Giuliano & Sons Ltd. (x1906)(*1907)(y1907)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915)

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer'  (x1906)(x1912) & 'Piano- u. Orgel-Händler und -Vertreter' (x1912)

MELBOURNE - "In addition to the large display by Messrs. John Brinsmead and Sons, Challen and Ivory, of London, are exhibitors, and G. Ajello has sent one cottage piano." The Sydney Morning Herald, 09/12/1880, p. 7 (trove.nla.gov.au)

MELBOURNE - "COTTAGE PIANOS. AJELLO, London.-Double overstrung instrument; well constructed. The tone is even, and tolerably good. The repeating check action, by Schwander, of Paris, is well made. Third award." Official Record: Containing Introduction, History of Exhibition, Description ..., 1882, p. 48

LONDON - "Mr. G. AJELLO, Park-street, exhibits cases in which some of the carving to the legs is of good character." The Furniture Gazette, 01/07/1885, p. 311

Exhibitors list Melbourne, 1880 | Exhibitors list London, 1885

19, Park Street, Camden Town, N.W. (xx1872), 11 & 104, Park Street, Camden Town, N. W. (**1882), 40-42, Gloucester Street (**1884), 1-10, Ranelagh Mews, Park Street, Camden Town, N.W. (**1884)(**1885), 28, Bishop's Road, Paddington, W. (**1882)(**1884), Works : 104, Park Street, Camden Town, N.W. (**1884)(y1889)(xx1890)(**1891)(z1892)(*1893)(*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(x1906)(*1907)(y1907)(*1909)(*1910)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), 16, High Road, Wood Green, N. (y1907), 285, Upper Street, Islington, N. (x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), London
AKERMAN H. J. & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1811 (xx1890)(x1906)]

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

'Materialwaren- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

Malvern House (xx1890)(x1906), Seaton (Devon)
AKERMAN William H. H.  

LONDON - "Mr. Akerman, of Bridgewater, exhibits an upright cottage, called a “lyric grand,” from its back being formed like a lyre; it has three strings to each note, placed obliquely." Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, 1851, p. 29

LONDON - "490 Akerman, Wiliam H. H., Bridgewater, Somerset - Inventor and Manufacturer. Pianoforte, with new improvement; a bevel action for the dampers, applicable to all kinds; intended to give precision of touch by the certain rising of the key. It preserves also the dampers by gentle instead of jerking movement. Ocatve action at leasure, to use the octave of the key struck." Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition, 1851, p. 469

 
 

'Inventor and Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1848-51


(continuation)

LONDON - "490 Akerman, W. H. H., Erf, und Fabr., Bridgwater, Somerset. – Ein Piano mit verbesserter Construction." Amtlicher Catalog der Ausstellung der Industrie-Erzeugnisse aller Völker, 1851, p. 67

Exhibitors list London, 1851

 

Fore Street (**1848), Bridgewater, Somerset
AKEROYD Miss El. J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1893 136, Cemetery Road (*1893), Sheffield
AKHURST F. J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)

370, Shirley Road (x1912), Southampton
ALBERICI Benedetto  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884

 

49, Warner Street, Clerkenwell, E.C. (**1884), London
 

ALBION PIANOFORTE [MANUFACTORY] Co

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884-1914 [since 1873 (xx1890) or since 1871 (x1906)(x1912)]

Proprietor : Henry M. E. READING (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer' (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)

ALBION PIANO MANUFACTURING Co (y1907)(y1914)

 

249, Kingsland Road, N.E. (**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(y1907)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914), 249-251, Kingsland Road, E. (*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(x1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910), London
ALBO Mrs.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1852 (xx1890)]

'Piano-Handlung' & 'Leherin' (xx1890)

 

6, Houghton Place, N.W. (xx1890), London
ALCOCK Frank Herbert  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano- u. Musikwaren-Handlung' (x1912)

 

66, Bridge Street (x1912), Evesham
ALDERSLEY R.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912

'Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Geigen- u. Bestandteile-Handlung' (x1912)

 

13, Duke Street (xx1890), 26, Market Street (x1906), Colne
ALDERSON & BRENTNALL

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1879-1912 [since 1874 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

'Music & Musical Instrument seller' (y1879)

'Musikal.- und Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890)

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Instrumenten-Handlung' (x1906)

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

97, Northumberland Street (y1879), 125, Northumberland Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Newcastle-on-Tyne
ALDOUS James  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1848 (xx1890)]

'Fabrik von Pianomechaniken u. Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)

 

30, Prince of Wales Road (xx1890), Norwich
ALDRICH John  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-1909

 

 

St. Peters Road, Kingsland, N. (*1893), 7, Brunswick Street, Hackney Road, E. (**1882)(**1891)(*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909), London

 

ALDRICH Richard  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1842-62

'Maker of the improved cabinet, cottage & piccolo pianofortes' (*1843)

 

33, Windmill Street, Finsbury, E.C. (x1842)(*1843)(*1847)(**1852)(*1862), London
ALDRIDGE R. W. Mrs.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1863 (x1906)(x1912)]

ALDRIDGE R. W. Mrs. (x1906), 'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung'

ALDRIDGE R. W. (x1912), 'Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

44, London Street (x1906), 44-46, London Street (x1912), Southport
ALDRIDGE W. H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1833

 

Regent Street (**1833), London
ALEXANDER Frederick Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1914 19, Claybrook Street (y1914), Birmingham
ALEXANDER G. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1895-1909 128, Rusholme Road (*1895)(*1906)(*1909), Manchester
ALEXANDER James 'Music Seller and Musical Instrument Maker' ca. 1812-22 70, Leadenhall Street (*1812), Factory : Moorfields (*1812), 101, Leadenhall Street (**1822), London
ALEXANDER & WARD 'Pianoforte-makers' and dealers ca. 1906-21

'Piano-Fabrik' (x1906)

'Piano-Fabrik u. -Handlung' (x1912)

19, Claybrook Street (x1906)(x1912)(*1921), Birmingham, Warwickshire
ALGER & Co  

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1890-1910

'Pianofabrik' (xx1890)

 

Monsell Road, Finsbury Park, N. (xx1890), 7, Monsell Road, Finnsburg Park, N. (*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910), London
ALIBERT J. P.  

LONDON - "ALIBERT, J. P. - Pianos, Violins, &c." The Musical Standard: A Newspaper for Musicians, Professional and Amateur, 22/08/1885, p. 121

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1885

Exhibitors List London, 1885

London ?
ALLAT David  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1841

 

9, Holleywell (**1841), London
ALLEN Alfred  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1914-15

 

17, Arthur Mews, Caledonian Road, N. (*1914)(y1914)(*1915), London
ALLEN & ALLEN  

"Allen & Allen, Patent Pianoforte Makers, with Metallic Plate and all the Modern Improvements, for extreme climates, 50, Tottenham-court-road." The British Colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources, 1851, p. 3 (archive.org)

 

 

'Patent Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1851-57

 

50, Tottenham Court Road (y1851)(**1852)(y1854)(y1857), London
ALLEN C.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Piano-Händler u. Stimmer' (xx1890)

 

381, Chorley Old Road (xx1890), Bolton
ALLEN C.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-, Orgel- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

Church Square (x1912), West Hartlepool
ALLEN & CAUNTER  

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1906-12 [since 1894 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer' (x1906)(x1912)

 

[17], Arthur Mews, [facing] Caledonian Road, Railway Station, N.[W.] (x1906)(y1907)(x1912), The Grange Park Road (*1910), London
ALLEN & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

Bristol

'Vertretung in Pianos, Orgeln u. Musikinstr.' (x1906) in Bristol

'Vertretung in Pianos, Orgeln u. Musikinstr., auch Musikal.-Handlung' (x1912)

Weston-Super-Mare

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1906) in Weston-Super-Mare

 

 

5, Meridian Place, Clifton (x1906)(x1912), Bristol

14, West Street (x1906), Weston-Super-Mare

 

ALLEN E. F. & Sons  

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1840 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

Wolverhampton

'Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1906) in Wolverhampton

Owners : Walter & Frank ALLEN (x1912)

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Import u. -Handlung' (x1912)

Birmingham

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)

Cannock

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1906) in Cannock

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)

Kidderminster

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) in Kidderminster

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Saiten-Handlung' (x1912)

Shrewsbury

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) in Shrewsbury

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

Stafford

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906) in Stafford

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

Walsall

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Instrumenten-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906) in Walsall

ALLEN E. F. & Sons Ltd. (x1912), 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung'

West Bromwich

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (xx1890) in West Bromwich

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (x1906) in West Bromwich

 

 

MAIN FIRM : 63, Queen Street (xx1890), 63, Queen Street, Vane Street (x1906)(x1912), Wolverhampton

BRANCH : 39, Horse Fair (x1912), Birmingham

BRANCH : Market Place (x1906)(x1912), Cannock

BRANCH : 6, Vicar Street (x1906)(x1912), Kidderminster

BRANCH : 68, Mardol (x1906), 20, Castle Street (x1912), Shrewsbury

BRANCH : Eastgate Street (xx1890)(x1906), 2, Greengate Street (x1912), Stafford

BRANCH : Stafford Street (xx1890), 17, Stafford Street (x1906)(x1912), Walsall

BRANCH : 4, Paradise Street (xx1890), 228, High Street (x1906), West Bromwich

ALLEN F.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

'Handlung mit Pianos u. Möbeln' (x1912)

 

 47, Cumberland Street (x1906)(x1912), Carlisle
ALLEN F. G.  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1895-1909

 

Georgiana Street, Camden Town (*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909), London
ALLEN Francis  

'Piano forte maker' ca. 1847

 

6, Chayne Row, Chelsea (*1847), London
ALLEN James  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

10, Ferrand Street (x1906), 45, Chapel Lane (x1912), Bingley
ALLEN Mary Ann  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-84

 

8, Douglas Street, Deptford, S.E. (**1882)(**1884), London
ALLEN Robert  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1891-97

 

42, de Beauvoir, Crescent, N. (**1891)(*1895)(*1897), London
ALLEN Robert & Co  

Square pianoforte ca. 1840, Colección de Hazen, Las Rosas de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

 
 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1840

'From Broadwood & Sons"

 London
ALLEN & Sons  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1840 (x1906)]

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

High Street (x1906), Newport (Salop)
ALLEN T.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1866 (xx1890)(x1906)]

'Musiklehrer u. Piano-Händler' (xx1890)

'Musiklehrer, auch Musikal.- u. Piano-Händler' (x1906)

 

187, St. George Road (xx1890), 22, St. Georges Road (x1906), Bolton
ALLEN W. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

62, Everton Valley (x1912), Liverpool
ALLEN William

 

 

Allen and Thom's Grand Bracing System, Pianos and their Makers, Alfred Dolge, 1911, p. 81 (Archive.com)

 

Patent of 1820 : "JAMES THORN, of Wells Street, Street Mary le Bonne. Middlesex. Piano-forte-maker, and WILLIAM ALLEN, of Castle-street, in the same parish, Piano forte-maker; for an improvement in pianofortes. Dated January 15, 1820." The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 77, 1820, p. 565

Patent of 1831 : "To WILLIAM ALLEN, of Catherine-street, Strand, in the county of Middlesex, piano-forte maker, for his having found out or discovered certain improvements upon piano-fortes. - [Sealed 20th July, 1831.]" Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress, 1837, p. 235 - and -  "Notice of a patent granted to William Allen, London, Piano Forte Maker, for improvements in Piano Fortes. Dated the 20th July, 1831.
Since the introduction of cast iron frames for piano fortes, considerable expense has been incurred in drilling the holes for, and fitting in, the pins, by which the strings are brought to any required degree of tightness, and considerable difficulty has been experienced in making the tightening pins fit into the holes, so as to turn with facility, and at the same time to preserve their position, and the required tension of the strings. These objections to the cast iron frames Mr. Allen has remedied, simply by casting the two dovetailed grooves along that end of the frame where the tightening pins are to be inserted, and driving pieces of wood of a corresponding shape to fill up the dove-tailed grooves, and to receive the turning pins. It is evident that by this ingenious and simple contrivance, the expense of manufacture will be diminished, and the instruments will be improved." Journal of the Franklin Institute, 1832, p. 186

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1820-37

THOM James & ALLEN William (*1820), see THORN James

ALLEN William (*1832)(*1837)


(continuation)

Patent of 1831 : "To William Allen, of Catherine Street, Strand, in the county of Middlesex, piano forte maker, for his having found out and discovered certain improvements upon piano fortes.—20th July, 2 months." The London journal of arts and sciences and repertory of patent inventions ..., William Newton, 1831, p. 357

Patent of 1832 : "William Allen, Catharine-st., Strand, in the County of Middlesex, piano-forte maker, for certain improvements upon piano-fortes." The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 73, 1832, p. 451

SEE ALSO ...

PIANO CONTROVERSY 1851

Castle Street, Middlesex (*1820), 11, Sutton Street, Soho (x1825), Catherine Street, Strand, Middlesex (*1831)(*1832)(*1837), London
ALLEN William & Henry  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884

 

17, Percy Street, Tootenham Court Road, W. (**1884), London
ALLEN William J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890)

Broad Street (xx1890), Wokingham
ALLEN William S. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1901-04 27, Ferndale Road, Clapham, S.W. (**1901)(**1904), London
ALLIANCE PIANO Co Ltd. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1923  London 
ALLINGHAM 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1900 London
ALLISON, ALLISON & Co  

 

LONDON - "An upright piccolo, by Messrs. Robert Allison and Co., has this peculiarity, viz., that the colors of the keys, instead of being arranged in the ordinary progression, are divided in the following manner : —

C Grey
C sharp White
D Grey
D sharp White
E Grey
F White
F sharp Grey
G White
G sharp Grey
A White
A sharp Grey
B White
C Grey

and so on, repeated throughout the instrument. It thus forms what is called a “ diapason (Query diatonic?) scale indicator 3” and its use is to indicate to learners the notes necessary to form the diatonic major, or minor scale, in any given key. The rule is, commencing with the key note and ascending : —
To form the major scale, take three successive keys of the same color, and four of the other color.
To form the minor scale, take two keys of the same color, and five of the other.
It is almost needless to add, that this coutrivance is more curious than useful, and cannot be intended to apply to pianofortes generally."
Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, 1851, p. 29-30

LONDON - "480 Allison, Robert, 69 Regent street - Manufacturer. Walnut-wood registered cottage pianoforte - the keys of the finger-board being alternated in colour, to show all the scales, major and minor, according to a single rule for each mood, founded on the place of the semi-tonic interval, which reders the seven notes to be touched for an octave of each of the other eleven scales, as evident as the scale of C. [This pianoforte is shown in the left border]." Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition, 1851, p. 465

 

 

'Patent Pianoforte-manufactory' ca. 1842-65

ALLISON Robert & Thomas (ca. 1840-48)

ALLISON Thomas & ALLISON (**1841)

ALLISON Mary, widow and successor (1856)(⁷)

ALLISON & ALLISON (*1847)(xx1851)(**1852)(**1856)(*1862)

ALLISON Robert & Sons (*1865)

And afterwards succeeded by ENNEVER W. J. & Co (1863)


(continuation)

"ALLISON & ALLISON beg to solicit an inspction of their stock of PIANOFORTES, manufactured after the most approved designs, of modern and antique furniture, in Spanish mahogany, rosewood, French walnuttree, &c, from 25 guineas upwards, at their warerooms, 75, Dean-street, Soho." Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry, 1851, p. 362

"ALLISON AND ALLISON beg to solicit an inspection of their stock of Pianofortes, manufactured after the most approved designs of modern and antique furniture, in Spanish Mahogany, Rosewood, French Walnut-tree, &c., from Twentyfive Guineas upwards, at their old-established Warerooms, 75, Dean-street, Soho. Chappell, New Bond-street; Cramer & Co., Regent-street." The Musical Times, 01/06/1854, p. 88

"PIANOFORTES. — Allison and Allison have the best description, in rosewood, from 26 guineas. — 75, Dean-street, Soho." The Musical World, 06/09/1856, p. 561

ADVERT

Advert for Allison and Allison pianos ca. 1852, (digitalcollections.nypl.org)

 

29, Berners Street, Oxford Street (**1841), 49, Wardour Street, [Soho] (**1841)(x1842)(*1847), 69-71, Regent Street (xxx1851), 69, Regent Street (**1851)(**1852)(*1858), 75, Dean Street, Soho (*1847)(xx1851)(**1852)(**1854)(1855)(⁷)(*1856)(**1856)(*1858), 1, Little Vine Street, Piccadilly (**1852)(*1858), 108, Wardoor Street, W. (*1862), London
ALLISON Arthur & Co

 

 

Image of a pianoforte in an advertisement of 1893, The Freemason's Chronicle, 20/05/1893, p. 319

 

 

 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1882-1912 [since 1840 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer' (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)

'Auch Fabrik des Mech. Pianos : Auto' (x1906)

'Auch Fabrik des Mechan. Pianos : «Allisonola» u. Flügel : «Grandette»' (x1912)

LONDON - "At 3,673, we note that Messrs. A. ALLISON & Co, Leighton-road, Kentish-town, exhibit a fine example of a pianoforte-case, in satinwood, inlaid with variously coloured woods, with devices in the style of Sheraton. Perhaps the carved swags upon the legs are a little too heavy to be in keeping with the general severity of form adopted. The workmanship is excellent. The same firm show another case in American walnut-wood, having square fluted legs, and turned terminals. This case is from a South Kensington School prize design." The Furniture Gazette, 01/07/1885, p. 309

"ARTHUR ALLISON & Co - INTERNATIONAL INVENTIONS AND MUSIC EXHIBITION, LONDON 1885. PRIZE MEDAL AWARDED FOR GOOD TONE OF PIANOS. Pianoforte, harmonium & American organ Manufacturers, Apollo Works, Leighton Road, London N.W. Every Description of Iron Frame Pianos with Patent Repeater Check Actions, & c. School-room and Art Pianos. Special Pianos always in stock as exported to our agents in Madras, Rangoon, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Port Said, Alexandria, Malta, Tunis, &c. &c. - Lists & Illustrations on aplication." The Freemason's Chronicle, 20/05/1893, p. 319

Exhibitors list London, 1885

 

 

Apollo Works, Leighton Road, Kentish Town, N.W. (**1882)(**1884)(**1885)(xx1890)(**1891)(**1893)(*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(x1906)(y1907)(*1909)(x1912), 10, Charlton King's Road, N.W. (**1891)(x1912), 104, Torriano Avenue, N.W. (**1891), Apollo Works (*1910), 41, Great Portland Street, Oxford Circus (x1912), London

 

ALLISON PIANOS Ltd.

Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 40, 1916, p. 702

 

ADVERT

The instruments de luxe of the piano world: Allison Pianos, 1918, (digitalcollections.nypl.org)

Advert for Allison Pianos Ltd., London (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

Advert for Allison Pianos Ltd., London (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

Advert for Allison Pianos Ltd., Model 4 Upright Piano (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

Advert for Allison Pianos Ltd., London (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1907-18 [since 1837]

ALLISON PIANOS Ltd. (*1907)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915)(y1916)

INFO EXTRA

Serial numbers  (pianomax.ru)

 

Leighton Road, Kentish Town, N.W. (*1907)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), 10, Charlton Kings Road, N.W. (*1914)(*1915), Kentish Town, N.W. (y1916), London
 

ALLISON Ralph
| ALISON

 

 

Image of a pianoforte in an advertisement of 1851, The catholic directory and ecclesiastical register: for the year 1851, p. 20

 

 

Carved oak Piano, on the Exhibition London 1862 and Dublin 1865, Cassell's Illustrated Exhibitor : Containing about Three Hundred, 1862, p. 104 - and -  The illustrated record and descriptive catalogue of the Dublin international, 1865, p. 241

 

 

 

 

 

Images of 'Model of Patent Grand Escapement Check Action', by an advertisement, Cassell's Illustrated Exhibitor: Containing about Three Hundred, 1862, p. 284

 

 

Music Trades Review, 15/06/1889, p. 26

 

Upright pianoforte ca. 1860, Ringve Museum, Trondheim, Norway

LONDON - "483 Allison, Ralph, 108 Wardour Street, Soho, and 34 Brook Street, New Road - Manufacturer. A walnut-tree cottage pianoforte, with carved figures, and inlaid with flowers in woods of natural colours, chack repetition action, &c." Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition, 1851, p. 466

LONDON - "480 Allison, R., Fab., 39 Regent Street. – Ein Pianoforte aus Wallnussbaumholz." Amtlicher Catalog der Ausstellung der Industrie-Erzeugnisse aller Völker, 1851, p. 66

DUBLIN - "648 Allison, R. 108 Wardour St-London, Manufacturer and Proprietor — Exhibited by J. Scates, 26 College Gn. Dublin. - Bichord grand pianoforte in rosewood; Microchordon, pianofortes of rosewood and walnut tree." Official Catalogue of the Great Industrial Exhibition, in connection with the Royal Dublin Society, 1853, p. 60-61 and The Irish Industrial Exhibition of 1853, p. 257

LONDON - "3360 Allison, R. A Sons, Wardour-st. W. — Oak piano, temp. Charles I. and model." International exhibition, 1862 : Official catalogue of the industrial department, 1862, p. 54

LONDON - "Messrs. R. ALLISON and Sons (3360) exhibit a high upright in a gorgmusly-Mrved oak case, and two smaller uprights, and various models of actions. They have Honourable Mention for gmlncss and cheapness." Reports by the Juries on the subjects in the thirty-six classes into which ..., 1862, p. 148

LONDON - "Our next illustration shows the beautiful carved oak piano exhibited by Messrs. Allison and Sons, of Wardour Street. This elegant and finely-toned instrument is designed in the prevailing style of Charles I., when the stiff and formal ornament of Elizabeth had given place to a more graceful and flowing outline.
The entire design is made in accordance with the purpose of the instrument—namely, the production of musical sounds. Kneeling angels, playing upon harps, form the brackets for the support of the key board. Busts of Jubul, Miriam, and David, with carved portraits of Handel, Haydn, and Mozart, on enriched panels, form the ends; the cheeks having busts of singing angels, surrounded with richly-carved foliage. The lower portion of the front has three perforated panels, enriched with'armoniiil tarings, and the monogram of the owner, and is divided by two earyatide figures. The upper part is supported on each side by angels, cut in full relief, playing upon harps. Above are female figures, holding scrolls of music, which show the commencement of "Gloria in Excelsis." The centre is divided into three panels by richly-carved semi-detached pillars beneath circular arches, the centre key of which is a bust of Her Majesty. The panels themselves are all richly carved, and in the centre is St. Cecilia playing upon a hand organ. In the side panels are angels holding scrolls in their hands, with the legend, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace." In the spandrils of these two side compartments are portraits, carved in full relief, of eight of the various British warblers, the nightingale, skylark, treelark, robin, linnet, blackcap, bullfinch, and goldfinch. The spandrils of the arches contain cherubim. The cornice is also elaborately pierced, so that every means has been taken to insure the full emission of sound. The lower frieze is of foliage, with small birds, and monogram intertwined. The large upper one is a choir of twentyseven angels, each playing upon a different musical instrument, from the earliest known example down to the most modern. The nameboard is richly chased with ornamental devices, and the monogram of the owner is again introduced in relief. "Wherever mouldings are required, they have been elaborately ornamented. The interior of the instrument has by no means been neglected, for three strings have been placed to each note, and the blow given by a new patent check escapement action. We understand that the value of this instrument is three hundred and fifty guineas. Messrs. Allison also exhibit a fine pianoforte, in walnut-tree and gilt mouldings, with carved pillar truss, and the new patent check action. They likewise show their "Improved London Model" pianoforte in rosewood. This is one of their ordinary instruments, suitable for the school-room and boudoir. In the fret-front there are no fewer than 675 holes, and it has the patented back and wrest plank, with registered key board. The price of such a piece of music is, we believe, £30; and for general practice no better piano is needed. A very curious and complicated affair is a piano. Its interior, to an uneducated eye, is a world of strings, and pedals, and strangelooking mechanism. The strings, stretched to the full amount of tension, give, we are told, a "pressure of several tons;" yet such is the ingenious arrangement of the machine, that the whole is brought into instant action by the slightest touch of a lady's finger. Of the relative merits of the various beautiful instruments shown on the British side, it is quite impossible to pronounce any opinion; but if their interior arrangements are as good as their exterior embellishments—and the power of musical sound constantly heard in the Exhibition warrants this belief — why, then, we may well conclude that there is assembled at South Kensington a collection of the finest instruments in the world. The strange names by which some of the pianos arc known will surely puzzle a non-professional visitor. For instance, we find one cottage-piano described as "tubulated," another as "equipollent," and a third as fitted with an anti-blocking hopper; while a "grand" is called a microchordou, and a "square" an "iron clipper plated," with propeller action. But all these have doubtless their peculiar excellences."
Cassell's Illustrated Exhibitor : Containing about Three Hundred, 1862, p. 104

LONDON - "Messrs. Allison and Son exhibit some very good cottage pianofortes one very elaborately carved in oak, design of the time of Charles I. Mr. Hampton, Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Russell exhibit cottage pianos with metallic bracings." The Illustrated London News, 14/06/1862, p. 616

PARIS - "The pianos exhibited by Mr. Ralph Alison and Sons are small instruments, and the most noteworthy appears to me to be that styled the "Royal London Model." Its advantages consist in its cheapness (which is attributable to the fact that it is entirely made by machinery), and a patent action, or rather an action original so far as regards upright instruments. In this piano the escapement takes place (as in the grand piano) from the butt of the hammer, and a crisp touch is obtained which is rarely found in instruments of its class. Its price is 23l., and I consider this piano very remarkable as a combination of cheapness and excellence." Reports on the Paris Universal Exhibition, 1867, Volume 2, p. 199

 PARIS - "Pianoforti verticali. - [...] Alison ne aveva esposto diversi ben lavorati di buona tastiera." Il Pianoforte, guida pratica per costruttori, accordatori, etc., Sievers, 1868, p. 226

ADVERT

Music Trades Review, 15/09/1892, p. 18

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1850-1912

ALLISON Ralph (**1852)

ALLISON R[alph] & Son (ca. 1860)

ALLISON R[alph] & Sons (xx1872), 'Pianoforte Manufacturers'

ALLISON & ALLISON (**1882)(**1891)

ALLISON Ralph & Sons (*1862)(**1884)(xx1885)

ALLISON R[alph] & Sons Ltd. (**1862)(xx1872)(**1882)(xx1890)(z1892)(*1893)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(x1906)(*1907)(y1907)(x1912)

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer' (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912) & 'Piano- u. Orgel-Händler und -Vertreter' (x1912)

They made 29 000 pianos in 1900. (¹)

ALLISON & Sons (*1910)


(continuation)

DUBLIN - "Lovers of music could not fail, upon entering the music or concert hall, to be attracted by the delicate tunes of a most ingenious and well-constructed musical instrument exhibited by Messrs. Imhof and Mukle, called an "orchestrion." This grand instrument was shown near the entrance to the musical court of the Exhibition, and was one of the most striking examples of the capabilities of mechanism for producing perfect music. On this wonderful instrument innumerable different effects, variations, and shades of tone can be produced; and the mechanism is so perfect that its action is instantaneous and free from noise. The instrument in itself is most durable, and so built as to be equally suitable either for the heat of Calcutta or the frost of Siberia. The barrels can be easily and conveniently removed from the front, and the orchestrion does not, therefore, require more space than its width. The deepest notes are placed in the centre of the instrument, so that the tuner can tune each pipe from sides without disturbing any portion. The speed can be regulated by an additional fly so as to give detailed effects to the music performing. Self-acting instruments have been constructed for centuries past, but have always borne the impression of the general knowledge of mechanism and music of the time being. Instead of simplicity of action, the most complicated and awkward designs were used, and, therefore, would have better been termed motionless, instead of self-acting instruments; but self-acting instruments are as sure to act as Orchestrion. [...] 320 Allison, R. & Sons, 108 Wardour st. Oxford st. W. and Werrington St. St. Pancras, N.W. — Pianofortes, models, &c." The illustrated record and descriptive catalogue of the Dublin international, 1865, p. 239-241

LONDON - "ALLISON, RALPH, & SONS (Limited). — Pianofortes :
- A Burr Walnut, vertical iron frame, full trichord, check action, ivory keys and fronts, &c. ;
- a Black and Gold, trichord treble, check action, medallion panel, trusses on a plinth, ivory keys and fronts, &c.;
- a Rosewood, trichord treble, metal mounted panel, brackets on a plinth, ivory keys and fronts, &c.
" The Musical Standard: A Newspaper for Musicians, Professional and Amateur, 22/08/1885, p. 121

"PATENT PIANOFORTE MANUFACTORY - 106, Wardour-Street, Soho. - Manufactory, 34, Brook-street, New-road, London.
RALPH ALLISON begs to call the attention of the Musical Public to his stock of Pianofortes, with the Double Check Repetition Action, which for Volume of Tone, Elasticity of Touch, durability of Workmanship, and elegance of Style, are not surpassed by any House in the Trade.
A varied assortment of Pianofortes, in Mahogany, Rose and Zebra Wood, Oak, and French Walnut-tree,for sale, hire, and exportation, at moderate prices.
A Warranty given with each Instrument, and exchanged within six months, if not approved.
Pianofortes manufactured expressly for exportation to all parts of the globe.
RALPH ALLISON, 106, WARDOUR-STREET, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON." The catholic directory and ecclesiastical register: for the year 1851, p. 20

"Allison, II., Manufacturer of the Pocket Double-check Repeater Action Pianofortes, prepared expressly for Exportation, 106, Wardour-street, Soho." The British Colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources, 1851, p. 3 (archive.org)

"RALPH ALLISON AND SONS, MANUFACTURERS OF PIANOFORTES, IN ALL STYLES TO OKDER, PRICE LIST OF PIANOFORTES KEPT IN STOCK.

COTTAGES.
Height, 4 Feet 11 Inches.
1. 7-octave, Ivory-fronted Keys, metallic Plate, simple action - Walnut 60 Guineas - Rosewood 55 guineas
3. Ditto ditto Check Action - Walnut 65 Guineas - Rosewood 60 Guineas
5. Ditto Shell Door, richly carved, Check repeating Action - Walnut 70 Guineas - Rosewood 65 Guineas
6. Ditto Elizabethan style, with panelled ends and trusses - Walnut 95 Guineas - Rosewood 90 Guineas

SEMI-COTTAGES.
Height, 4 Feet 6 Inches.
7. 6 ½-octave, Albert Fall, simple action, Ivory-fronted Keys 10. Ditto ditto, Check Repeater Action Walnut 50 Guineas - Rosewood 45 guineas
10. Ditto ditto, Chack Repeater Action - Walnut 55 Guineas - Rosewood 50 guineas
11. Ditto, New Design, elegantly carved Trusses on Plinth, Check Repeater Action - Walnut 70 Guineas - Rosewood 65 guineas

MICROCHORDONS.
Height, 4 Feet 1 Inch.
13. 6|-octave, New Design, Sconces, registered Keys, simple Action - Walnut 60 Guineas - Rosewood 55 Guineas
16. Ditto, Check Repeater Action - Walnut 50 Guineas - Rosewood 45 Guineas
17. Ditto, New Design, Swan-neck Fall, fret-cut Desk - Walnut 50 Guineas - Rosewood 45 Guineas
The same with Bracket, Truss, and Check Action - Walnut 60 Guineas - Rosewood 55 Guineas

- METALLIC PLATE FOR ALL STRINGS.

LONDON Model
18. Height 2 Feet 10 Inches.
6 1/4-octave, Registered Keys, Patent Back - Walnut 35 Guineas - Rosewood 30 Guineas

PICCOLO
19. Height 4 Feet.
6½-octave, Registered Keys, Patent Back - Walnut 40 Guineas - Rosewood 35 Guineas
"The Perfection of Pianoforte making consists not in a complication of appliances, however beautiful, but in rigid simplicity."

Model of Patent Grand Escapement Check action [See images on the left side], Applied to the Pianofortes Manufactured and Exhibited by RALPH ALLISON AND SONS, 108, Wardour Street W., The international Exhibition 1862.
The Petentees claim for their Action an effect which it is impossible to obtain from the Hopper Action, that is, a good, firm blow; because, as soon as the Hopper is put in motion, it begins to escape from under the Lever before it has properly carried the Hammer up to the String." Cassell's Illustrated Exhibitor: Containing about Three Hundred, 1862, p. 284

Exhibitors list London, 1851 | Exhibitors list Dublin, 1853 | Exhibitors list London, 1862 | Exhibitors list Dublin, 1865 | Exhibitors list Paris, 1867 | Exhibitors list London, 1885

106, Wardour Street, Soho (***1851), Manufactory : 34, Brook Street, New Road (***1851), 108, Wardour Street, Oxford Street, Soho, W. (**1851)(**1852)(*1862)(x1862)(**1862)(*1865)(*1867)(xx1872), 34, Brook Street, New Road (**1851)(**1852), 3, Werrington Sreet, St. Pancras (x1862)(*1865)(**1882), Stibbington Street, N.W. (**1882), 108-109-110, Wardour Street, Oxford Street, W.  (before 1882), 167-169-171, Wardour Street, Oxford Street, W. (**1882)(**1884)(**1891)(*1893)(*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909), 167-169, Wardour Street, W. (y1889)(x1906), Prebend Street, Camden Town, Station, N.W. (y1907)(*1910)(x1912), London
ALLISON Robert & Co

 

 

Allison Registered Cottage Pianoforte, on the Exhibition London, 1851, Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition, 1851, p. 466

 

ALLISON Robert & Thomas

Upright pianoforte n° 2136, Present owners unknown
Upright pianoforte n° 3398, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, The Nederlands

LONDON - "An upright piccolo, by Messrs. Robert Allison and Co., has this peculiarity, viz., that the colors of the keys, instead of being arranged in the ordinary progression, are divided in the following manner : —

C Grey
C sharp White
D Grey
D sharp White
E Grey
F White
F sharp Grey
G White
G sharp Grey
A White
A sharp Grey
B White
C Grey

and so on, repeated throughout the instrument. It thus forms what is called a “ diapason (Query diatonic?) scale indicator 3” and its use is to indicate to learners the notes necessary to form the diatonic major, or minor scale, in any given key. The rule is, commencing with the key note and ascending : —
To form the major scale, take three successive keys of the same color, and four of the other color.
To form the minor scale, take two keys of the same color, and five of the other.
It is almost needless to add, that this coutrivance is more curious than useful, and cannot be intended to apply to pianofortes generally."
Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, 1851, p. 29-30

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1850-65

ALLISON Robert & Thomas (ca. 1840-48)

ALLISON Robert & Sons (*1865)


(continuation)

LONDON - "480 Allison, Robert, 69 Regent street - Manufacturer. Walnut-wood registered cottage pianoforte - the keys of the finger-board being alternated in colour, to show all the scales, major and minor, according to a single rule for each mood, founded on the place of the semi-tonic interval, which reders the seven notes to be touched for an octave of each of the other eleven scales, as evident as the scale of C. [This pianoforte is shown in the left border]." Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition, 1851, p. 465

Exhibitors list London, 1851

69, Regent street (**1851), London
ALLISON Thomas 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1813 [since 1790] Saint Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex (1813)(⁷), London
ALLPASS & Co Ltd.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912

Castleford

'Musikal.-, Musikinstr.- u. Saiten-Handlung' (x1912)

Leeds

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Instrumenten-Handlung' (xx1890) in Leeds

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Instrumenten-Handlung u. Import' (x1906) in Leeds

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung u. -Import' (x1912)

 

11, Wilton Road, S.W. (xx1890), London

13, New Briggate (xx1890), Upperhead Row (x1906), 12, Upperhead Row (x1912), Leeds

97, Carlton Street (x1912), Castleford

ALLPRESS Henry  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1842

1842 - "Insolvent debtors [...]Henry Allpress, formerly of No. 18, Princes-street, Red Lion-square, and late of No. 10, Hernes-street, Pentonville, Middlesex, Journeyman Piano Forte Maker." The London Gazette, 01/07/1842, p. 1832

 

London
ALLSOPP IVORY H.  

"Pianofortes. - H. ALLSOPP IVORY (assisted by Mr. James Stewart, 26 years patentee and constructor to Messrs. Collard and Collard) begs to solocit a trial of his Piano-fortes, finished with Stewart's patent hopper, which entirely prvents blocking, and at the same time imparts greater elasticity and power to the touch. Lists and sheets of designs forwarded post-free. 275, Euston-road, London, near the London and North Western and Great Northern Stations." The Musical Times, 01/02/1860, p. 1 (archive.org)

 

 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1860

See also IVORY and James STEWART

275, Euston Road (*1860), London
ALLSOPP J. W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1833

 

 (**1833), Nottingham
ALLUM Thomas 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1842 Upper Rosoman Street, Clerkenwell (x1842), London
ALLWOOD Thomas Henry Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1846

'Music & musical instrument seller' (y1846)

7, Easy Row (y1846), Birmingham
ALMAN L. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1836 27, Bath Street (x1836), Bristol
ALTY Charles Hardman Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

188-190, Market Street (x1912), Hyde
AMANN Juan  

Patent of 1866 : "Dec. 3, 1866. - M. A. F. MENNONS (JUAN AMANN]. Apparatus for performing by means of electro-magnetism." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 219

Patent of 1871 : "Nov. 22, 1871. - J. AMANN. Mechanical arrangement for playing keyboard instruments." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 223

 

'Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer and/or inventor ca. 1866-71 London ?
AMBRIDGE Henry  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1906-15 [since 1890 (x1912)]

AMBRIDGE H[enry] & Son (x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915)

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer' (x1906)(x1912) and 'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

Representative for «NEEDHAM PIANO & ORGAN Co», New York, U.S. and PARAGON PIANO PLAYER (x1906)(x1912)

 

36, Arlington Street, Islington, N. (x1906), 67, Wells Street, W. (x1906), Fountayne Road, Broad Lane, South Tottenham, N. (y1907)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), London
AMBROSE C. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1842 47, Seymour Street, Euston Square (x1842), London
AMBROSE ABBOTT & Co Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1907 25, Newgate Street, E.C. (*1907), London
AMOS & Son  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1890-1912 [since 1857 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

1906-12 - Owner : George W. AMOS (x1906)(x1912)

'Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)

 

Anerley Road, Upper Norwood (xx1890), 61, Anersley Road, Upper Norwood, S. (x1906)(y1907)(x1912), Crystal Palace , S.E. (xxx1890)(**1901)(x1906), London
AMYL 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1900 Birmingham
ANDERSON Andrew

1848 - "EDWARD GOULBURN, Esq, one of Her Majesty's Commissioners authorized to act under a Fiat in Bankruptcy, bearing date the 17th day of November 1847, awarded and issued forth against Andrew Anderson, of No. 83, Great Titchfield-street, in the county of Middlesex, Piano Forte Maker, will sit on the 5th day of February next, at one o'clock in the afternoon precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy, in Basinghall-street, in the city of London, in order to Audit the Accounts of the Assignees of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt under the said Fiat, pursuant to the Acts of Parliament made and now in force relating to bankrupts." The London Gazette for the year 1848, p. 148

1848 - "EDWARD GOULBURN, Esq. one of Her Majesty's Commissioners authorized to act under a Fiat in Bankruptcy awarded and issued forth against Andrew Anderson, of No. 83, Great Titchfield-street, in the county of Middlesex, Piano Forte Maker, will sit on the 5th day of February next, at one of the clock in the afternoon precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, in the city of London (by adjournment from the 8th of January instant), in order to take the Last Examination of the said bankrupt; when and where he is required to surrender himself, and make a full discovery and disclosure of his estate and effects, and finish his examination." The London Gazette for the year 1848, p. 181

 

 

'Piano forte maker' ca. 1842-48

Bankrupt in 1847.

1848 - "HEREAS the Court, authorized to act in the prosecution of a Fiat in Bankruptcy issued and now in prosecution against Andrew Anderson, of No. 83, Great Titchfield-street, in the county of Middlesex, Piano Forte Maker, bearing date the 17th of November 1847, has, on the application of the said bankrupt, appointed a public sitting under such Fiat to be held before, Edward Goulburn, Esq. one of Her Majesty's Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy, on the 3d day of March next, at one o'clock in the afternoon precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy, in Basinghall-street, in the city of London, for the allowance of the Certificate of the said bankrupt's conformity to the laws in force at the time of issuing such Fiat, according to the form and subject to the provisions of the Statute, passed in the Parliament holden in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled “An Act for the amendment of the law of bankruptcy;” this is to give notice, that such Court will sit, at the time and place above mentioned, for the purpose aforesaid, when and where any of the creditors of the said bankrupt may be heard against the allowance of such, Certificate, and the same will be allowed, unless cause be then and there shewn to the contrary, or such other order will be made therein as the justice of the case may require." The London Gazette for the year 1848, p. 530

 

10, Cirencester Place, Fitzroy Square (x1842), 83, Great Titchfield Street, Middlesex (*1843)(*1847)(*1848), London
ANDERSON E. J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1876 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

4, Kensington avenue, High Street, North, Manor Park, East Ham, E. (x1906)(x1912), London
ANDERSON H. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Händler u. -Lehrer' (x1906)

32, St. Helen's Street (x1906), Ipswich
ANDERSON J. A. & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Nähmasch.-, auch Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

5, Town Street, Stanningley (x1912), Leeds
ANDERSON Jane
| Joanna
 

'Grand and Square Piano-Forte-Maker' ca. 1806-08

ANDERSON & Co (untill 1808)

Bankrupt in 1808 : "The commissioners in a Commission of Bankrupt, bearing Date, the 7th of May 1808, awarded and ifued forth against Joanna Anderson, of Dean-Street, Soho ; of Piano-Forte-Maker, Dealer and chapman (trading under the Firm of Anderson and company) intend to meet on, the 30th Day of April instant, at Twelve of the Clock at Noon, at Guildhall, London, in order to make a Dividend of the Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt; when and where the Creditors, who have not already proved their Debts, are to come prepared to prove the fame, or they will be excluded the Benefit of the said Dividend. And a Claims not theri proved will be disallowed." The London Gazette, 02/04/1811, p. 615 - and - The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 53,1808, p. 488

 

[62], Dean Street, Soho (*1807)(*1808), London
ANDERSON Robert Rust  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1855

1855 - "Robert Anderson Rust, Regent-st, Portland-place, Middlesex, pianoforte maker: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesea." The Jurist, 1855, p. 155

 

Regent Street, Portland Place, Middlesex (**1855), London
ANDERSON William

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862

 

88, Packington Street, N. (*1862), London
ANDERSON William  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1835-58

1835 - "The Matters of the PETITIONS and Schedules of the PRISONER hereinafter named (the same having been filed in the Court) are appointed to be heard at the Court-House, in Portugal Street, Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields, on Monday the 7th day of December 1835, at Nine o’Clock in the Forenoon. [...] William Anderson, formerly of No. 1, William Street, Manchester-Square, afterwards of No. 49, Wigmore-Street, Cavendish Square, and late of No. 111, Albany-Street, Regent's-Park, all in Middlesex, Piano Forte-Maker, and lately out of business." The London Gazette, 13/11/1835, p. 2123

 

34, Great Ormonde Street (*1858), London
ANDERSON William Henry

 

Patent of 1861 : "1807. Benjamin Johnson, of Surrey-place, Kennington-park, and William Henry Anderson, of Stockwell-place, for pianofortes.— Dated July 18, 1861." The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements, 1862, p. 168

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ? ca. 1861

JOHNSON & ANDERSON (***1862), see also JOHNSON

 

Stockwell Place (***1862), London
ANDERTON R. T.  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1890-1906 [since 1881 (xx1890)(x1906)]

'Piano-, Harmonium- u. Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890)

Successor of ANDERTON & Son (x1906)

'Pianobauer, Piano-, Harmonium- u. Musikinstr.-Händler' (x1906)

 

105, Higher Bridge Street (xx1890)(x1906), Bolton
ANDREW E.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Musiklehrer u. Piano-Händler' (xx1890)

 

160, Stamford Street (xx1890), Stalybridge
ANDREW E.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Musiklehrer u. Piano-Händler' (xx1890)

 

Warrington Terrace (xx1890), Ashton-under-Lyne
ANDREW S.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912 [since 1892 (x1912)]

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

Rochdale Road (x1912), Royton
ANDREWS Alfred  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

'Piano-Händler  u. -Stimmer' (x1906)

'Piano- u. Orgel-Händler  u. -Stimmer' (x1912)

 

88, Sandgate Road (x1906)(x1912), Folkestone
ANDREWS & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

35, Green Street, Forest Gate, E. (x1906), 1, Market Parade, High Road (x1912), Enfoeld Wash (x1912), London
ANDREWS Eliza Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1846 41, Piccadilly (y1846), Manchester
ANDREWS Henry Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1846 184, Chapel Street, Salford (y1846), Manchester
ANDREWS Jos.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1880 (xx1890)]

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)

 

32, Portland Street (xx1890), Ilfracombe
ANDREWS Richard Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1846 4, Palatine buildings (y1846), Manchester
ANDREWS Thomas & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1857 (x1912)]

Dorking

ANDREWS & Co (x1912), 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung'

Guildford

ANDREWS Thos. & Co (x1906), 'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung. Konzert-Agentur' in Guildford

ANDREWS J. & Co (x1912), 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Sprechm.-Handlung, Konzert-Agentur'

Owners : D. A. DONN & F. J. HOOKE (x1912)

Farnham

ANDREWS & Co (x1906), 'Musikal.- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' in Farnham

ANDREWS J. & Co (x1912), 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Sprechm.-Handlung'

 

MAIN FIRM : 144, High Street (x1906)(x1912), Guildford

BRANCH : 55, High Street (x1912), Dorking

BRANCH : 108, West Street (x1906)(x1912), Farnham

ANDREWS W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1910

 

3, Crampton Street (*1910), Bradford
ANGELLO & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-21

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

9-11, Constitution Hill (x1906)(x1912)(*1921), Birmingham, Warwickshire
ANGLO-CONTINENTAL PIANOFORTE COMPANY  

YORKSHIRE - "ANGLO-CONTINENTAL PIANOFORTE COMPANY (Limited), London.
a THE GREATEST PIANOFORTE IN THE WORLD.
b THE GREATEST UPRIGHT PIANOFORTE IN THE WORLD.
c INSTRUMENT WITH SPECIAL CASE IN THUJA WOOD.
d ORDINARY INSTRUMENT IN PALISSANDRE." Official catalogue, Yorkshire exhibition of arts and manufactures, 1875, p. 31

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1875

 

 Exhibitors list Yorkshire, 1875

London
ANGLO-GERMAN PIANOFORTE MANUFACTURY Co Ltd. 'Pianoforte-manufacturer' ca. 1900 35, Guardian Assurance Buildings, Dale Street (xx1900), Liverpool
AINSWORTH John  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912 [since 1882 (x1912)]

Owner : John AINSWORTH (x1912)

'O.P.C. WORKS' - 'Verfertiger von Orgelpedalen für Pianos, sowie Fahrrad- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

62, South View, Brinscall (x1912), Chorley

 

APOLLO Co Ltd.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907-12

APOLLO Co Ltd. (y1907)

APOLLO Co (x1912), 'Piano-Handlung'

Representative for KAIM F. & Sohn, Kirchheim, Germany (x1912)

Representative for STORY & CLARK PIANO & ORGAN & Co Ltd. (x1912)

 

67, Berners Street W. (y1907), 233, Tottenham Court Road (x1912), London
APPELMAN Adam 'Pianoforte-maker' before 1804; (³) Saint Marylebone, Middlesex, (1804)(³), London
APPLEBY Robert Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1798 (xx1890)(x1906)]

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)

10, Market Place (xx1890)(x1906), Spalding
ARCHER C. J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1870 (xx1890)(x1906)]

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)

4, Nicholl Hill (xx1890), 39, Ramsgate (x1906), Louth
ARCHER D. & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Musikal.- u. Musikinstr.-Händler, -Stimmer u. -Repar.' (x1912)

 

Marlborough Street (x1912), Faringdon
ARCHER William F.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1875-1912 [since 1848 (x1912)]

'Pianoforte Manufacturer' (yy1879)

ARCHER & Sons (*1906)(*1909)(*1910)(x1912)

Owners : W.J., J.W. & J.H. ARCHER (x1912)

'Optiker, handeln auch mit Musikinstr. u. Sprechm.' (x1912)

 

2, South Castle Street, W. (*1875), 60-62, South Castle Street, W. (yy1879), 41-49, Lord Street (*1906)(*1909), 73, Lord Street (*1910)(x1912), 5, St. George's Crescent (x1912), Liverpool
ARDING & HOBBS  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-19

ARDING & HOBBS (x1912), 'Piano-Handlung'

ARDING & HOBBS Ltd. (*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919)

 

Clapham Junction (x1912), 15-17, St. John's Road, Clapham Junction, S.W. (*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London
ARGENT J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1886 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Piano- u. Streichinstr.-Händler u. -Reparateur' (x1906)

'Piano-, Orgel- u. Streichinstr.-Händler u. -Reparateur' (x1912)

 

6, Fountain Street (x1906), 252, Welleskey Terrace (x1912), Bradford
ARISTOS PLAYER PIANO Co 'Player-pianoforte-maker' ca. 1914-17 5, Urswick Road, Homerton, N.E. (y1914)(*1917), London
ARLE Frederick C.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1882 (x1906)]

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906) in London

'Musikinstr.- u. Sprechmaschinen-Handlung' (x1906)

 

108, Greenwood Road, Dalston, N.E. (x1906), London

BRANCH : 38, York Road (x1906), Southend-on-Sea

ARLE Henry  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

London

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

Ware

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

135, Rendlesham Road, Lower Clapham, N.E. (**1904)(x1906)(y1907), 128, Evening Road, Stoke Newington, N. (x1912), London

Ware (Hertfordshire)

 

ARMITAGE B.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

'Musikal.- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr-Handlung' (x1912)

 

Town Hall (x1906), 70, Langdale Street (x1912), Elland
ARMITAGE H.
| ARMITAGES
 

'Pianoforte-Factory' and dealer ca. 1890-1912

ARMITAGE & HIRST (xx1890), 'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung'

ARMITAGE Hiram (y1907)

ARMITAGE[S] & TANFIELD (x1906)(x1912)

'Piano-Fabrik' (x1906)(x1912)

ARMITAGE Hiram (y1914)

 

Godwin Street (xx1890), [6], Newall Street [Works] (x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914), Bradford
ARMONS F. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Saiten-Handlung' (x1912)

 

20, North Street (x1912), Ripon

 

ARMSTRONG H. T. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1890 (x1906)]

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

26, Theberton Street, Islington (x1906), London
ARMSTRONG J. E. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

15, Swayfield Avenue, Rusholme (x1906), London
ARMSTRONG W. H. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

68 ½, North Road (x1912), Durham
ARMY & NAVY  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

ARMY & NAVY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY(x1906)

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

105, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W. (x1906)(x1912), London
ARNALL Horatio Baxter & Co  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1906-12

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer' (x1906)(x1912)

Successors of DURHAM GROVE PIANO WORKS (x1912) (?)

 

Durham Grove Works, [Hackney], Morning Lane, N.E. (x1906)(y1907), 32, High Road, Wood Green, N. (x1912), London
ARNOLD George Brindley 'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1895  

13, Langley Lane, South Lambeth Road, S.W. (**1895), London

 

ARNOLD George Edward  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1880 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

Market Place (x1906)(x1912), Knaresborough
ARNOLD Henry  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1910 [since 1881 (xx1890)]

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

ARNOLD F. H. (*1903)(*1906)(*1910)

 

21, Beechhill Road (xx1890), 550, B. Holloway Road, N. (*1895), 83, William Street (*1895)(*1897), 262, Eccesall Road (*1903)(*1906)(*1910), Sheffield
ARNOLD John  

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1890-1910 [since 1880 (x1906)]

ARNOLD J. (xx1890)

ARNOLD J. & Co (x1906)

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer' (xx1890)(x1906)

 

 

New Wharf Road, Wharfdale Road, Kings Cross (xx1890)(*1893), 550b, Holloway Road, N.W. (**1891)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903), Excelsior Works, 41, Boleyn Road, Balls Pond Road, N. (x1906), 558-560, b. Holloway Road, N. (*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910), London

 

ARNOLD & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1849 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

'Piano- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)

 

2, High Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Fareham
ARNSBY Frederick 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1914-19 113, Cottenham Road, Upper Holloway, N. (y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London
ARROWSMITH Brothers Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1893-1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

5, High Street, Hampstead, N.W. (*1893), 59, Archway Road, Highgate, N. (*1893), 4-5, High Street, Hampstead, N.W. (x1906)(y1907)(x1912), 63, Broadway, Crouch End Station, N. (x1906)(y1907)(x1912), London
ARSCOTT Herbert  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1887 (xx1890)]

'Musikal., Piano- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (xx1890)

 

40, Smith Street (xx1890), Guernsey
ARUNDELL & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-21

'Piano-Handlung' - 'Auch Orgelbauer' (x1912)

'Piano dealers' (*1921)

 

49, New Cross Road (x1912)(*1921), 14b Eckington Gns., Menson Road, E.C. (x1912), London
ARTHUR & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

'Musikal.-Verlag u. Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

'Buch-, Schreibwaren-, Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)

 

20, Davy Gate (x1906)(x1912), York
ASCHERBERG Eugen

 

 

The Musical Standard: A Newspaper for Musicians, Professional and Amateur, 22/08/1885, p. 130

 

 

Music Trades Review, 15/06/1889, p. 32

 

 

ASCHERBERG
on this site

ARTICLES

THE DRAWING ROOM

“Your mention of the music reminds me," said Mrs. Dempster, “of the magnificent pianofortes, now so rapidly obtaining favour in society, which are manufactured at the great Dresden house of M. Emil Ascherberg."

“Yes, I have heard and seen much of them of late," observed Evelyn, “and papa is about to procure one. They are really superb, and are so constructed as to be equally suitable to the playing of every class of music. This result, I believe, is attained by an ingenious contrivance for producing half-notes, and by what is known as a prolongation pedal.”

"I have had an Ascherberg in my house for a considerable time, and it is my own opinion, as it is that of all my guests, that no better instruments, for all the purposes of a piano, can be produced. The simple fact that the high qualities of Emil Ascherberg's pianos are recognised and acknowledged by the leading musicians of Europe renders commendation here unnecessary."

"I visited the London depôt of the firm in Baker-street with some friends the other day,” said Olivia, “and we found the instruments there as beautifully artistic in construction as rich and perfect in touch and tone."
 The Drawing room, 03/1882, p. 768

 LONDON - "Messrs. E. Ascherberg- and Co., of 71, Queen-street, City, and Baker-street, W., exhibit pianofortes from the already well-known factories of Emil Ascherberg, Dresden. The pianoforte has become an indispensable piece of furniture m our English homes, and is now to be found in almost every house, from the mansion to the cottage. But although the manufacture of these beautiful instruments, started on these shores not much more than a oentury ago by German mechanics, has led to such successful results by English makers, It would be idle to pretend that we have surpassed or equalled our continental friends in the production of pianos. Mr. Ascherberg claims the advantage of a long experience in the designing and construction of pianofortes that may be justly awarded him. The instruments that we have seen at his warehouse (some of which are on show at this exhibition) warrant their thorough and impartial recommendation. We understand that his magnificent and brilliant toned "concert grand " is to do duty at the afternoon concerts at the Hall, which will afford our readers the opportunity of endorsing our opinion." The Cabinet Maker and Art Furnisher, 01/06/1882, p. 2

"ASCHERBERG PIANOS. - "I only perform an act of justice when I ascribe my successes to a great extent to the excellent Instruments from your factory, on which I was favoured to play before the public. Remain convinced that I shall at all times and everywhere give preference to your Pianos over all others, and accept the assurance of my unbounded esteem. Respectfully, VLADIMIR VON PACHMANN."
ASCHERBERG PIANO DEPOT, 211, REGENT STREET, W." The Musical World, Volume 68, 19/05/1888, p. 399

"MESSRS. E. ASCHERBERG & CO., PIANOFORTE MANUFACTURERS AND MUSIC PUBLISHERS,
46, BERNERS STREET, W. - THE above notable business was founded in 1870, first commencing in the City, and subsequently removing to Regent Street. Not long ago the firm transferred their head-quarters to the larger and more commodious premises they now occupy in Berners Street. The show-room accommodation here is of a superior character, and affords facilities for the display of a splendid stock of pianofortes of the renowned “Ascherberg” make.

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' and music-publisher ca. 1882-1915 [since 1878 (xx1890) or since 1857 (x1906)(x1912)]

ASCHERBERG Eugen was a brother of Emil ASCHERBERG, Dresden, Germany

ASCHERBERG E. & Co (**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(*1893)(xx1893)(*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909)

1882 - "Messrs. E. Ascherberg & Co., pianoforte manufacturers, have removed from from Queenstreet to 135, London-wall." The Furniture Gazette, 15/08/1882, p. 42

'Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)

1906 - Owner : Eugen ASCHERBERG (x1906)

ASCHERBERG-PERZINA were probably made by PERZINA, Schwerin, Germany (x1909)

ASHERBERG, SIGWOOD & Crew (*1910)

ASHERBERG, HOPWOOD & CREW Ltd. (y1907)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915)

'Piano-Fabrik' - 'Import von Ascherber-Pianos, Vertreter von Julius Feurich in Leipzig, auch Musikal.-Verlag' (x1912)


(continuation)

These are shown in “cottage” and “grand” styles, of nine different models, and the instruments have been acknowledged by many eminent authorities to be “the very essence and epitome of all that is sound, good, and true in the productions of the most renowned makers in the world.”  Among the many distinguished musicians and virtuosi who have highly commended the “Ascherberg” pianos may be named the following:—Franz Abt, Sir Julius Benedict, Signor Bevignani, Mr. J. H. Bonawitz, Mr. F. H. Cowen, Sir Charles Halle, Rafael Joseffy, Tito Mattei, Vladimir de Pachmann, Dr. Hans Richter, M. Camille Saint-Saens, Senor Sarasate, Xaver Scharwenka, etc. Moreover, the “Ascherberg” pianos have been repeatedly used by the leading pianists of the day at the Monday Popular Concerts, the London Ballad Concerts, the Crystal Palace Saturday Concerts, the London Academy of Music, the Guildhall School of Music, the London Conservatoire, and at all the principal concerts and training institutions on the Continent.  They are essentially high-class pianos at a reasonable price, and as such they have few rivals and no superior. Messrs. Ascherberg’s factory is one of the most important industrial establishments in Germany. As music publishers Messrs. E. Ascherberg & Co. are also widely known, and this department of their trade has assumed very large proportions. It includes the old-established music publishing business of Messrs. Duncan, Davison & Co., which Mr. Ascherberg purchased a few years ago, and amalgamated with his own undertaking. The firm own a very large, comprehensive, and valuable list of music copyrights, embracing the best works of the most esteemed composers for the pianoforte, organ, violin, harp, and voice.  Great enterprise is shown by Messrs. Ascherberg in obtaining possession of important novelties, and in this respect they are always among the first in the field. For example, they have secured the English rights in Mascagni’s two remarkably successful operas, “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “L’Amico Fritz,” which they publish in vocal and in pianoforte score. Similarly they hold the copyright in “Philemon et Baucis,” Gounod’s beautiful pastoral opera; and also in “Djamileh,” a fine opera by the late Georges Bizet, composer of “Carmen.” Messrs. Ascherberg’s music catalogues are very exhaustive, and will be found particularly rich in good compositions for the voice, the violin, and the harp, as well as for the pianoforte and other keyboard instruments. We ought also to mention that this firm are the publishers of several new and extremely popular operettas and burlesques, including the well-known favourites, “Miss Decima,” “Cinder-Ellen up too Late,” “Blue-eyed Susan,” and the great Gaiety successes “Faust up to Date,” “Ruy Blas and the Blase Roue,” and “Carmen up to Data.” Messrs. Ascherberg’s trade is widespread, and their connection in musical circles at home and abroad is both extensive and influential. Mr. E. Ascherberg, the sole principal, personally directs the business, and it is to his energy and sound judgment that its marked success and advancement are due." Ilustrated London and its representatives of Commerce, 1893, p. 92

SEE ALSO ...

ASCHERBERG in Dresden, Germany

 

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71, Queen Street, E.C. (**1882), 19, Baker Steet, Portman Square, W. (**1884), 211, Regent Street (xx1885)(*1893), 46, Berners Street, W. (xx1890)(**1891)(xx1893)(*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909), 16, Mortimer Street, W. (y1907)(*1910)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), 16, Wells Mews, Oxford Street, W. (*1914), London

Dresden, Germany

Melbourne, Australia

 

ASH W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912 [since 1856 (x1912)]

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

42, Russell Street (x1912), Landport, Portsmouth

Southsea

ASHBEE Charles F.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1873 (xx1890)]

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

 

23, Spring Street, Paddington, W. (xx1890), London
ASHDOWN  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-10

ASHDOWN Ltd. (*1907)

 

19, Hanover Square, W. (*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910), London
ASHENHURST John Talbot  

Patent of 1853 : "658. John Talbot Ashenhurst, of Upper John-street, Fitzroy-square, in the county of Middlesex, Pianoforte-maker, for Improvements in pianofortes.—Dated March 17, 1853. Sealed November 14, 1853." The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements ..., 1853, p. 476 - or - "March 17, 1853. - J. ASHENHURST. Hollow wood bracings and bridges." The history of the pianoforte, 1870, p. 78

 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1853   Upper John Street, Fitzroysquare, Middlesex (*1853), London
ASHFORD L. H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Musiklehrer, sowie Piano-Händler u. -Stimmer' (x1912)

 

53, St. Helens Street (x1912), Ipswick
ASHTON Josiah  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1904-12

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

THE J. ASHTON PIANOS (x1912)

 

[4-6], Scholefield Buildings, Scholefield Road, Horsney Rise, [Upper] Holloway, N. (**1904)(x1906)(y1907), 12, Hazleville Road, Hornsey Rise, N. (x1912), London
ASHTON R. G. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

9, Barrington Road, Crouch End, N. (x1906), London
ASHTON William Henry   'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-84 97, Burdett Road, E. (**1882)(**1884), London
ASHWORTH H. D.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

'Piano- u. Instrumenten-Handlung' (x1906)

'Musiklehrer, handelt auch mit Pianos, Orgeln u. Musikinstr.' (x1912)

 

130, Sheffield Road (x1906), 120, Sheffield Road (x1912), Barnsley
ASHWORTH John  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Piano- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (xx1890)

 

38-42, Bank Street (xx1890), Rawtenstall
ASHWORTH T.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1873 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

'Musiklehrer, Musikal.- u. Piano-Händler' (xx1890)

'Musiklehrer, Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-Händler' (x1906)

Musiklehrer, sowie Muusikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Händler' (x1912)

 

45, Victoria Street (xx1890), 9, Hare Hill Road (x1906)(x1912), Littleborough
ASPA Rosario  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1851 (xx1890)]

'Musiklehrer, Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)

 

Priory House (xx1890), Leamington-Priors
ASPINALL W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

'Piano- und Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)

'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

Bolton Road (x1906)(x1912), Ashton-in-Makerfield
ASPLET Henry A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1894

'Pianoforte & music warehouse' (y1894)

 

102, Upper Hill Street, Toxteth Park (y1894), Liverpool
ASTER Henry  

Square pianoforte 1800-25, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, M.E., U.S.

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1806-08 London
ASTON John  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912 [since 1866 (x1912)]

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handung' (x1912))

 

39, Church Street (x1912), Bilston

Wednesbury (x1912)

ASTOR George  

Square pianoforte ca. 1784-98, Metropolian Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., U.S.
Square pianoforte ca. 1800, nameboard, The Schureck Piano Collection, Berowra Heights, NSW, Australia

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1778-1803

Brother of John Jacob ASTOR, just below

ASTOR Geo. & Co (*1803)

26, Wych Street (*1794), 79, Cornhill (1800)(*1803), London
ASTOR George Peter & Co

(1752 - 1813)

 

ASTOR Georg

Square pianoforte n° 1491 ca. 1798-1800, Ron Shaffer, Schenectady, N.Y., U.S.

ASTOR & CO

Square pianoforte ca. 1807, Radbon Collection, Germany
Square pianoforte n° 1909 ca. 1810, owner unknown
Square pianoforte n° 1900 ca. 1810, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, M.D., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 3281 ca. 1810, Geelvinck Collection, Geelvinck Muziek Musea, Heerde, The Netherlands
Square pianoforte n° 2752 ca. 1811, Museum odf Fine Arts, Boston, M.A., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 2839 ca. 1811, Yale Collection od Musical Instruments, New Haven, C.T., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 3018 ca. 1811-12, The Schubert Club, St. Paul, M.N., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 3125 ca. 1811-12, Bill Polhill Collection, Staunton, V.A., U.S.
Square pianoforte  n° 3243 ca. 1811-12, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 3488 ca. 1812-15, Meier Collection, Cooperstown, M.E., U.S.
Square pianoforte ca. 1815, Stratford Historical Society, Stratford, U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 5894 ca. 1825, Yale Collection of Musical Instruments, New Haven, C.T., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 7050 ca. 1827-30, Telemark Museum, Telemark, Norway
etc. etc. etc.

ASTOR & HORWOOD

Square pianoforte n° 270, Swedish Museum of Performing Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
Square pianoforte ca. 1810, Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte ca. 1814-25, Telemark Museum, Telemark, Norway
Square pianoforte n° 414 (?) ca. 1815, Phillips School, Lake Erie College, Painesville, O.H., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 4967 ca. 1818,
Swedish Museum of Performing Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
Square pianoforte n° 4975 ca. 1818, Cité de la Musique, Paris, France
Square pianoforte ca. 1820, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
Square pianoforte n° 5134 ca. 1815-20, James Knox Polk Home, Columbia, T.N., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 5231 ca. 1815-20, Scripps College, Departement of Music, Claremont, C.A., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 5268 ca. 1815-20, Marlowe A. Sigal Collection, Newton Center, M.A., U.S.
Square pianoforte early 19th century, signature, (probably destroyed during World War II) Musikhistorisches Museum von Wilhelm Heyer, Cöln, Germany
Square pianoforte n° 5370 ca. 1820, Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Square pianoforte n° 5498 ca. 1815-16, New Bern Historical Society New Bern, N.C., U.S.
Square pianoforte ca. 1820, St. Aldate's, Faculty of Music, Oxford, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte n° 5505 ca. 1820, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany

Square Pianoforte n° 5881 ca. 1815-22, The National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1807-31

His widow succeeded him in 1815.

GEROCK, ASTOR & Co (1815-22), see also GEROCK

ASTOR & Co (*1822)(x1825)

ASTOR & HORWOOD (1814-18)(*1818), see HORWOOD

1818 - "Dissolutions of partnership from june 27 to saturday july 25, 1818
[...] Astor E., and Horwood, G. Cornhill, musical-instrument manufucturers." The European Magazine, and London Review, 1818, p. 81

ASTOR & WEBB (18??)

Succeeded by GUNTHER and  Robert WOLF

FIRE

"20 July 1822 [...] Same day. - Astor and Co. musical-instrument makers, in Tottenham-street, were entirely consumed by fire." Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register, Volume 54, 1822, p. 85 - and - "20.—Saturday evening a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Astor, piano-forte manufacturer, Tottenham Street, Tottenhamcourt Road. It was supposed to have been occasioned by a lighted candle communicating with some of the shavings. The fire for some time raged with much fury, but, by the timely arrival of some engines, and a speedy supply of water, many of the adjoining premises were saved, particularly a coach manufactory at the back, which was but slightly injured. Some small tenements were destroyed, but the fire having broken out so early in the evening prevented much mischief, and probably saved some lives." The New Annual Register, Or, General Repository of History, Politics, Arts ..., 07/1823, p. 68

 

Cornhill (xx1814)(xx1818), 79, Cornhill (*1814)(*1818)(**1822)(x1825), Tottenham Street, Tottenhamcourt Road (xx1823), London
ASTOR John Jacob  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1778

He was a flute maker from Germany, but moved to U.S, and became an instrument dealer.

 

London
ASTOR W. H.  

'Musical Instrument Maker' ca. 1823-25

Bankrupt in 1823, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 14, 1823, p. 367

ASTOR & LUCAS (x1825)

 

Sun Street, Bishopsgate Street (*1823), 62n Sun Street, Bishopsgate (x1825), London
ATKINS B. C. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Piano-, Harmonium- u. Orgel-Handlung' (xx1890)

117, Patrick Street (xx1890), Cork
ATKINS Henry  

"H. ATKINS, From Allison and Allison London. Late with messrs. Sabin & Tolkien, Music Sellers, Birmingham. Pianoforte & Harmonium Maker. - 33, Islington Row, Five Ways, Birmingham." Corporation general and trades directory of Birmingham ... and Wolverhampton, 1861, p. 53

 

'Pianoforte & harmonium-maker' ca. 1861-62

Worked before by ALLISON & ALLISON London, on this page

33, Islington Row, Five Ways (xx1861)(xx1862), Birmingham
ATKINS John  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1874

 

Chestnut Road, Tottenham  (**1874), London
ATKINSON J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

31, Hawthorn Street (x1906), 55, Shaw Lane (x1912), Barnsley
ATKINSON William  

'Pianoforte-tuner' ca. 1847

 

Kingston upon Hill (1847)(⁷), London
ATLAS Mus. Ca. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1903-10 103, Meadow Street (*1903)(*1906)(*1910), Sheffield
ATTWELLS Frank

Kelly's directory of Berkshire, Bucks and Oxon, 1911, p. 43

 

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1883-1912 [since 1799 (namenplate)(x1912) or since 1866 (xx1890)]

ATTWELLS Frank (y1883)(xx1890)

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (xx1890)

ATTWELLS Frank, BINFIELD & Co (x1906)(yy1911)(x1912)(*1921)

 'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung. Konzert-Agentur' (x1906)

1911-12 - Owner : Herbert V. WILTSHIRE (yy1911)(x1912), 'Pianoforte manufacturer'

'Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

163, Friar Street (y1883), 162, Friar Street (xx1890), 162-163, Friar Street (x1906)(yy1911)(x1912), 162, Friar Street (*1921), Reading
AUBREY H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1790 (xx1890)]

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (xx1890)

 

148, The Parade (xx1890), Leamington-Priors
AUGENER  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1872-1912 [since 1855 (x1912)]

AUGENER & Co (*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910)

AUGENER Ltd. (x1912), 'Piano-Handlung'

Exhibitors List London, 1872

 

[6], New Burlington Street, W. (*1906)(*1907)(x1912), 199, Regent Street, W. (*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910)(x1912), 22, Newgate Street, S.E. (x1912),  London
AUGENER & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1866

 

2, Palace Place (**1866), Brighton
AUSTIN Alfred  

Post Office Directory of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, 1881, p. 32

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1881

'Pianoforte dealer' (y1881)

 

4, Market Place (y1881), Leicester
AUSTIN H.  

'Pianoforte Maker' ca. 1868

 

197, Edgware Road, Paddington (***1868), London
AUSTIN John W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1883 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

'Musikdirektor, Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Händler' (xx1890)(x1906)

'Musikdirektor, nebenbei Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-u. Sprechm.-Händler' (x1912)

 

4, Mealcheapen Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Worcester
AUSTIN William Henry  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

44, The Tything (x1912), Worcester
AUTOLIA Ltd.  

1909 - " AUTOLIA (Lim.) was registered on April 6th, with a capital of £ 2000, to carry on business as piano, pianola and organ manufacturers and dealers, &c. The signatories are R. B. Forsyth and T. H. CLEAVER, both 36, Cannon St., Brimingham. Private compagny." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 33, 1909, p. 592

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1909

'Piano, pianola and organ manufacturers and dealers' (y1909)

 

36, Cannon Street (y1909), Brimingham
AUTY Charles  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912

AUTY Charles (xx1890), 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Instr.-Handlung'

AUTY J. T. (x1912), 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung'

 

10, Westgate (xx1890), 11, Northgate (x1912), Dewsbury
AVERY John  

Patent of 1786 : “NEW MUSICAL INVENTIONS. The combination of the organ with the Piano Forte, so as to be played by the same keys, is an invention but of a modern date. The merit of the discovery is claimed by a Mr. Avery, an organ-builder, and it has been successfully carried into execution by Mr. Ganer, Longman, and Broderip, and other eminent instrument makers. Whether the union of two instruments so opposite in their nature can ever be brought to perfection is doubtful, it being the peculiarity of the one to rise a little in pitch while the other falls. – Its excellence, however, principally depends on the Piano-Forte standing well in tune. The organized Piano Forte is undoubtedly an ingenious and an useful invention, if the imperfection we have stated could be removed; but as the instruments may be played separately, it is a desirable acquisition to a small room. It presents a handsome appearance, and occupies but a very little more space than a small Piano Forte.” Source : 5 scrapbooks of material relating to Vauxhall Gardens, consisting of cuttings, songs, plates, posters, leaflets, &c., 1712-1847, réunis par James Winston, Oxford, Bodleian Library, cote G.A. Surrey C.22-25, Scrapbook I, 1786, p. 174/2 (Thanks to Prof. Pierre Dubois)

 

 

'Organ Maker' ca. 1775-95

1790 - Bankrupt in 18th december 1790, A list of bankrupts ... from Jan. 1, 1786, to June 24, 1806

1801 - "Alphabetical List of Bankruptcies and Dividends announced between the 20th of Nov. and the 20th of Dec. [1801] extracted from the London Gazette. [...] Avery J., Queen Square, Westminster, organ builder Mills, Parliament Street." The Monthly Magazine: Or, British Register ..., 01/1802, p. 554

"Avery died in Giltspur Street Prison, and was taken from thence to his grave. He lies buried in the north ground of St. Sepulchre's church-yard, close to the wall, and in a line with the organ of that church ; his funeral expenses being defrayed by a subscription amongst his own workmen." The Christian Remembrancer: A Quarterly Review, 1834, p. 375

OBITUARY

1801 - "Died. [...] Mrs. Avery, wife of Mr. Avery, organ-builder. Queen-Square, Westminster." The Monthly Magazine: Or, British Register ..., 11/1801, p. 455

 

Charles Street, Westminster (1790), St. Margaret's Church Yard, Westminster (*1793)(*1795), Queen-Square, Westminster (*1801), London
AVILL Elisabeth  

1871 - "NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned, Elizabeth Avill and Charles Isaac Smart, in the trade or business of Piano Forte Manufacturers, carried on at Nos. 14 and 15, Holywell-row, Shoreditch, in the county of Middlesex, under the style and firm of Avill and Smart, was this day dissolved by mutual consent; and that the said trade or business will for the future be carried on by the said Charles Isaac Smart and William Avill, under the style or firm of Avill and Smart. All debts owing by the late partnership will be paidand all debts due will be received by the said Charles Isaac Smart and William Avill. — Witness our hands this 22nd day of June, 1871. Elizabeth Avill. Charles Isaac Smart." The London Gazette, 30/06/1871, p. 3025 (TheGazette.co.uk)

 

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1870-95 [since 1815 (**1891)(**1895)]

AVILL & SMART untill 1871

AVILL & SMART Ltd. (xx1890)

Succeeded by Charles SMART

 

[14-15], Holywell Row, Shoreditch, E.C. (*1870)(**1871), Tabernacle Square, Finsbury, E.C. (**1882), Apollo Works, Tabernacle Square, Finsbury, E.C. (**1884), Wood Street, Finsbury, E.C., Apollo Works, 75-85, Tabernacle Street, Short Street (xx1890)(**1891)(**1895), Glover Street (**1895), Singer Street, Finsbury, E.C. (**1895)(**1891), London

 

AVILL William S.  

'Piano forte maker' ca. 1843-62

 

29a, Cumberland Street, Hackney Road (*1843)(*1847), 14-15, Holeywell Row, Shoreditch, E.C. (*1862), 1, Worship Square, E.C. (*1862), London
AYLWARD A. A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Händler u. -Stimmer' (x1906)

 

Victoria House (x1906), Basingstoke
AYLWARD & SPINNEY Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1890-1906

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)

13, Canal (xx1890)(x1906), Salisbury
 

 

(z1791): 'The Universal British Directory: Of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture, ...', 1791, p. 51

(**1793): 'Wakefield's Merchant and Tradesman's General Directory for London', 1793, Avery p. 12

(*1794): 'Kent's Directory for the Year 1794. Cities of London and Westminster, & Borough of Southwark', 1794 (londonancestor.com)

(*1795): 'Freemason's Magazine, Or General and Complete Library', 1795, p. 11

(*1801): 'The Monthly Magazine: Or, British Register ...', 11/1801, p. 455

(*1803): 'Kent's Directory', 1803, Astor p. 10

(*1807): 'The Post office London directory', 1807, p. 9 (babel.hathitrust.org)

(*1808): 'The European Magazine, and London Review', Volume 53,1808, p. 488

(*1812): 'The Post-Office Annual Directory for London', 1812

(xx1814): 'The London Gazette', 21/06/1814, p. 1287

(*1818): 'Johnstone's London Commercial Guide, and Street Directory; on a New and More ...', 1818, p. 141

(xx1818): 'The European Magazine, and London Review', 1818, p. 81

(*1820): 'The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 77, 1820, p. 565

(**1822): 'History, Directory & Gazetteer, of the County of York: With Select Lists of ...', 1822, p. 34+63

(y1822): 'Jahrbücher des Kaiserlichen Königlichen Polytechnischen Institutes ...', 1822, p. 537

(*1823): 'Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine', Volume 14, 1823, p. 367

(xx1823): 'The New Annual Register, Or, General Repository of History, Politics, Arts ...', 07/1823, p. 6

(**1824): 'The Harmonicon', 07/1824, p. 268

(x1825): 'Pigot & Co.'s new commercial directory of Scotland for 1825', p. 907-908-914 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1831): 'The London journal of arts and sciences and repertory of patent inventions ..., William Newton', 1831, p. 357

(*1832): 'The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year 1832', Volume 73, 1832, p. 451

(**1833): 'Louis Spohr's Grand Violin School: From the Original German', 1833, p. 12-13

(x1836): 'Mathews's Annual Bristol Directory and Commercial List: Being an Entire ...', 1836, p. 233

(*1837): 'Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress', 1837, p. 235

(**1839): 'The Musical World, A Weekley Record of Musical Science Literature and ...', 1839, p. 48

(y1840): 'The Nottingham Annual Register: Containing an Almanack, Useful Tables ...', 1840, p. 140

(**1841): 'Post Office London Directory', 1841, p. 807 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(x1842): 'Robson's London Directory', 1842, p. 1598 -1599 (archive.org)

(*1843): 'The Post Office London Directory', 1843

(xx1845): 'The Musical World', 30/01//1845, p. 58

(**1846): 'Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences', 1846, p. 66

(y1846): 'Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland; Including in Addition to ...', 1846, Manchester p. 38, Liverpool p. 24, Leeds p. 75, Birmingham p. 27

(*1847): 'The Post Office London Directory', 1847, p. 1308

(*1848): 'The London Gazette for the year 1848', p. 181+148

(**1848): 'Hunt & Co.'s directory & topography for the cities of Exeter and Bristol, etc', 1848, p. 15

(x1850): 'The London Gazette', 08/10/1850, p. 2674

(**1851): 'Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition 1851', p. 465-469

(***1851): 'The catholic directory and ecclesiastical register: for the year 1851', p. 20

(xx1851): 'Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry', 1851, p. 362

(xxx1851): 'The Critic : A Record of Literature, Art, Music, Science, and the ...', 15/11/1851, p. 530

(y1851): 'The British Colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources', 1851, p. 3 (archive.org)

(**1852): 'Post Office London Directory', 1852 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(*1853): 'The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements ...', 1853, p. 476

(**1854): 'The Musical Times', 01/06/1854, p. 88

(y1854): 'The British colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources', 1854, p. 6 (archive.org)

(**1855): 'The Jurist', 1855, p. 155

(*1856): 'The Musical World, 06/09/1856, p. 561

(**1856): 'The Musical World', 06/09/1856, p. 561

(y1857): 'The British colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources', 1857, p. 2 (archive.org)

(*1858): 'Annuaire-almanach du commerce, de l'industrie, de la magistrature et de l'administration : ou almanach des 500.000 adresses de Paris, des départements et des pays étrangers : Firmin Didot et Bottin réunis', 1858, p. 2249

(*1860): 'The Musical Times', 01/02/1860, p. 1 (archive.org)

(xx1861): 'Corporation general and trades directory of Birmingham ... and Wolverhampton', 1861, p. 500

(*1862): 'The Post Office London Directory', 1862, p. 1676-1677

(**1862): 'Cassell's Illustrated Exhibitor: Containing about Three Hundred...', 1862, p. 284

(***1862): The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements', 1862, p. 168

(x1862): 'International exhibition, 1862 : Official catalogue of the industrial department', 1862, p. 54

(xx1862): 'Business Directory of Birmingham', 1862, p. 157 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(*1865): 'The illustrated record and descriptive catalogue of the Dublin international exhibition', 1865, p. 241

(**1866): 'Folthorp's Page's Court guide and general directory for Brighton', 1866, p. 437

(*1867): 'Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867: Catalogue of the British Section, Great Britain. Imperial commission', Paris, 1967, p. 87-88

(**1867): 'Post Office Directory of Birmingham', 1867, p. 371

(***1867): 'The Illustrated London News', Volume 50, 09/03/1867, p. 234

(***1868): 'Allen's West London Street Directory, 1868, by Samuel Allen (gutenberg.jump&read)

(**1870): 'The 'Handbook' to the manufacturers & exporters of Great Britain', 1870, p. 367

(**1871): 'The London Gazette', 30/06/1871, p. 3025 (TheGazette.co.uk)

(*1872): 'Journal of the Society of Arts', Volume 20, 1872, p. 889

(xx1872): 'The international guide to British and foreign merchants and manufacturers ...', 1872, London p. 382-384

(**1874): 'Post Office Directory of Middlesex', 1874, p. 501 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(*1875): 'The Commercial directory of Liverpool, and shipping guide', 1875, Aberdeen p. 434, Dewsbury p. 656, London p. 608, Coventry p. 582, Bradford p. 567, Liverpool p. 274

(y1878): 'The Post office [afterw.] Kellys directory of Birmingham with its suburbs ...', 1878, p. 526

(y1879): 'The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland', 1879, Durham Music sellers p. 464, Durham Pianoforte makers, tuners and warehouses p. 469, Northumberland Music sellers p. 934, Northumberland Pianoforte makers p. 937-938

(yy1879): 'The Commercial directory of Liverpool, and shipping guide', 1879, p. 331

(y1881): 'Post Office Directory of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire', 1881, Nottinghamshire p. 426, Derby p. 1262

(**1882): 'Post Office London Directory', 1882, p. 412 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(y1883): 'Kelly's Directory of Berkshire', 1883, p. 243

(**1884): 'Business Directory of London', 1884, p. 618-619 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(**1885): 'The Furniture Gazette', 01/07/1885, p. 309-311

(xx1885): 'The Musical Standard: A Newspaper for Musicians, Professional and Amateur', 22/08/1885, p. 121 (+130)

(y1889): 'Music Trades Review', 15/06/1889, p. 26-32

(xx1890): 'Weltadressbuch der gesammten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1890, Ashton p. 151, Bolton p. 156, Bradford p. 156-157, Chorley p. 161, Colchester p. 162, Colne p. 162, Cork p. 162, Dewsbury p. 163, Fareham p. 166, Guernsey p. 169, Ilfracombe p. 171, Leamington-Priors p. 173, Leeds p. 173-174, Littleborough p. 175, London PF p. 176-177 & London PD p. 178-182, Loughborough p. 190, Louth p. 190, Newcastle-on-Tyne p. 194, Norwich p. 195, Ramsgate p. 198, Rawtenstall p. 198, Reading p. 198, Salisbury p. 200, Seaton p. 200, Sheffield p. 200-201, Spalding p. 202, Stafford p. 202, Stalybridge p. 202, Stoke-on-Trent p. 203, Uxbridge p. 205, Walsall p. 206, West Bromwich p. 206, Wokingham p. 208, Wolverhampton p. 208, Worchester p. 208 (digital.slub-dresden.de)

(**1891): 'Post Office London Trades Directory', 1891, p. 480-481 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(z1862): 'Music Trades Review', 15/08/1892, p. 7

(*1893): 'Annuaire des artistes et de l'enseignement dramatique et musical', 1893, p. 656-664 (gallica.bnf.fr)

(**1893): 'The Freemason's Chronicle', 20/05/1893, p. 319

(xx1893): 'Ilustrated London and its representatives of Commerce', 1893 (messybeast.com)

(y1894): 'Kelly's Directory of Liverpool & Birkenhead', 1894 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(*1895): 'Annuaire des artistes et de l'enseignement dramatique et musical', 1895, p. 717-718 (gallica.bnf.fr)

(**1895): 'Post Office London Directory, 1895, p. 2038-2039 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(*1897): 'Annuaire des artistes et de l'enseignement dramatique et musical', 1897, p. 834-841 (gallica.bnf.fr)

(*1899): 'Annuaire des artistes et de l'enseignement dramatique et musical', 1897, p. 1010-1017 (gallica.bnf.fr)

 

 

(xx1900): 'Gore's Directory of Liverpool & Birkenhead', 1900, p. 156(specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(**1901): 'Kelly's London Suburban Directory', 1901, p. 1050-1051 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(*1903): 'Annuaire des artistes et de l'enseignement dramatique et musical', 1903, p. 1103-1110 (gallica.bnf.fr)

(**1904) : 'Post Office London County Suburbs Directory', 1904, p. 1129-1130 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(*1906): 'Annuaire des artistes et de l'enseignement dramatique', 1906, p. 1091-1100 (gallica.bnf.fr)

(x1906): 'Weltadressbuch der gesammten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1906, Ashton-in-Makerfield p. 374, Barmouth p. 376, Barnsley p. 376, Basingstoke p. 376, Bingley p. 379, Birmingham p. 379-380, Bolton p. 382, Bradford p. 383, Bristol p. 385-386, Cannock p. 388, Carlisle p. 388, Chelmsford p. 389, Colchester p. 391, Colne p. 391, Dewsbury p. 394-395, Egremont p. 399, Elland p. 399, Fareham p. 400, Folkestone p. 400-401, Guildford p. 404, Horwich p. 408, Ipswich p. 410, Kidderminster p. 411, Knaresborough p. 412, Leeds p. 413-414, Littleborough p. 415, London PF p. 417-420 & London PD p. 423-434, Loughborough p. 462, Louth p. 462, Manchester p. 464-466, Newcastle-on-Tyne p. 469, Newport p. 470, Northampton p. 470, Nottingham, p. 471-472, Oxford p. 473, Reading p. 477, Richmond p. 478, Rotherham p. 479, Salisbury p. 481, Seaton p. 481, Sheffield p. 482-483, Shrewsbury p. 483, Southport p. 485, Spalding p. 486, Stafford p. 486, Stoke-on-Trent p. 487, Teddington p. 489, Uxbridge p. 491, Walsall p. 492, Ware p. 492, West Bromwich p. 493-494, Weston-Super-Mare p. 494, Wolverhampton p. 496, Worcester p. 497, York p. 498 (digital.sim.spk-berlin.de)

(*1907): 'Annuaire des artistes et de l'enseignement dramatique et musical', 1907, p. 1094-1104 (gallica.bnf.fr)

(y1907): 'Kelly's Directory of Merchants, Manufacturers and Shippers', 1907, p. 13-14, London p. 5-6

(*1909): 'Annuaire des artistes et de l'enseignement dramatique et musical', 1909, p. 1105-1113 (gallica.bnf.fr)

(x1909): 'Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review', 1909, p. 860

(y1909): 'Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review', Volume 33, 1909, Autolia p. 592

(*1910): 'Annuaire des artistes et de l'enseignement dramatique et musical', 1910, p. 1144-1153 (gallica.bnf.fr)

(y1911): 'Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review', Volume 35, 1911, AJELLO p. 151

(yy1911): 'Kelly's directory of Berkshire, Bucks and Oxon, 1911, Ascot, Maidenhead, Newbury, Reading, Windsor p. 389, Acott p. 280

(*1912): 'The Music Trade Directory', 1912

(x1912): 'Welt-Adressbuch der gesamten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1912, Ashton p. 501, Barmouth p. 503, Barnsley p. 503, Bilston p. 506, Bingley p. 506, Birmingham p. 506-508, Bradford p. 510-511, Bristol p. 513-514, Cannock p. 515, Carlisle p. 517, Chelmsford p. 517, Chorley p. 518, Colchester p. 520, Colne p. 520, Dewsbury p. 523, Dorking p. 524, Durham p. 525-526, Elland p. 528, Evesham p. 528, Fareham p. 529, Faringdon p. 529, Farnham p. 529, Folkstone p. 529, Guilford p. 534, Horwich p. 538, Hyde p. 540, Ipswick p. 540-541, Keswick p. 541, Kidderminster p. 542, Knaresborough p. 543, Leeds p. 543-545, Littleborough p. 546, Liverpool p. 546-457, London PF p. 550-554 & London PD p. 559-572, Louth p. 602, Newcastle-on-Tyne p. 608, Northampton p. 609-610, Portsmouth p. 615, Reading p. 616-617, Richmond p. 617, Ripon p. 617, Rotherham p. 618, Royton p. 618, Shrewsbury p. 622, Southampton p. 623, Southport p. 624, Stafford p. 625, Stoke-on-Trent p. 626, Teddington p. 628, Uxbridge p. 631, Wallsall p. 631-632, Ware p. 632, West Hartlepool p. 633, Wolverhampton p. 636, Worcester p. 636, York p. 637 (digital.sim.spk-berlin.de)

(*1914): 'Post Office London Directory', 1914, p. 1837-1838 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(y1914): 'Kelly's manufacturers and merchants directory, including industrial services', 1914, p. 3019-3020 London p. 2356-2357 (Archive.org)

(*1915): 'Post Office London Directory', 1915, p. 1796-1797

(*1916): 'Post Office London County Suburbs Directory', 1916, p. 606 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(y1916): 'Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 40, 1916, p. 702

(*1917): 'Post Office London County Suburbs Directory', 1917, p. 592-593 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(*1918): 'Post Office London County Suburbs Directory', 1918, p. 571-572 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(*1919): 'Post Office London County Suburbs Directory', 1919, p. 555 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(*1921): 'The Music Trade Directory', Volume 32, 1921

(x1921): 'Kelly's Directory of Stationers, Printers, Booksellers, Publishers and ...', 1921, Liverpool p. 954-966

(*1929): 'Musique-Adresses Universel', Volume 11, 1929

(¹): 'Histoire de piano de 1700 à 1950', Mario Pizzi, 1983

(²): 'Makers of the Piano 1700-1820' and 'Makers of the Piano 1820-1860', Martha Novak Clinkscale, 1993

(³): Will of Adam Appelman, Piano Forte Maker of Saint Marylebone, Middlesex, Nationalarchives.gov.uk

(⁶): 'Pianohistory', Bill Kibby

(⁷): 'List of wills of pianoforte and musical instrument makers (not exclusive), identified by the author from the Index of Wills registered in The Prerogative Court of Canterbury', 1384–12 January 1858 (series PROB 11), 1 held at The National Archives, UK.Margaret Debenham, 4 November 2103 (debenham.org.uk)


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