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CADBY Charles

 

 

 

Pianoforte Fig 1. Cadby's A Semi-cottage Pianoforte with left hand side open, exposed on the Exhibition in London, 1851, Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition 1851, p. 28/464

 

 

Pianoforte Fig. 2. Cadby's Grand Pianoforte exposed on the Exhibition in London, 1851, Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition 1851, p. 28/464

 

 

Cadby's House, Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition 1851, p. 28

 

 

LONDON - "Mr. Cadby exhibits one grand, 7 octaves, C to C, and two cottage uprights, fitted with his “patent suspended and adjustable sound-board.” In ordinary instruments, the edges of the sound-board are glued firmly to the framing of the instrument. The patentee considers this has the effect of destroying the brilliancy of the tone, owing to the fact, that the sound-board is not strained tight; he therefore secures it to the framework solely by metal clamps, in such a manner as to admit of its being strained and tightened when desired, like the parchment head of a drum (For specification of this invention see p. 319, Vol. XXXVIII. of Lon. J our.). In the grand pianoforte exhibited, the framing carrying the strings is separate from the case of the instrument, and may be removed from it entirely." Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, 1851, p. 30

LONDON - "471 Cadby, C., Fab., Gray's Inn. – Grosses Pianoforte mit durch Metall befestigtem Resonanzbrett; zwei ähnliche." Amtlicher Catalog der Ausstellung der Industrie-Erzeugnisse aller Völker, 1851, p. 66

LONDON - "471 Cadby, C., Gray's Inn Pianoforte Manufactory - Manufacturer. - grand pIanoforte, in rosewood, on the exhibitor's new patent suspension principle. The sounding-board, instead of being glued on permanently attached to the wooden framing, is suspended from it by metllic attachments, which, being adjustable, admit of its being tightly struined, to increase the tone. The letters A, B, C in the annexed cut represent the adjustable metallic attachments. Grand pianoforte, in zebra wood, on the same principle modified. Upright cottage pianoforte, showing the application of the same principle to the cheaper kind of pianofortes." Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition 1851, p. 465

LONDON - "Mr. Cadby sends a grand and cottage, in zebra wood, with his patent suspended sounding-board : there seems to be a great deal of machinery employed to effect this, and we cannot say thatit is attended with any superior results, as  comparison with other instruments will attest; at the same time it has the disadvantage of increasing the bulk and expense of an instrument, both of which are already great enough." The Crystal Palace, and its contents : being an illustrated cyclopaedia of the great exhibition of the industry of all nations, 1851, p. 201 (archive.org)

DUBLIN - "664 Cadby, C. Liquorpond St. London, Inv. and Manu. — A rosewood semi-grand pianoforte, with royal patent, suspended, and adjustable sounding board. An elegant rosewood oblique pianoforte, with three strings, handsomely carved case. Two pianoforte backs, one with the ordinary bracing, the other with patent iron truss bracing. A model to explain the latter, showing its superiority over the former." Official Catalogue of the Great Industrial Exhibition, in connection with the Royal Dublin Society, 1853, p. 61 and The Irish Industrial Exhibition of 1853, p. 257

PARIS - "1999 Cadby, Charles, à Londres, A. — Piano.
1999 Cadby, Charles, 38 Liquorpond-street, London. Pianofortes."
Paris universal exhibition, 1855, p. 70

LONDON - "3375 Cadby, C. 39, Liquorpond-st. — Pianos and harmoniums." International exhibition, 1862 : Official catalogue of the industrial department, 1862, p. 54

LONDON - "Mr. CADBY (3375) exhibits a grand and several uprights. He is awarded a Medal for excellence of workmanship." Reports by the Juries on the subjects in the thirty-six classes into which ..., 1862, p. 148

LONDON - "Cadby, Charles, 3, 33, 38 & 39 Liquorpond Street. - Pianofortes and harmoniums. The instruments from these manufactories are well known throughout the United Kingdom and the Colonies for their valuable qualities. Intending purchsers, either for home use or export trade, can make their selections from a large, well-deasoned, and varied stock in the showrooms of the exhibitors." The International Exhibition of 1862, p. 89

LONDON - "[...] and Mr. Cadby, Mr. Hopkinson, and Messrs. Oetzmann Oetzmann and Plumb various grand and cottage pianos." The Illustrated London News, 14/06/1862, p. 616

DUBLIN - "315 Cadby. C. 1, 33, 38, & 39 Liverrpool st. Gray's Inn road, London, E. C. — Cottage and grand pianofortes, with Mr. W. Tighe Hamilton's hand guide attached." The illustrated record and descriptive catalogue of the Dublin international exhibition, 1865, p. 241

Patent of 1850 : "Charles Cadby, of Liquorpond-street, in the county of Middlesex, Piano-forte Maker, for Improvements in stringed musical instruments.—Sealed August 12, 1850. —{Six months.)"  Repertory of patent inventions and other discoveries and ..., Volume 16, 1850, p. 191

Patent of 1857 : "Dated October 27, 1857. - 2719. Charles Cadby, of Liquorpond-street, pianoforte manufacturer. Improvements in pianofortes." Mechanics' Magazine and Journal of Science, Arts, and Manufactures, Volume 67, 1857, p. 502

 

 

'Patent Pianoforte manufacturer' ca. 1841-82

1850 - "CADBY, C., Patent Iron Truss-braced Pianoforte Manufacturer, suitable for all climates, and which forms a perfect counteraction to the pull of the strings — conseuently well calculated for shipping. Manufactory, 33 ½, liquorpond-street, Gray’s-inn-lane." The British Colonies: Their History, Extent, Condition and ..., Volume 4, 1850, p. 3

1864 - "TO the MUSIC TRADE.—PARTNER WANTED, commanding from £2,000 to £3,000, in an old established Pianoforte, Music, and Musical Instrument business, possessing one of the largest connexions in the country. Business prosperous and increasing. For particulars apply to Mr. C. Cadby, Pianoforte Manufacturer, Liquorpond-street, London." The Musical Times, Volume 11, 01/04/1864, p. 253

1911 - "Whilst at Olympia last month, endeavouring to ascertain (with bewilderment, too, at the wonderful vehicles on view) as to a motor good enough for one who writes largely in our editorial sanctum, our thoughts would run on to Cadby Hall (which adjoins Olympia). We dare say that not many of our readers can remember the hall and who built it. Messrs. Cadby & Sons did so; and there the makers produced and exhibited their pianos in their splendid show rooms. Messrs. Lyons now occupy the great premises. Curiously enough, after the show was at an end, we learned that the father of the well known Plymouth dealer (Mr. Cecil A. Tremaine) learned his trade at Messrs. Cadby & Sons, but that happened forty years ago, when the large factory was in Liquorpond Street, Leather Lane. Further, the gentleman just referred to maintains attractive show rooms at 96, Embankment Road, where he has on view pianos and organs by the leading makers, as also small goods." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 35, 1911, p. 140

"C. CADBY, 33 ½ Liquorpond Street, 18 THE ONLY MAKER IN LONDON OF THE PATENT IRON TRUSS BRACED PIANOFORTE, WHICH IS SO SUITABLE FOR SHIPPING. The great improvement in these Pianofortes consists in the construction of the Sounding-board, which, in place of being, as in the ordinary mode of construction, tightly glued to the wooden framing of the instrument, is in this patented method suspended by metallic clamps, springs, or screws, so as to admit of being wholly or partially tightened. Instead of the tone being partially absorbed and deadened by the attachment on ordinary sounding-bo>ards to the framing, a defect inseparable from the old construction, tho Patent Sounding-board, by its isolation, and by the arrangement of the springs or clamps, retains a much greater and longer vibration, and the tone is not dissipated, but flows on clearly and distinctly, giving to the ordinary Pianoforte much of the clearness and effect of the flageolet and diapason stops of the Organ. It is important to observe, that tho usual arrangement of the Piano is in every other respect followed. There is no change in the method of playing, no difference is observed in fingering, and the pedal movements are identical with the ordinary instrument. Fig. 1 shows a Semi-cottage Pianoforte with tho left-hand side open, which presents a perfect view of the suspension principle. Fig. 2 is a drawing of a Grand Pianoforte upon the same principle, though not shown in this as in Fig. 1. PIANOFORTES MADE AT THE SAME ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE MILLION, Price, in Mahogany, for 6¾ Octaves, 25 Guinea- Rosewood or Zebra, 26 Guineas." Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition 1851, p. 28

"Cadby, C, Patent Iron Truss-braced Pianoforte Manufacturer, suitable for all climates, and which forms a perfect counteraction to the pull of the strings — consequently well calculated for shipping. Manufactory, 33 ½, Liquorpond-street, Gray's-inn-lane." The British Colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources, 1851, p. 4 (archive.org)

Exhibitors list London, 1851 | Exhibitors list Dublin, 1853 | Exhibitors list Paris, 1855 | Exhibitors list London, 1862 | Exhibitors list Dublin, 1865

 

20, Alfred Street, Bedford Square (**1841)(*1843)(*1847), 21, Alfred Street, Bedford Square (x1842), 33 ½, Liquorpond Street, Gray’s-inn-lane (*1850)(y1851)(y1854)(y1857), 33 ½- 37, Liquorpond Street (**1852), 38, Liquorpond Street (**1850)(*1853)(*1855)(*1857), 39, Liquorpond Street (x1862), 3, 33[a], 38, 39, Liquorpond Street, Gray's Inn Road, E.C. (*1862)(***1862)(**1864)(**1870), Liquorpond Street, E.C. (xx1872), 1, 33, 38, & 39, Liverrpool Street Gray's Inn road (*1865), Hammersmith Road, W. (**1882), London
CAHN & CAHN  

SEE ALSO ...

  CAHN & CAHN, in Berlin, Germany

 

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

London

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

Representative for G. SCHWECHTEN, Berlin in London (x1906)(x1912)

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

Nottingham

'Piano-Fabrik' (x1912)

 

44, Great Eastern Street, E.C. (x1906), 8, Mortwell Street, Tottenham Court Road, W.C. (x1912), London

Parliament Street, Corner, 1, Derby Road (x1912), Nottingham

Berlin, Germany

CAHUSAC & Sons  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1794-1803

CAHUSAC & Sons (*1794)

CAHUSAC Thomas (*1803)

 

196, Strand (*1794), 41, Haymarket (*1803), London
CALDECOTT H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1887 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Fahrrad-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)

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

 

Tideswell
CALDERWOOD & FOX  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1914-19

 

Stanley Street, South Lambeth, [Battersea], S.W. (y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London
CALKER G.  

Patent of 1868 :"Aug. 20, 1868. - G. CALKER. Diagram of music in front of keyboard for beginners." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 220

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer and/or inventor ca. 1868

 

 London ?
CALLOW D.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

29, Studley Road, Forest Gate, E. (x1906), London
CALVERT C.  

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

 

132, Clerkenwell Road, E.C.  (*1906)(*1907)(*1910), London
CAMBRIDGE & Co  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1895-97

 

9, Roseve Street, W.C. (*1895)(*1897), London
CAMDEN PIANO Co  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1900

End : 1927

 

 London
CAMPBELL John Haig
| CAMBELL
 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-1912

'Pianofabrik' (xx1890)

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

68, Lupus Street, Pimlico, S.W. (**1882), 6, Castle Street, Oxford Street, W. (**1884)(xx1890), 124, Balham High Road, S.W. (**1896), 4, The Pavement Malden Road, New Malden (**1901), 30, Harfield Crescent S.W., Wimbledon (x1906), 35, Harfield Crescent, Wimbledon, S.W. (x1912), London

 

CAMPBELL P.
| CAMBELL
 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862  

1-2, Walworth Place, Walworth Road, S. (*1862), London

 

CANON Charles George
| CANNON
 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-14

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

162, Gipsy Lane, Forest Gate, E. (x1906)(y1907)(x1912), 108, High Street nortg., East Ham, E. (y1907), London
CAPEROE  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862-1909 [since 1835 (xx1890)]

«From Broadwood's»

CAPEROE Frs. & Co (*1862)

CAPEROE & HASTELOW (untill 1891), see also HASTELOW

CAPEROE [Francis] & Co (**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(*1893)(*1895)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909)

 

 

Show & Ware Rooms : 3, Broughton Place, Hackney Road, N.E. (*1862), Factory : 11,Temple Street, Hackney Road, N.E. (*1862), 473, Hackney Road (*1895), 53, Temple Street, Hackney Road, E. (**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(*1893)(*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1909), 473, Hackney Road (xx1890)(*1893)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909), London

 

CAPITAINE E.  

Patent of 1884 : "April 23, 1884. - E. CAPITAINE. . Wrest - plate mechanism for adjustment of tone." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 236

 
Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer or inventor ca. 1884 London ?
CAPRA A.

Patent of 1884 : "Feb. 4, 1884. - A. CAPRA and G. B. RISSONE. Automatic cylinder pianos." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 236

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884-1910

CAPRA A., RISSONE G. B. & DETOMA (**1884)

CAPRA & Co (xx1890)(*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910)

'Pianofabrik' - 'Drehpianos' (xx1890)

 

30, Warner Street, E.C. (**1884), 20, Warner Street, Farringdon Road (xx1890)(*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), London
CARE W. H.  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1895-1910

 

28, Gransden Avenue, N.E. (*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910), London
CAREY Joseph Henry  

Patent of 1853 : "CAREY, JOSEPH HENRY, of Norwich, pianoforte-action maker. An improved pianoforte action for upright pianofortes." Mechanics' Magazine and Journal of Science, Arts, and Manufactures, Volume 59, 1853, p. 358

 

 

'Pianoforte-action-maker' ca. 1853

 

Norwich
CARLETON PIANO WORKS
| CARLTON
 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1906

CARLETON PIANO WORKS (x1906), 'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer'

CARLTON WORKS (x1912), 'Piano-Handlung' - See L. VANEY (x1912)

 

51a, Hungerford Road, Camden Road, Cattle Market, N. (x1906), London
CARLOSS H. & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

 

133, Dartmouth Park Hill, N. (xx1890), London
CARNE W. H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1850 (x1906) or since 1903 (x1912)]-

'Late H. V. WHITE' (x1906)(x1912), see WHITE H. V.

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

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

 

29a, Clarence Street (x1906)(x1912), Penzance
CARNEGIE & Sons  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1921

'Pianos and instruments' (*1921)

 

334, George Street (*1921), London
CARR Thomas  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1883 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Importeur von Pianos, Orgeln u. Musikinstr.' (x1906)

'Importeur von Pianos, Orgeln, Musikinstr. u. Sprechm.' (x1912)

 

20, Long Wyre Street (x1906)(x1912), Colchester
CARRY Alphonse  

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

Owner : Oswald CARRY (x1912)

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

 

47-48, Northbrooke Street (x1912), Newbury
CARRYER & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Möbel- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

14-17, High Street (x1912), Newcastle-under-Lyme
CARTER C.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-07

 

72 a, Mare Street, Hackney, E. (*1906)(*1907), London
CARTER F.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

9, Whitburn Street (x1912), Bridgenorth
CARTER F. C.  

'Pianoforte-maker' since 18??

 

Handel House Fisherton, Salisbury
CARTER Frederick Thomas  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1846

'Music & musical instrument seller' (y1846)

 

123, Snowhill (y1846), Birmingham
CARTER G. J.  

'Pianoforte-manufacturer' ca. 1854

CARTER & SMITH (***1854)

1854 - "Partnerships dissolved. May 5 [...] Carter, G. J. and Smith, J. and H., pianoforte-manufacturers, Royal George-yard, York-road, King's-cross, as regards Carter." The Law Times, 13/05/1854, p. 74

 

Royal George Yard, York Road, King's Cross (***1854), London
CARTER H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1910

 

32, Tenyson Street, E. (*1910), London
CARTER Isaac  

Square pianoforte ca. 1838-40, Ringve Musikkmuseum, Trondheim, Norway

"New Grand Square Piano-Fortes. - Isaac Carter - MOST respectfully announces that, in consequence of the dissolution of Partnership in the late Firm of MOTT, MOTT, and Co., of Pall Mall, his Majesty's Piano-Forte Makers, (in which Concern he had the especial superintendence of the Manufacturing Department from its commencement,) be now Manufactures on his own account, the SIX OCTAVE GRAND SQUARE AND CABINET PIANO-FORTES, with his newly-invented Openings, in Rosewood and Mahogany, on the newest and most approved principles, at No. 16, OXFORD STREET, near Soho Square; where he invites an inspection of his Stock, which is warranted to be of the very best Workmanship and Dry Materials combining the superiority of Tone, and elegance of exterior, of the Instruments manufactured by the late Firm in Pall-Mall, and now selling on terms unusually moderate for CASH. A Six Octave handsome Mahogany GRAND SQUARE PianoForte, with Circular Ends, newly-invented Front, carved Legs, and highly polished, Thirty-two Guineas." The Harmonicon: A Journal of Music, 06/1825, p. 2

 

'Piano forte-maker' ca. 1825-47

See also MOTT, MOTT & Co

"[...][...] The great advantage in the fixed plate was a more even solid counterpoise to the drawing or tension of the strings and the abolition of their undue length behind the bridge, a reduction which Isaac Carter (Sometime foreman to the pianoforte maker Mott, who attracted much attention by a piano with sostenente effect, produced by a roller and silk attachments in 1817. But a sostenente piano, how ever perfect, is no longer a true piano such as Beethoven and Chopin wrote for.) had tried some years before, but unsuccessfully, to accomplish with a plate of wood. So generally was attention now given to improved methods of resistance that it has not been found possible to determine who first practically introduced those long iron or steel resistance bars which are so familiar a feature in modern grand pianos."
 The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., 1893, p. 76

16, Oxford Street, Soho Square (z1825)(z1828), 14, Duke Street, Manchester Square (**1841), 7, Orchard Street, Portman Square (x1842)(*1843)(*1847), London
CARTER J. D.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1878 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Organist und Piano-Händler' (x1906)

'Organist, nebenbei Piano- u. Orgel-Händler' (x1912)

 

Waveney Road (x1906), Suffolk Road (x1912), Lowestoft
CARTHWRIGHT Edward M.
| CARTWRIGHT
 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-95 [since 1885 (xx1890)]

CARTWRIGHT J. (xx1890), 'Pianohandlung'

CARTHWRIGHT Edward M. (**1891)(*1893)(**1895)

 

25, Gray's Inn Road, W.C. (xx1890)(**1891)(*1893)(**1895), London
CARTMANN C. E. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

Rosslyn Lodge (Crumpsall Lane) (x1906), Manchester
CARVELL Brothers  

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1750 (xx1890)(x1906)]

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

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

 

High Street (xx1890)(x1906), Lewes
CARY Alphonse

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1883-1912

London

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

Representative for F. E. VOGEL, Dresden (x1906)

Newbury

'Pianoforte Warehouse' (y1883)

'Piano-, Harmonium- u. [Musik]instr.-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906) in Newbury

 

87, Oxford Street, W. (xx1890), 196, Lavender Hill, Clapham Junction, W. (x1906), 196-198, Lavender Hill, Clapham Junction, S.W. (y1907)(x1912), 12, Victoria Crescent, South Wimbledon, S.W. (y1907)(x1912), 100, Upper Tooting Road (x1912), London

47-48, Northbrooke Street (y1883)(xx1890)(x1906)(yy1911), Works : Park Street (yy1911), Newbury

CARY Alphonse  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906; (x1906)

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

 

Wimbledon
CARY & Co  

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

 

14, Oxford Circus Avenue, W. (*1906)(*1907), 231, Oxford Circus (*1910), London
CARY Joseph  

Patent of 1853 : "Oct. 6, 1853.-JOSEPH CARY. Single check action with «loop and spring.»" The history of the pianoforte, 1870, p. 78

 
 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1853

 

 London ?
CASELY J. H. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Organist u. Pianohändler' (xx1890)

4, Paynton Street (xx1890), Stratford-on-Avon
CASON William  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1914-15

 

9, Park Street, Islington, N. (*1914)(*1915), London
CASSAGNES G. A.  

Patent of 1876 : "Sept. 23, 1876. - G. A. CASSAGNES. Nickel-plating of strings and metal work." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 226

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer and/or inventor ca. 1876

 

London ?
CASSE J.  

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

CASSE & Co (xx1890), 'Pianohandlung'

 CASSE J. (x1906), 'Piano-Handlung' - 'Auch Stimmer'

 

39, Alma Road, Wandsworth, S.W. (xx1890), 37, Alma Road, Wandsworth (x1906), London
CASSELL & Co  

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

 

Ludgate Hill, E.C. (*1906)(*1907)(*1910), London
CASSINI HARRY  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1916-19

 

74, Church Street, Stoke Newington, N. (*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London
CASSINI Henry Thomas  

1845 - "In the Matter of the Petition of Henry Thomas Cassini, of Kilburn, Edgeware-road, in the county of Middlesex, Piano Forte Maker and Tuner.
NOTICE is hereby given, that Henry John Shepherd, Esq. the Commissioner acting in the matter of this Petition, will proceed to make a Final Order thereon, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, in the city of London, on the 3d day of November next, at eleven in the forenoon precisely, unless cause be then and there shewn to the contrary." The London Gazette, 21/10/1845, p. 3184

 

'Pianoforte-maker and tuner' ca. 1845-1909 [since 1857 (xx1890)]

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

CASSINI Henry Richard (y1907)

Kilburn, Edgeware Road, Middlesex (***1845), Wood Green (**1874), 319, Gosswell Road, E.C.  (**1874)(**1882)(**1884), Finsbury House, Wood Green, N. (xx1890), 323, Goswell Road, Islington, E.C. (*1907)(y1907)(*1909), London
CASTLE A. G. & Co   Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

St. Mary's Street (x1912), Wallingford

 

CASTLE George  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1907 [since 1886 (xx1890)(x1906)]

'Piano- und Orgelbauer, Musikal.-, Piano- u. Instr.-Händler' (xx1890)(x1906)

 

 

7, Mill Street (xx1890)(x1906), Rendell Street (y1907), Loughborough

 

CASTLE J. S.  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1890

 CASTLE J. S. (xx1890), 'Pianofabrik'

CASTLE T. (xx1890), 'Pianohandlung'

 

 

13, Aberdeen Park Road, N. (xx1890), London

 

CATCHPOOL John  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1862

'Pianoforte Warehouse' (y1862)

Succeeded by SAWDAY Henry P. (y1862)

 

93, Milton Road (y1862), Gravesend
CATHIE James & John Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1845 55, Wellington Street (*1845), Leeds
CATHIE John & CATHIE Thomas  

"Cathie, J., Hammer, Rail, and Small-work Maker, and Pianoforte Manufacturer, 51, Acton-st., Gray's-inn-road." The British Colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources, 1851, p. 4 (archive.org)

 

 

'Pianoforte-manufacturer & small work maker' ca. 1851-57

CATHIE & Co (*1846)

1846 - "NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, John Cathie and Thomas Cathie, in the trade or business of Pianoforte Manufacturers, and carried on at No. 1, Charles-street, Long-acre, London, in the county of Middlesex, under the firm of Cathie and Company, was this day dissolved by mutual consent; and in future the business will be carried on by the said John Cathie on his separate account, and who will pay and receive all debts owing from and to the said partnership in the regular course of trade.—Witness our hands this 19th day of March 1846. John Cathie. Thomas Cathie." The London Gazette, 24/03/1846, p. 1096

CATHIE John (y1851)(**1852)(y1854)(y1857)

 

1, Charles Street, Long Acre, Middlesex (*1846), 51, Acton Street, Gray's-inn Road (y1851)(**1852)(y1854)(y1857), London
CATLIN & MOORE Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1878 (xx1890)]

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

36, Hight Street (xx1890), Leicester
CAUDELL J. H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

Successor of HARRISON & Co (x1906)

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

1, Clarendon Square, Chalton Street, Euston Road (x1906), London
CAWOOD Joshua  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

30, Crossgates (x1912), Leeds
CENTRAL MUSIC STORES  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

82, Market Hall (x1912), Huddersfield
CESTALL PIANO & ORGAN Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

221, Tottennham Court Road, W.C. (xx1890), London
CHACE John 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1842 2, Crosby Row, Walworth Road (x1842), London
CHADWICK R. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Händler u. -Stimmer' (x1912)

Oak Bank, Vicarage Lane (x1912), Blackpool
CHAFEE William G. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1874; (*1874) Woburn
CHALLEN Charles  

CHALLEN Charles

Upright pianoforte ca. 1849, Cuthbertson Collection, Glasgow Museums, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.

CHALLEN, DUFF & HODGSON

Upright pianoforte ca. 1862, Powerhouse Museum Collection, Sydney, Australia

LONDON - "3377 Challen, C. & Son, 3, Berners - st. Oxford-st. — Oblique, and cottage pianos." International exhibition, 1862 : Official catalogue of the industrial department, 1862, p. 54

LONDON - "Messrs. Challen and Son (3377) exhibit three uprights, and have a Medal for good action and tone." Reports by the Juries on the subjects in the thirty-six classes into which ..., 1862, p. 148

 LONDON - "Challen, Charles, & son, 3 Berners Street; Oxford Street. - Oblique grand and cottage pianofortes. An oblique Grand Pianoforte, in the luois XVI. style, of walnut, inlaid with box and purple woods, and with ormulu mouldings and enrichments; chased and gilt. Also two Grand Cottage Pianofortes, in fine italian walnut cases, ornamented with simple carvings in the Elizabethan style, and finished internally with patent double actions, which can be regulated to siut a dry or damp climate with the greatest facility. These exhibitors (whose business has been established nearly sixty years) hav not only an English, but a foreign reputation, and are favourably known for the general excellence of their instruments. The examples exhibited will bear the test of comparaison with the workmanship of any other makers." The International Exhibition of 1862, p. 89

ADVERT

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'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862-1915 [since 1804 (xx1890)(x1906)(y1907)(x1912)]

CHALLEN [Charles] & Son (*1862)(x1862), and successors of CHALLEN William (see below)  already in 1862. Read more in Pianos and their makers, Alfred Dolge, 1911, p. 247 (archive.org)

CHALLEN, DUFF & HODGSON (1862)(***1864)(*1872), see also DUFF

CHALLEN & HODGSON (xx1872), see also HODGSON and here below

'Pianoforte manufacturers' (xx1872)

CHALLEN & Son (**1878)(**1882)(**1884)(**1885)(xx1890)(**1891)(*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1906)(x1906)(*1907)(y1907)(*1909)(*1910)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915)

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

CHALLEN'S PIANOS Ltd. (x1912)(*1914)(*1915)

They have made 26.260 pianos in 1900.
In 1981 : 104893 pianos (¹)


(Continuation)

PARIS - "Challen & Son ; Fabricants de pianos ; 20, Oxford Street, London; Fabrique, 36, Cardington Street, Euston Square, London. Un piano dit "Cottage Grand Piano," style anglais ancien. Un piano du même genre, meuble en bois de noyer. Un pianino." Catalogue officiel de la section anglaise, 1878, p. 66 (archive.org)

PARIS - "Challen and Son ; Pianoforte Makers ; 20, Oxford Street, London. Works, 36, Cardington Street, Euston Square, London.
One Cottage Grand Piano, style, early English.
One Cottage Piano in walnut case.
One Boudoir Piano in walnut case.
One Pianette, an example of good touch and tone in a small piano." Official Catalogue of the British Section, Paris Exhibirion, 1878, p. 63

MELBOURNE - "COTTAGE PIANOS. [...] CHALLEN AND Son, London. - In these pianos cheapness has been combined with a good quality of tone, and a light, agreeable touch. The double overstrung model is built on the new principle, with a cast-iron frame. The action is well made, and the cases, constructed carefully so as to resist the changes in a variable climate like that of Australia, are not without elegance. First award." Official Record: Containing Introduction, History of Exhibition, Description ..., 1882, p. 49

LONDON - "CHALLEN & SON. — Pianos ; Upright Grand in Chippendale case ; Iron Grand ; Cross String Bass ; Colonial Model Solid Cases ; Iron Boudoir for extreme climates; Iron Cottage ; Pianette." The Musical Standard: A Newspaper for Musicians, Professional and Amateur, 08/08/1885, p. 82

LONDON - "Messrs. CHALLEN & Son, Oxford-street, show, at 3,575, a boudoir cottage case, in mahogany, with marquetry ornament, and satin panels. The design is of rather severe character, and the workmanship is creditable. The same firm exhibit an American walnut case in the Italian Renaissance style, with carved panels and fluted legs. The top is made to open in two portions. Also an upright-grand case in mahogany, after the style of Chippendale. The case is ornamented with marquetry work and with satin in the panels; the legs are panelled. Another case shows walnutwood remarkably well matched throughout, and in a third, a good effect is obtained in brass panels engraved with designs representing birds and foliage, the background being silvered." The Furniture Gazette, 01/07/1885, p. 310

Exhibitors list London, 1862 | Exhibitors list London, 1872 | Exhibitors list Paris, 1878 | Exhibitors list London, 1885

3, Berners Street, Oxford Street, W. (*1862)(x1862), 20, Oxford Street (*1870)(xx1872)(**1878), Factory : 36, Cardington Street, [Hampstead Road], Euston Square (**1878)(**1884), Steam factory : 60, Arlington Road, N.W. (xx1890)(*1891)(**1895)(x1906)(*1914), 51, Hanway Street, W. (**1884)(**1891)(**1895)(x1906), 46, Oxford Street, W. (**1882)(**1884)(**1885)(xx1890)(**1891)(**1895)(*1906)(x1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910), 42, Oxford Street, W. (*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903), 46, Oxford Street, W. (y1907), 51, Hanway Street, W. (y1907), Steam factory : 60, Arlington Road, Camden Town, N.W. (y1907)(x1912)(y1914), Hanover Street, W. (x1912),  3, Hanover Court, Hanover Street, W. (x1912)(*1914)(*1915), 32-44, Archer Street, Camden Town, N.W. (*1915), London

 

CHALLEN Frank  

'Pianoforte-maker' since 1862

End : 1920

 

 London
CHALLEN & HODGSON

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862-78

CHALLEN, DUFF & HODGSON (1862)(*1872), see also DUFF

CHALLEN & HODGSON (xx1872), see also HODGSON

CHALLEN & Son (**1878)

 

20, Oxford Street, W. (*1870)(xx1872), London
CHALLEN William

(1793 - post 1861)

 

1843 - "Bankrupts - HALE Robert, of Hawley-square, Margate, in the county of Kent, bookseller and stationer, d.c. — Official assignee, Green.— Sol. Berry, Trafalgar-square. Fiat. Nov. 16. Pet. Crs. Charles Hollis and William Challen, of Great Titchfield-street, piano-forte manufacturers." Comprising Reports of Cases in the Courts of Chancery ..., Volume 20, 1843, p. 65

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1837-62

Successor of Thomas BUTCHER in 1830 (¹)

CHALLEN & WATLIN (***1837), see also Alexander Ramsey WATLIN

CHALLEN & HOLLIS (**1841)(x1842)(*1843)(*1847)(**1852), see also HOLLIS Charles

CHALLEN William & Co (**1852)

In 1862, succeeded by his son C. CHALLEN. And later, in 1873, he took his son, C.H. CHALLEN as partner. (¹) - See here above.

Great Titchfield Street, Middlesex (***1837), 41, Great Tichfield Street (**1841)(x1842)(*1843)(**1852), London
CHALLENGER G. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1867

1867 - "Friday, January 23. Bankrupts. [...] G. CHALLENGER, Charrington-street, pianoforte manufacturer." The Illustrated London News, 02/02/1867, p. 114

Charrington Street (xx1867), London
CHALLENGER Frederick Charles  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1916-19

 

22, Corrance Road, Brixton, S.W. (*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London
CHALLENGER George & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907

 

58, Long Millgate (y1907), Manchester
CHALLENGER George & Co  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-1910

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

 

 

George Street, Langham Street, W. (**1882), 136-138, Hampstead Road, N.W. (**1891)(**1895), 138, Hampstead Road, N.W. (xx1890)(*1893)(*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(x1906)(*1907)(y1907), 138, Charlotte Street (*1910), London

 

CHALLENGER James  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1825

Bankrupt in 22 march 1825, The Bankrupt Directory: Being a Complete Register of All the Bankrupts, with ..., 1843, p. 77 and The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, 1825, p. 637

 

Margaret Street, Cavendish Square (*1825), Coventry
CHALLENGER Joseph Henry  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862-65

1865 - "WHEREAS a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy was presented on the 28th day of January, 1862, by Joseph Henry Challenger, formerly of No. 1, Melbourne-square, Brixton, in the county of Surrey, now of No. 20, Upper Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square, in the county of Middlesex, Journeyman Pianoforte Manufacturer, and the said Joseph Henry Challenger was adjudicated a bankrupt thereunder. Notice is hereby given, that by an Order of the Court of Bankruptcy, dated the 2nd day of June, 1865, the said bankruptcy is annulled, and the Petition dismissed."  The London Gazette, 06/06/1865, p. 2943

 

1, Melbourne Square, Brixton (1862), Surrey

20, Upper Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, in the county of Middlesex (xx1865), London

CHALLENGER Thomas  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862

 

4, Cleveland Street, W. (*1862), London
CHALLENGER William  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862

 

10, Upper Charlton Street, W. (*1862), London
CHALLINOR Edward  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1872 (x1906)]

SMITHIES & CHALLINOR (x1906), 'Piano-, Sprechmaschinen- u. Fahrräder-Import u. Handlung'

 

102, Bradshawgate (x1906), Bolton
CHALMER Brothers Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1906

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

44, Kensington (x1906), Liverpool
CHALMERS Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 19?? London
CHALMERS James
| CHALMER ?
Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907 63, Great George Street (y1907), Liverpool
CHALMERS James Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

11, Castle Street (x1906), Carlisle
CHALMERS & ORMISTON Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 19??

See also ORMISTON, Scotland

London
CHALTON PIANO Co Ltd. (THE)  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1916-19

See THE CHALTON PIANO Co Ltd.

 

London
CHAMBERLAIN C.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

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

 

3, Montague Street (xx1890), Worthing
CHAMBERLAIN G. B. & Sons  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1859 (xx1890) or since 1856 (x1906) or since 1860 (x1912)]

'Piano-, Orgel- u. Instrumenten-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)

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

 

68, Standishgate (xx1890), 56, Standishgate (x1906), 56-58, Standishgate (x1912), Wigan
CHAMBERS & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 -12

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

19, Infirmary Square (x1906)(x1912), Leicester
CHANDLER George 'Piano forte maker' ca. 1847 27, Tavistock Place (*1847), London
CHANDLER W. & Sons  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1882 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

CHANDLER W. (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)

'Uhrmacher u. Musikinstr.-Händler' (x1906)

 'Uhrmacher, führt auch Musikinstr.' (x1912)

 

1, Cross Street (xx1890), 78, Fore Street (x1906)(x1912), Tower House (x1912), Redruth
CHANOT Frederick W.  

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

 

5, Soho Street, W. (*1906)(*1907)(*1910), London
CHANTRAY T.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Musiklehrer u. Pianohändler' (xx1890)

 

8, Tontine Street (xx1890), Hanley
CHAPLIN H. & Son  

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

 

Leicester
CHAPLIN H.  

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

'Musikal-, Piano- u. Kurzwaren-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

101-107, London Road (x1906)(x1912), Lowestoft
CHAPMAN & CHAPMAN  

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1900-21

'Chapman'sMusic stores' -'Pianos, Instruments' (*1921)

 

694, George Street (*1921), London
CHAPMAN John  

Pianoforte-maker and/or dealer ca. 1880

 

Buxton road (**1880), Huddersfield
CHAPPELL & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1862 (xx1890)]

'Musikinstr.-Handlung' (xx1890)

3, Courtenay Street (xx1890), Newton Abbot
CHAPPELL & Co

 

 

Pianoforte in an advertisement of 1872

 

 

Chappell's Oblique Pianoforte, Pub in The Illustrated sporting & dramatic news, Volume 2, 1875, p. 296

 

 

Chappell's Oblique Grand pianoforte, in an advertisement of 1876

 

 

Chappell's Iron Grand Pianoforte, in an advertisement of 1876

 

 

Chappell's Double Overstrung Oblique, in an advertisement of 1883

 

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

 

Square glass pianoforte ca. 1815, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte ca. 1815, Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte ca. 1815, Edward Knoblock Collection, London, England, U.K.
Square glass pianoforte ca. 1815, Hamamatsu Corporation, Hamamatsu, Japan
Grand pianoforte ca. 1915-16, MAAS Collection, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, Australia

BRAND

ELYSIAN

"CHAPPELL’S PIANO-FORTE WAREHOUSE, 50, NEW BOND STREET. A very large Stock of Grand, Semi-grand, Cottage. Piccolo. and Square Pianofortes, by Broadwood, Collard, Erard, Wornum, &c. for Sale or Hire. New Instruments by any of the best makers can be hired with the option of purchase at the end of three or six months, without charge for the hire. 01d instruments taken in exchange. ALSO for sale or hire, Harps by Erard - Guitars by the best makers — Concertinas by Wheatstone and Scales, and every other Musical Instrument." I Lombardi. The Lombards: a lyrical drama, in four acts ..., 1846, p. 69

"Pianofortes on hire, at CHAPPELL'S - 50, New Bond Strret. - Every variety of Grand, Cottage, and Square Pianofortes. by Erard, Broadwood, Collard, Wornum, Octamann, &c, and of HARPS by Erard, for sale or hire. Any one hiring a pianoforte for not less than one year, can (if desired) choose a perfectly new instrument from the factories of any of the best makers - 50. New Bond Street." The Illustrated London News, 02/03/1850, p. 151

"To purchase of Pianofortes. - Chappell & co. have a large stock of Second-hand pianofortes for sale, by Broadwood, Collard, Erard, &c, &c, at very reduced prices. Also, new instruments of every description. Chapell & Co, 49 & 50, New Bond Street, London." The Musical Times, Volume 9, 01/09/1860, p. 340

"CHAPPELL & CO.'S
PIANOFORTES AND HARMONIUMS.

CHAPPELL and CO.'S NEW ROOMS contain Piano-fortes by every celebrated maker, and form a collection unequalled by that of any other Establishment.
The Instruments are classified In the following 1 manner :
Room No. 1. — Pianofortes of every description, from Ten to Thirty-fire guineas.
Room No. 2. — Pianofortes from Thirty-five to Sixty guineas.
Room No. 3. — Pianofortes from Sixty to One Hundred guineas and upwards; also Harmoniums of the best kinds.
Room No. 4. — Harmoniums of every description, from Six to Sixty guineas and upward's.
Rooms Nos. 6, 6, 7, and 8 are appropriated to Pianofortes and Harmoniums for Hire.
Purchasers have thus the opportunity of hearing, side by side, Pianofortes by every recognised maker, and of forming a far more correct judgment of their various merits than can possibly be obtained by visiting the different factories, the acconstic properties of which necessarily differ greatly, and frequently deceive the ear even of the moat skilful.
The superiority of tone of Alexandre's Harmoniums is too well established to need any comment; but, besides the Prize Medal, the Jury award was accorded to thern for "novelty of construction of Harmoniums, cheapness, combined with excellence of manufacture and fine quality of tone."
An immense assortment may lie seen suitable to the Schoolroom, Church, or Drawing-room, ranging in price from Five to One Hundred Guineas.
Any instrument may be exchanged within six months of the date of purchases it fail to give entire satisfaction.
A perfectly new Pianoforte or Harmonium may be hired, If taken for twelve m certain.
CHAPPELL'S ORIENTAL Model PIANOFORTES.
- No. 1. Size, 3in. by 2ft. lin.; height, 3ft. 10in. Compass, 6 seven-eights oct C to A. - Neat case, with square fail. Price 35 guineas.
- No. 2. Size, 4ft, 4in. by 2ft. 3in.; height 4ft. Compass, 6 seven-eights Oct. C to A. Handsome case. Price 45 guineas net cash. The above Instruments arc tlioronghly secured, and are constructed of solid niahngany. They are of such excellent manufacture throughout, that they are confidently recommended as being admirably adapted for INDIA and for tiie EASTERN EMPIRE generally.
The price includes (¹) packing-cases of tin and wood; (²) A suitable tuning hammer or key; (³) a tuning-fork; (⁴) some additional strings; (⁵) a Book on Tuning and Preserving the Instrument; (⁶) and the carriage to the Docks.
CHAPPELL & CO., 50 New Bond Street." The Musical World, february 1863, p. 112

INFO EXTRA

The Chappell Page on Piano-Tuners.org

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1814-1915 [since 1810 or since 1811 (¹) or since 1812 (x1906)(x1912)]

Piano production untill 1960.

Successor of LONGMAN and COLLARD (on this page, below) (¹)

CHAPPELL Samuel & Co (*1814)(**1822)(*1823)

CHAPPEL Samuel & LATOUR Francis Tatton (*1820) untill 1826, pianoforte makers and publishers, see also LATOUR, British music publishers, printers and engravers, Frank Kidson, 1900, p. 25

1826 - "S. CHAPPELL respectfully announces to the Musical Public, that in consequence of a dissolution of Partnership, he is removed from No. 50. to No. 135, NEW BOND STREET, and that he has no further interest in the Business carried on at No. 50." The Harmonicon, 07/1826, p. 41

CHAPPELL, LONGMANN & BATES (?)

CHAPELL & Co (*1862)(*1865)(**1884)(xx1890)(*1897)(*1899)(x1906)(*1907)(x1912)

In 1900 they made their 36.100th pianoforte

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

Representative for CHICKERING, CLOUGH & WARREN and COURTOIS Paris (x1906)

CHAPELL & Co Ltd. (y1907)(x1912)(y1914)(*1915)

 1980 - 94.650 pianos (¹)

Absorbed by KEMBLE ca. 1980

LONDON - "3379 Chappell & Co. 50, New Bond-st.— Pianos and harmoniums, with and without pedals." International exhibition, 1862 : Official catalogue of the industrial department, 1862, p. 54

LONDON - "Messrs. Chappell exhibited a Cottage Piano, with pedals useful for organ practice; and to the same instrument was attached a mechanism of ingenious construction to play octaves when single notes are struck, or to double the octaves when octaves are played." The International exhibition. The industry, science, & art of the age, 1862, p. 150

LONDON - "Messrs. CHAPPELL (3379) exhibit a cottage pianoforte, with a pedal-board of two and a half octaves attached. which, having separate strings and action, sounds sixteen and eight feet notes independently of the pianofortc wires. By means of couplers the two notes of the pedal clavier can be played either together or separately, and the pedals can be coupled upon the keys. There is also an octave coupler for the manual, by which each note can be made to sound also its octave above. The mechanical arrangements in this instrument are ingenious and eflective. They also exhibit a student's pianoforte of forumtaves, constructed at the suggestion of Mr. John Hullah. It is very portable, and the price is to students only eight guineas—the cheapest pianoforte made." Reports by the Juries on the subjects in the thirty-six classes into which ..., 1862, p. 148

DUBLIN - "301 Chappel & Co. 50 New Bond St. London, W.—Pianofortes and harmoniums." The illustrated record and descriptive catalogue of the Dublin international exhibition, 1865, p. 239

LONDON - "13. Messrs. Chappell's students' pianoforte, with a compass of five octaves and a check action, at the price of 15 guineas, is a very useful and low-priced instrument. It seems to have good lasting qualities, whilst the workmanship throughout, though not refined, is good. Their upright pianos for warm climates are well constructed for wear, and have a pleasant tone — some metallic perhaps, and a well-regulated touch." Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, 1872, p. 890-891

LONDON - "Messrs. CHAPPELL & Co., New Bond-street, exhibit, at 3 630, a "yacht pianino," in white wood, with folding keyboard to let down and fix with spring ; also another case in white wood, of good form, with elegant brass-hinges to the fall." The Furniture Gazette, 01/07/1885, p. 310

LONDON - "CHAPPELL & CO. - Pianofortes ; Specialties for schools, yachts, ocean steamers, and extreme climates." The Musical Standard: A Newspaper for Musicians, Professional and Amateur, 22/08/1885, p. 121

LONDON - "Messrs. Chappell exhibit a cottage piano, with pedals useful for organ practice; and to the same instrument is attached a mechanism of ingenious construction to play octaves when single notes are struck, or to double the octaves when octaves are played; a cottage piano in japanned or enamelled case of a very pretty, light appearance; and a student's piano, at the low price of ten guineas: it has just sufficient music, as well as all Bach's fugues. We think the cheapening of the notes for accompaniment of the voice, and to play a good deal of sacred pianoforte for useful purposes of study and instruction most desirable; and therefore this movement of Messrs. Chappell is in the right direction, and has our best wishes for its success." The Illustrated London News, 14/06/1862, p. 616

ADVERT

The Athenaeum: A Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music, and ..., 1873, p. 520

Advert for Chappell upright piano (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

Advert for Chappell, Margaret Cooper on a Grand Piano Chappell (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

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

Advert for Chappell pianos 1901 (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

Advert for Chappell & Co pianos, «The Law Times» 12/11/1904 (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

Advert for Chappell pianos, «The Law Times» periodical, 13/05/1905 (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

Advert for Chappell pianos 1909 (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

Advert for Chappell & Co pianos, «The Connoisseur Coloured Supplement», Christmas 1920 (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

Advert for Chappell & Co. Pianotron (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

Advert for Chappell pianos 1932 (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

Exhibitors list London, 1862 | Exhibitors list Dublin, 1865 | Exhibitors list London 1872 | Exhibitors list London, 1885

 

MAIN FIRM : 124, New Bond Street (*1814), 50, [New] Bond Street (*1820)(**1822)(*1823), 135, Bond Street (**1826), Bond Street (**1839), Show rooms : [49 &] 50, New Bond Street, W. (**1846)(*1860)(*1862)(x1862)(*1863)(*1865)(*1873)(*1875)(**1885)(*1903)(y1907), 13, George Street, Hanover Square, W. (*1862), 18, Phoenix Street, Soho, W.C. (*1862), 49-50-51, New Bond Street, Belmont Street, Chalk Farm Road, N.W. (**1884), 15, Poultrie, E.C. (**1884), 49-[50-51]-52, New Bond Street, W. (xx1890)(**1891)(**1895), [Steam-]Pianoforte factory : [2], Belmont Street, Chalk Farm Road, N.W. (xx1890)(**1891)(**1895)(x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(*1914)(*1915), Factory : 10, Belmont Street (x1912), 49, New Bond Street (*1893)(*1895)(*1897), Show rooms : 50, New Bond Street, W. (*1899)(*1906)(x1906)(*1907)(*1910)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), Factory : Pratt Street, Chalk Farm Road, N.W. (x1912), 49-50, New Bond Street, W. (x1912), 19, Ferdinand Street, Chalk Farm, N.W. (*1914)(y1914)(*1915), London

BRANCH : Melbourne, Australia (x1906)(x1912)

CHARD Ebenizer  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862-1907 [since 1848 (xx1890)(x1906)]

CHARD E. & Son (xx1890)(x1906)

 'Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)

 

7, Rufford's Row, Islington, N. (*1862), Upper Street, Islington, N. (**1870), High Road, Lower Tottenham (xx1890), 822, High Road, Lower Tottenham, N. (x1906),  London
CHARD E. & Son Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907 31, Fore Street (y1907), Hertford
CHARLES A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

11, Dunster Gardens, Broudesbury, N.W.(x1906), London
CHARLTON J. H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1898 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

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

 

 

56, Main Street, Sparkbrook (x1906)(x1912), Birmingham

 

CHARTERIS & CHARTERIS  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Handlung mit Musikal., Pianos u. kl. Musikinstr.' (x1912)

 

High Street (x1912), Hythe
CHASE A. B.   Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

Kendall Avenue (x1912), Epping
CHASE George S. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1874 bd. A. O. Chase (*1874), Woburn
CHATER J. W.   Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1879

'Music & Musical Instrument seller' (y1879)

89, Clayton Street (y1879), Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland
CHATER W. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1875 20, Hertford Street (*1875), Coventry
CHATTEN Edith Ellen   Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Musiklehrerin, Handlet auch mit Pianos, Orgeln u. Musikinstr.' (x1912)

5, Market Row (x1912), Great Yarmouth
CHATWIN H.  

Patent of 1874 : "Feb. 9, 1874. - H. CHATWIN. Mother-of-pearl in lieu of ivory." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 224

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer and/or inventor ca. 1874 London ?
CHAYTOR John   Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1870 (xx1890)(x1906)]

'Organist u. Piano-Hdlr.' (xx1890)(x1906)

 

Stanley R. S. O. (Durham)

 

CHEEK F. J.   Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Musikdirektor, Musikal.- u. Piano-Hdlr.' (xx1890)

 

6, Hammet Street (xx1890), Taunton

 

CHEESE G. J.  

Patent of 1786 : "March 11, 1786.— G. J. Cheese. Grand Harmonica, with the strings stretched by weights, and struck by hammers. Strips of glass ranged in a frame produce sounds also, by means of balls set on wires, or by coming in contact with wheels rapidly revolved by a treadle." The History of the Pianoforte, Edgar Brinsmead, 1879, p. 194 (archive.org)

 

 

'Musical Instrument Maker' ? ca. 1786

 

London
CHEPSTOW 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1923  London 
CHERRY Henry John  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884-1915 [since 1880 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

CHERRY Mrs. Ada Esther Mary (*1914)(*1915)

 

 229, Southwark Park Road, S.E. (**1884)(xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(*1914)(*1915), London
CHESHIRE Walter 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1900  29, Mulgrave Street, Cawdor Street (xx1900), Birkenhead
CHESTER J. & W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

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

 

1, Palace Place (xxx1890), Brighton
CHESTERMANN Charles 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1841-62 114, Crawford Street, Portmann Square, W. (**1841)(x1842)(*1843)(*1847)(**1852)(*1862), London 
CHEW Charles Frederick  

Patent of 1869 : "May 26, 1869. - C. F. Chew. Transposing double keyboard and metal bars in wooden bracings." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 221 

Patent of 1871 : "A.D. 1871, June 1. — No. 1455. CHEW, Charles Frederick, of Haverstock Hill, in the county of Middlesex. - Improvements in piano-fortes. The features of novelty of this invention consist, First, in making the pins of pianofortes conical, and fitting such part in conical holes; also in making the lower part square or other shape to receive a washer and screw nut to ensure the nut turning round with the pin. Secondly, in the use of adjustable tension straps applied to the back of the pianoforte. Thirdly, applying straps of wood or other material or wire to the bridges of pianofortes to prevent them from " heeling over." Fourthly, making the top of a pianoforte hollow as a box for the purpose of reflecting the sound." Chronological and Descriptive Index of Patents Applied for and Patents, 1871, p. 328-329 - or - "June 1, 1871. - C. F. Chew. (1) Conical pins. (2) Adjustable tension straps. (3) Straps for strengthening bridges. (4) Hollow resonator." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 222

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer and/or inventor  ca. 1869-71 Haverstock Hill, Middlesex (**1871), London 
CHIAPPA Giuseppe & Son  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1890-1912

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer'  - 'Drehpianos' - 'Mech. Pianos' (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)

CHIAPPA & Sons Ltd. (x1912)

 

6, Little Bath Street, Farringdon Road, E.C. (xx1890)(x1906)(*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910)(x1912), London
CHIDLEY Sidney  

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

Twickenham, Middlesex, London

Representative for SPENCER pianos (x1906)

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

& 'Auch Nähmaschinen' (x1912) - 'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)

 

24, Uxbridge Road (x1906), 10, Kingsway, Twickenham (x1912), Middlesex, London

Shepherds Bush (x1912)

CHILD Daniel  

1827 - "Insolvent Debtors [...] And on the 10th day of August 1827, by DANIEL CHILD, of Beauvoir-Place, Kingsland-Road, in the County of Middlesex, Piano-Forte-Maker, and of BullYard, Fann-Street, Goswell-Street, in the County of Middiesex, Box and Packing-Case-Maker, Dealer and Chapman, that he is in insolvent circumstances and is unable to meet his engagements with his creditors." The London Gazette, 1827, p. 227+229+502

1845 - "WHEREAS a Petition of Daniel Child, of No. 10, Chester-place, Old Kent-road, in the county of Surrey, Piano Forte Maker, an insolvent debtor, having been filed in the Court of Bankruptcy, and the interim order for protection from process having been given to the said Daniel Child, under the provisions of the Statutes in that case made and provided, the said Daniel Child is hereb required to appear in Court before Robert George Cecil Fane, Esq. the Commissioner acting in the matter of the said Petition, on the 4th of September next, at half past eleven in the forenoon precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy, in Basinghall-street, in the city of London, for his first examination touching his debts, estate, and effects, and to be further dealt with according to the provisions of the said Statutes; and the choice of the creditors' assignees is to take place at the time so appointed. All persons indebted to the said Daniel Child, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to Mr. T. M. Alsager, of No. 12, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, the Official Assignee, nominated in that behalf by the Commissioner acting in the matter of the said Petition." The London Gazette, 15/08/1845, p. 2491

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1827-62

CHILD & BULL (?)(1827)

Bankrupt on 17 August 1827, The Bankrupt Directory: Being a Complete Register of All the Bankrupts, with ..., George Elwick, 1843, p. 81

 Again Bankrupt in 1845, see article on the left

Beauvoir Place, Kingsland Road (**1827), 10, Chester Place, Old Kent Road, Surrey (x1842)(*1843)(**1845)(*1847), 12, Albert Terrace, Old Kent Road, S.E. (*1862), London 
CHILD Daniel 'Piano forte maker' ca. 1847 33, High Street, Notting Hill (*1847), London
CHILD Edmund 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1890-1915

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

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

 

53, St. Peter's Road, E. (xx1890)(**1895), 26, Islington Green, N. (**1895), 14, Mily End Road, E. (*1907)(*1909), 114, Mile End Road, E. (x1906)(x1912)(*1914)(*1915), 41, Church Street, West Ham, E. (x1912), Factory : 373, High Street, Stratford, E. (x1906)(x1912), London

 

CHILD Maurice  

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1921 [since 1881 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

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

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

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

'Pianos, organs, instruments' (*1921)

 

17, Midland Road (xx1890), Sheep Street (x1906)(x1912), 33, Midland Road (*1921), Wellingborough
CHILD Robert 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884 673, Old Kent Road, S.E.  (**1884), London
 

CHILVERS William & CHILVERS James

(1832 - 1895)

Image of pianoforte in an advertisement from around 1879-80, CHILVERS & NEPHEWS

 

 

  "Chilvers William & James, Bedford street, Norwich. Debain's harmoniums, organophones, pianos, pianos mecaniques ice. for exportation. Description price lists & drawings through the principal dealers, or direct from Debain & Co. 367 Oxford street, London w." The Post Office Directory of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk, 1875, p. 662

INFO EXTRA

William Chilvers on chilversnet.co.uk
or
chilversfamilyhistory.co.uk

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1865-1912 [since 1855 or since 1868 (xx1890)(x1906)]

CHILVERS James (**1865), 'Pianoforte-tuner'

CHILVERS William & James (***1875)

CHILVERS & NEPHEWS (**1879)

CHILVERS W. J. & Co (y1883)(xx1890)

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

CHILVERS & Co (x1906)(x1912)

 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

Pitt Street (**1865), Bedford Street (***1875)(**1879), 10, St. Stephens Street (xx1890), 6, St. Stephen's Street [or Road] (y1883)(x1906), 60, St. Stephen's Road (x1912), Norwich, Norfolk
CHIPCHASE G.  

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

'Lehrer, Piano- und Harmonium-Handlung' (x1906)

'Lehrer, Piano- und Orgel-Händler' (x1912)

 

10, Cheapside, Tudhoe Grange (x1906), 40, High Street (x1912), Spennymoor
CHIPMAN D. R. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1874 h. Railroad (*1874), Woburn
CHISMAN W. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

 

404, York Road, Camden Road, N. (xx1890), London

 

CHISSHOLME

"CHISSHOLME and Sons, Pianoforte Manufacturers (from Messrs. Broadwood's) 61, Berners street, Oxford-street, W.
Studio Pianos in solid walnut, mahogany, or ash cases, from 20 guineas. Pianofortes on hire from 20s. per month." The Illustrated London News, 19/12/1863, p. 619 - and - The Illustrated London News, 02/01/1864, p. 14

 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1863-72

CHISSHOLME & Sons (x1864)

CHISSHOLME Brothers (*1871)

1871 - "The Bankruptcy Act, 1869. In the London Bankruptcy Court. In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by James Chissholme and David William Chissholme, of 61, Berners-street, in the county of Middlesex, Pianoforte Manufacturers, and Henry Thomas Chissholme, late of the same place, Pianoforte Manufacturer, but now a Private Soldier in Her Majesty's 12th Lancers.
Notice hereby given, that a First General Meeting of the creditors of the above named persons has been summoned to be held at the offices of Mr. Frederick Lucas, No. 26, Maddox-street, in the county of Middlesex, on the 12th day of September, 1871, at two o'clock in the afternoon precisely. - Dated this 28th day of August, 1871. KENRICK PECK, Attorney for the said James Chissholme, David William Chissholme, and Henry Thomas Chissholme.
The Bankruptcy Act, 1869, In the London Bankruptcy Court. In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by
James Chissholme and David William Chissholme, of 61, Berners-streat, in the county of Middlesex, Pianoforte Manufacturers, and Henry Thomas Chissholme, late of the same place, Pianoforte Manufacturer, but now a Private Soldier in Her Majesty's 12th Lancers.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a First General Meeting of the creditors of the above-named James Chissholme has been summoned to be held at the offices of Mr. Frederick Lucas, No. 26, Maddox-street, in the county of Middlesex, on the 12th day of September, 1871, at three o'clock in the afternoon precisely. - Dated this 28th day of August, 1871. KENRICK PECK, Attorney for the said James Chissholme. [...][...]" The London Gazette, 01/09/1871, p. 3854

CHISSHOLME D. & Sons (xx1872), 'Pianoforte Manufacturers'

 

 61, Berners Street, in the county of Middlesex (x1863)(x1864)(*1871)(xx1872), London
CHISSHOLME Daniel  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862

 

9, Maddox Street, W. (*1862), London
CHISSHOLME James  

'Piano forte maker' ca. 1837-47

 

15, Great Pulteney Street (x1837)(**1841)(*1843)(*1847), London
CHRISTMAS Charles  

'Music-seller' ca. 1818

 

36, Pall Mall, St. James (*1818), London
CHUDLEIGH Brothers  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1909

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

 

104, Strand, W.C. (xx1890), 24, Haymarket, S.W. (*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909) London
CHUDLEIGH & Co  'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1906

'Late PHILIPS' (x1906)

'Pianobauer' (x1906)

10, Market Jew Street (x1906), Penzance
CHUDLEIGH & Co  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1895-1910

Managers : SCHUPPISSER Charles Erard & SCHUPPISSER Francis Louis

Bankrupt in 8 may 1903, The London Gazette, 24/04/1903, p. 2670 (TheGazette.co.uk)

 

215, Regent Street, W. (**1895), 15, Little Camden Street (**1903)(*1907)(*1910), London
CHUDLEIGH Henry 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862

See also FRICKER & CHUDLEIGH

52, Broadwall, Blackfriars, S. (*1862), London
CHURCH Cephas 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1874

GUILD, CHURCH & Co (*1874)

h. Mt. Vernon (*1874), Woburn
CHURCH & HEY  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

70, Every Street (x1912), Nelson
CHURCH Jabez  

Patent of 1861 : "1606. Jabez Church, of Upper Kennington-lane, for an improved stand or rest for piano-fortes or other musical instruments." Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, 1861, p. 126

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1861

 

Upper Kennington Lane (**1861), London
CHURCH John & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

45, Wigmore Street W. (x1912) London
CHURCHILL James  

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or piano dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1863 (xx1890)(x1906)]

'Organist, Piano-Händler u. -Stimmer' (xx1890)(x1906)

High Street (xx1890), 55, High Street (x1906), Dorking
CHURCHILL Samuel  

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1893-1912 [since 1873 (x1906)]

CHURCHIL & Son (x1906), 'Piano-Handlung'

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

 

40, Park Street (*1893)(*1897)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910)(x1912), 66, Park Street (x1906), Bristol
CHURGHILL  

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1900

 

London
 

CIFTON W. H.

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

291-293, Shalesmoor (x1906), Sheffield
CIVIL SERVICE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT ASSOCIATION  

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

Director :  G. RUSSELL NASH (x1906)(x1912)

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

'Piano-Fabrik' & 'Piano-Handlung. Auch Handlung mit Musikinstr. aller Art u. Sprechm.' (x1912)

 

236, High Holborn, W.C. (x1906)(x1912), London
CIVIL SERVICE STORES  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

136, Queen Street, E.C. (x1912), London
CLABBON W. C.
| CLABBORN
 

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

CLABBORN (xx1890), 'Musikal.-, Piano- und Orgelhandlung'

CLABBON W. C. (x1906)(x1912)

 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung. Musikschule' (x1906)

'Inhaber einer Musikschule, zugleich Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Händler' (x1912)

 

New Barras (xx1890), Brunswick Place (x1906), 9, Brunswick Place (x1912), Newcastle-on-Tyne
CLAGGETT Charles

 

Patent of 1788 : "Aug. 15, 1788. — C. Clagget. (¹) Piano called Teliochordon. Besides the ordinary ones, two other bridges are placed nearer to the hammers, but in a just proportion, according to the musical division of the string. Metal bars press down the strings by means of pedals, causing the original bridges to lose their power, thereby producing a more acute sound as the string is shortened by the secondary bridges and metal bars. (²) The keys are covered with glass or enamel, in place of ivory. (³) Another instrument has tuning-forks or single rods of metal, instead of strings, set in vibration by means of finger-keys and action." The History of the Pianoforte, Edgar Brinsmead, 1879, p. 195-196 (archive.org)

 

 

'Musical Instrument Maker' ca. 1788-93

1793 - Bankrupt in 30 march 1793, The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure ..., Volume 92, 1793, p. 316

 

Greek Street, Soho (*1793), London
CLAPHAM G. W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1900 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

 

Lohengrin House, Ilford Lane (x1906)(x1912), Ilford
CLARABELL  

BRAND

English pianoforte-brand ca. ?

 

London
CLARE T.  

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

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

CLARE T. & F. P. (x1912), 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung'

 

30, Pillory Street (x1906)(x1912), Nantwich

Whitchurch (x1912)

CLAREMONT PIANO Co  'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1901

See also MURDOCH, MURDOCH & Co

1, Bendon Valley, Garatt Lane, Wandsworth, S.W. (**1901), London
CLARES Christian  

'Musical Instrument Maker' ca. 1787

Bankrupt in 4 august 1787, A list of bankrupts ... from Jan. 1, 1786, to June 24, 1806, p. 23

 

Gerrard Street, Soho (1787), London
CLARIDGE C.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

20, Vicarage Road (x1912), Watford
CLARK Alfred  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

Eaton Works, [9], Wedmore Street, Upper Holloway, N. (x1906)(y1907)(x1912), London
CLARK Alfred George  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1901-19

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

 

174, Wandsworth Road, S.W. [S.E.] (**1901)(**1904), 173-174, Wandsworth Road, Stockwell Station, S.W. (x1906), 168, Wandsworth Road, S.W. (*1916)(*1917), 158, Wandsworth Road, S.W. (x1912)(*1918)(*1919), London

CLARK A. M.  

Patent of 1867 : "Nov. 6, 1867. - A. M. CLARK. Vibrating hammer set in motion by a cylinder for producing sustained tones by continuous blows." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 220

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer and/or inventor ca. 1867

 

London ?
CLARK & BOOTHBY  

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1841-52

CLARK & BOOTHBY (**1841)

CLARK, BOOTHBY & PICKETT (x1842) - see  PICKETT ?

CLARK & BOOTHBY (*1847)(**1852)

 

12, Great Portland Street (**1841)(x1842), Russell Mews, Howland Street (x1842), 112, Great Portland Street, Oxford Street (*1847)(**1852), London
CLARK C. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Musikal.- u. PianohHandlung' (xx1890)

15, High Street (xx1890), Colchester
CLARK & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1895 (x1912)]

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

CLARK & Co Ltd. (x1912), 'Musikal.-, Piano- Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u.  Sprechm.-Handlung'

1912 - Director : Charles CLARK, Arthur WOOD & W. G. HEATH (x1912)

 

95-95a, High Street (x1906)(x1912), Guildford
CLARK Ernest Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

24, Bridge Street (x1912), Ramsbottom
CLARK Frederick Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912 [since 1907 (x1912)]

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

4, The Park (x1912), Eccles
CLARK Frederick James  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882

 

152, Stepney Green, E. (**1882), London
CLARK H. R. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

393, Old Kent Road (x1912), London
CLARK James  

Patent of 1862 : "LOCKE. CLARK. 8th November 1862. - 3020, GEORGE LEWIS LOCKE, of Hampstead New Road, and JAMES CLARK, of High Street, both in Kentish Town, in the County of Middlesex, Pianoforte Makers, for an invention for Improvements in the motive mechanism of pianofortes. Provisional protection only." Chronological and Descriptive Index of Patents Applied for and Patents, 1863, p. 206

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1863

LOCKE & CLARCK (**1863)

High Street, Kentish Town (**1863), Middlesex, London
CLARK James Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

'Händler mit alten Möbeln u. Pianos' (x1912)

7, Cathedral Yard (x1906)(x1912), 4, Hanging Bridge (x1906)(x1912), Manchester
CLARK John 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1841-43 12, Nottingham Street, Marylebone (**1841)(*1843), London 
CLARK Jonathan 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1874

GUILD, CHURCH & Co (*1874)

h. Swan (*1874), Woburn
CLARKE Frederick 'Pianoforte-manufacturer and tuner' ca. 1836 2, Duke Street (xx1836), Norwich
CLARKE H. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912 [since 1907 (x1912)]

'Musiklehrer, handelt auch mit Pianos' (x1912)

5, St. Michel's Mount (x1912), Northampton
CLARKE Harriet  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1857 (xx1890)]

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

Golden Ball Street (xx1890), Norwich
CLARKE John P. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1868 House Churche Avenue (**1868), Woburn
CLARKE P. E. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

High Street (x1912), Wellington (Somersetsh.)
CLARKE Richard 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1852 57, College Place, Camden Town (**1852), London
CLARKE Thomas Edward  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1904-19

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

'Late manager to KIRKMAN & Son' (see nameboard)

 

4, Broadway, Hammersmith, W. (**1904)(x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London
CLARKE William  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1796 (xx1890)]

'Musikal.- u. Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

19, High Street (xx1890), Grantham
CLARKE William

 

Patent of 1863 : "Sept. 30, 1863. - W. CLARKE. Combined piano and organ or harmonium." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 217

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1863-68 1, Hornton Street, Campden Hill, Kensington (***1868), London
CLARKSON  

  "PIANO-FORTE AND GENERAL MUSICAL REPOSITORY, No. 20, CONEY STREET, YORK. - THOMAS F. CLARKSON,
In acknowledging the distinguished patronage afforded him during the last Sixteen years, hegs to inform his friends and the musical public, that he has always a variety of Piano Fortes that have been out a short time on Hire, which he is enabled to offer at very REDUCED PRICES.
T. F. C. has always on hand a variety of elegant Rosewood Cottage and other Piano Fortes, by distinguished London Makers. The general Stock comprises Harps, Guitars, Violins, Violoncellos, Clarionets, Flutes, Accordeans, Flutinas, and German and English Concertinas :— also the best Harp, Violin, Violincello, and Guitar Strings, Music Paper, Music Folios, and every article connected with the trade.
T. F. C. having of late been so frequently applied to for the Pianista and other Cheap Publications, he has now the satisfaction of informing his Friends that he has made such arrangements with some of the First Publishing Houses in London, that he is now offering a considerable quantity of the Newest and most Fashionable Music of all descriptions, at Half The Purlished Prices, to which he especially calls the attention of the Profession and the Public generally.  (see next )

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1833-52

CLARKSON C. & J. (**1833)

CLARKSON Thomas F. (xx1852)


(continuation)

Piano Fortes, Harps, and other Instruments Tuned and Repaired by experienced workmen, on the premises, or sent lo any part of the country. The Tuner engaged is from Messrs. Broadwood and Sons, London.
OUT OF HIRE, By the Week, Month, or Year. N.B. Please observe the Address, No, 20, Coney Street, oppotite the Black Swan Hotel." The annals of Yorkshire from the earliest period to the present time, 1852, p. 420

 

20, Coney Street (xx1852), York
CLARRY & Co  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

12, Lancclots Hey (x1912), Liverpool
CLASSIC

 

BRAND

Pianos made after 1920 by LESWEIN

 

 London
CLAVIOLA Co (THE) Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

16, Fore Street, E.C. (x1912), 40, Wigmore Street, W. (x1912), London
CLAY L. H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1887 (x1906)]

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

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

 

4, Park Terrace, Archway Road (x1906), 14, Market Parade, High Road, East Finchley, N. (x1906), 180, Clarence Road (x1912), London
CLAYDEN Harry A. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Stimmer u. -Reparateur' (x1906)

North Street (x1906), Bishop's Stortford
CLAYPOLE & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1854 (x1906)(x1912)]

Peterborough

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

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

Stamford

'Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

Narrow Street (x1906), 23-24, Narrow Street (x1912), Bridge Street (x1912), Peterborough

Red Lion Square (x1912), Stamford

CLAYTON S.  

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

'Musiklehrer u. Piano-Händler' (x1906)

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

 

Drighlington (x1906)(x1912), Bradford
CLAYTON Thomas  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1868 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

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

'Handlung mit Pianos u. amerikan. Orgeln' (x1906)

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

 

17, Woodville Road (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Chorley
CLAYTON W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1892 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

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

 

230-234, Loughborough Road, Belgrave (x1906)(x1912), Leicester
CLEMENT H. A. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

64, High Street (x1912), 7, Wolverhampton Street (x1912), Dudley
CLEMENT J. L.  

Patent of 1861 : "June 20, 1861. - J. L. CLEMENT. To overcome the non-continuity of sound, «an arrangement somewhat similar to the bow of a violin,» acting separately, or simultaneously with the hammers, is added to the piano." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 215

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer and/or inventor ca. 1861 London ?
CLEMENT W. & Sons 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1890-1912

'Piano-Macher' (xx1890)(x1906)

'Pianobauer u. -Reparateur' (x1912)

92, Hawkins Lane (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Burton-on-Trent
CLEMENTI Muzio

(1752 - 1832)

 

 

Self-Acting Pianoforte : "In some of Clementi's self-acting piano-fortes the mechanical powers of the instrument extend to eighteen tunes. There is generally a set of keys, as in a common piano; so that the instrument can also be played in the usual way by the fingers." Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 16/02/1839 p. 64

 

LONGMAN, CLEMENTI & Co

 

Square piano n° 1824, Hammerfluegel.info

Square Piano ca. 1805, Hammerfluegel.info

Square pianoforte ca. 1808, The Monart Collection, Wexford, Ireland, U.K.

Square pianoforte n° 10792, Hammerfluegel.info

LONGMAN, CLEMENTI & Co

Grand pianoforte ca. 1798, Collection Chris Maene, Ruiselede, Belgium
Upright grand pianoforte ca. 1799, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.

CLEMENTI & Co

Square pianoforte n° 122 ca. 1798, The Monart Collection, Wexford, Ireland, U.K.
Square pianoforte n° 2616 ca. 1802, Kolthoorn Collection, Geelvinck Muziek Musea, Heerde, The Netherlands
Square pianoforte n° 2335 of 1803, Museu da Musica Lisbon, Portugal
Square pianoforte n° 2697 (stamped)-2644 (inked) of 1803, Eric Feller Early Keyboard Instruments Collection, Germany
Square pianoforte n° 3468 of 1803, Marlowe A. Sigal Collection, Newton Centre, U.S.

Square pianoforte ca. 1805, Pooya Radbon Collection, Germany
Grand pianoforte ca. 1805, Frederick Historic Piano Collection, Ashburnham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Square pianoforte ca. 1805, Technisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Grand pianoforte ca. 1805, The Schureck Piano Collection, Berowra Heights, NSW, Australia

Square pianoforte n° 4095 of 1806, German Museum Munich, Germany
Square pianoforte n° 5628 ca. 1806, Sweelinck Collection, Geelvinck Muziek Musea, Heerde, The Netherlands
Square pianoforte n° 5960, Mark Campbell, Standlake, Witney, Oxfordshire, England, U.K.
Upright cabinet Pianoforte n° 650-6090  ca. 1806, The Mobbs Keyboard Collection, Golden Bay, New Zealand
Square pianoforte ca. 1808, The Monart Collection, Wexford, Ireland, U.K.
Square pianoforte ca. 1808, The Schureck Piano Collection, Berowra Heights, NSW, Australia
Square pianoforte ca. 1808, Stiftung Lebensfarben, Berlin, Germany
Upright grand pianoforte n° 860-8144 ca. 1809, Chris Maene Collection, Ruiselede, Belgium
Square pianoforte ca. 1810-20, Technisches Museum, Vienne, Autriche
Square pianoforte n° 8012 ca. 1810, Sweelinck Collection, Geelvinck Muziek Musea, Heerde, The Netherlands
Upright grand pianoforte n° 866 ca. 1810, Chris Maene Collection, Ruiselede, Belgium
Square pianoforte n° 8357-7272 ca. 1811, Sweelinck Collection, Geelvinck Muziek Musea, Heerde, The Netherlands

Square pianoforte ca. 1811, Ringve Museum, Trondheim, Norway

Square pianoforte ca. 1812, Collection Amato-Parisi, Italy
Upright grand pianoforte n° 461-11236 ca. 1812, Chris Maene Collection, Ruiselede, Belgium
Square pianoforte n° 12638 ca. 1819, Ringve Museum, Trondheim, Norway

Upright pianoforte ca. 1820, Museu de la Música, Barcelona Spain
Square pianoforte ca. 1820-30, Museo degli Strumenti Musicali, Castello Sforzesco, Milano, Italy
Square pianoforte ca. 18??, Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Madrid, Spain
Square piano, Clementi & Co, London, ca. 1822 (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)
Square pianoforte of 1825, Stiftung Lebensfarben, Berlin, Germany
Upright cabinet Pianoforte n° 372 ca. 1828, The Mobbs Keyboard Collection, Golden Bay, New Zealand

Square pianoforte ca. 1832, The Monart Collection, Wexford, Ireland, U.K.

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'Pianoforte-maker', also music publisher, pianist and composer

“Marked by a most beautiful legato, a supple touch in lively passages, and a most unfailing technique.” according to Moscheles ...

Successor of BUNTEBART

"Muzio Cementi, the musician, was born at Rome in 1752, and came to England when he was a lad of fourteen or fifteen, under the patronage of Peter Beckford. He of course rapidly became famous by his performances on the harpsichord and the pianoforte, and by his compositions. He is said to have lost a large sum of money by the failure of Longman & Broderip, in which it seeriis he was a partner. About 1798-99, when Broderip had taken over the Haymarket shop Clementi entered into a new firm at 26, Cheapside (the original place of business) with John Longman, and for two or three years they traded under the style : — John LONGMAN, CLEMENTI & Co." British music publishers, printers and engravers: London, Provincial, Scottish, and Irish, 1900, p. 27

LONGMAN, CLEMENTI & Co (1789 until 1801) - see also LONGMAN

"In 1802-3 Longman retired from this and set up for himself at 131, Cheapside, leaving Clementi to enter into partnership with BANGER, Fredk. Augs. HYDE, Fredk. W. COLLARD, and D. DAVIS. The business was carried on either as «CLEMENTI, BANGER, HYDE, COLLARD, & DAVIS», or «Muzio CLEMENTI & Co.», or "CLEMENTI & Co.." with the address 26, Cheapside." British music publishers, printers and engravers: London, Provincial, Scottish, and Irish, 1900, p. 27

CLEMENTI, BANGER, HYDE, COLLERD [COLLARD] & DAVIS, Musical Instrument Makers (1801)(*1808)

CLEMENTI & Co, late LONGMAN & BRODERIP (*1801)

CLEMENTI & Co (*1803)

"In 1806 and 1807 they had additional premises at 195, Tottenham Court Road. They had bought all LONGMAN & BRODERIP's plates and stock, and reprinted a great quantity of the music. In March 1807 they were unfortunate enough to sustain great loss by a fire, which destroyed £ 40,000 worth of property, and must have greatly crippled the new firm." British music publishers, printers and engravers: London, Provincial, Scottish, and Irish, 1900, p. 27 (archive.org)

1807 - "20. This morning, about half past four 'clock, a dreadful fire broke out at the
piano-forte manufactory of Messrs. Clementi and Co., Tottenham-court-road; by which the whole of the interior was rendered a heap of runs; the houses on each side composing a part of the manufactory, and occupied by several families employed in the concern, were entirely consumed, with the whole of the furniture; the backs of the houses in Francis-street, and the Livery Stables on the other side, are much damaged, and some of the furniture entirely destroyed. The damage is at present estimated at 40,000
£., about 15,000 £. of which only is insured." The European Magazine, and London Review, 03/1807, p. 235

CLEMENTI, BANGER, HYDE, COLLARD, DAVIS & COLLARD (1810)(¹)

"In 1810 Hyde drops out and another Collard takes his place — "Clementi, Banger, Collard, Davis, & Collard." This remains till 1819, when Banger is absent — "CLEMENTI, COLLARD, DAVIS, & COLLARD." British music publishers, printers and engravers: London, Provincial, Scottish, and Irish, 1900, p. 27 (archive.org)

CLEMENTI & Co (*1803)(*1809)

CLEMENTI, BANGER, COLLARD, DAVIS & COLLARD (**1812), 'Musical Instrument Makers'

CLEMENTI, COLLARD & Co (**1821)

CLEMENTI & Co (**1822)

CLEMENTI, DAVIS & COLLARD (1822)(¹)

"In 1823 the partnership stands, "Clementi, Collard, & Collard," and after the death of Clementi as "Collard & Collard," under which title, having only very recently left the original Cheapside address, the firm stands at present." British music publishers, printers and engravers: London, Provincial, Scottish, and Irish, 1900, p. 27 (archive.org)

CLEMENTI & Co (x1825)

1831 - "Partnership dissolved, [...] Gazette, July 8. CLEMENTI Muzio, Frederick William Collard, and William Frederick Collard, Tottenham-court-road, and Cheapside, London, musical instrument makers and music-sellers 'June 24." The Law Advertiser, 15/09/1831, p. 327

"Clementi must, in his later years, have had little active interest in the business, and in fact from his constant visits to the Continent and his professional duties cannot ever have paid much attention to it. He seems to have retired to Evesham, near Worcester, and died thereon March 9th, 1832. He was afflicted with extraor dinary absence of mind, and there are several anecdotes in this particular related of him.
Clementi & Co. published a mass of sheet music and re-printed from Longman & Broderip's plates a number of the English Operas in oblong folio. Another reprint was "Catches, Canons, and Glees," in four volumes, oblong quarto. They made pianofortes, and their names are found stamped on violins, flutes, etc."
British music publishers, printers and engravers: London, Provincial, Scottish, and Irish, 1900, p. 27 (archive.org)

COLLARD & COLLARD (Late CLEMENTI & co) (1832), successors, see COLLARD & COLLARD here below.

CATALOGUE

An Appendix to the Catalogue of 1816 published by Clementi & Co Manufactures ..., 1816-18

Imperial Patent Grand and Square Piano Fortes, with Newly-invented Harmonic ..., 1830

"SELF-ACTING PIANOFORTE BY CLEMENTI, cost two hundred guineas, to be sold very cheap. The Instrument plays Mozart's Zauberflote Ouverture : has two barrels of Quadrilles and Walzes - and is in good preservation. For particulars, address (free) to M. "Musical World" Offive 3, Coventry Street, Haymarket." The Musical World, 1842 p. 346

MOZART

On 12 January 1782, Mozart wrote to his father: "Clementi plays well, as far as execution with the right hand goes. His greatest strength lies in his passages in 3rds. Apart from that, he has not a kreuzer’s worth of taste or feeling - in short he is a mere mechanicus" (Latin for automaton or robot). In a subsequent letter, Mozart wrote: "Clementi is a charlatan, like all Italians. He marks a piece presto but plays only allegro." (Wikipedia)

BEETHOVEN

"Improvement in the Piano.—In this connection, it is important to note that Beethoven’s resources were greatly increased by the improvements which had been made in piano manufacture. The demand for instruments, created by the growing popularity of the pianoforte, stimulated manufacturers to redoubled energy in perfecting them; and, conversely, the added resources thus developed were an instigation to composers to test their abilities in the invention of new effects. Thus Beethoven was placed in command of a piano of much greater power than Mozart’s; and the work of technicians, like Clementi, for whom he had great respect, was already hinting at new and marvelous possibilities."

 

36, Cheapside (*1803), [195], Tottenham Court Road, St. Giles (*1808)(*1813)(*1818)(**1822)(1831), 26, Cheapside, St. Paul's (*1808)(**1812)(*1818)(**1822)(*1824)(x1825)(z1830)(1831), London
CLEMENTS William Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1901-06

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

215, York Road, Battersea, S.W. (**1901)(x1906), 25, York Road, Battersea, S.W. (**1904), London
CLIFFORD F.  

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

'Piano-Händler u. Lehrer' (x1906)

'Musiklehrer u. Piano-Händler' (x1912)

 

157, Otley Road (x1906), 202, Otley Road (x1912), Bradford
CLIFT M. A. 1911 - "The old established piano and music business of Messrs M. A. Clift of Eastbourne has changed hands, Messrs. George Gover and A. F. Chasey having purchased it. The new proprietors (who have already succeeded beyond their expectations; they do a good trade with schools and, further, the sole agencies for the Pianola and for the Syeck piano have been secured." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 35, 1911, p. 140  

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1871 (xx1890)(x1906) or since 1870 (x1912)]

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

1906-12 - Owners : GOULDEN, WIND & WORMALD (x1906)(x1912)

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

Succeeded by GOVER & CHASEY since 1911

Manager : V. A. WORMALD (x1912)

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

 

Cliffon House (xx1890), 5, Gildridge Road (x1906), 4, Gildbridge Road (x1912), Eastbourne
CLOUGH A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

30, Rose Avenue, Horsforth (x1912), Leeds
CLOUGH J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Organist u. Pianohändler' (xx1890)

12, Bentinck Street (xx1890), Runcorn
CLOUGH J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1833; (**1833) Doncaster
CLUFF William  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1852 (xx1890)]

'Musikal.- u. Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

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

 

136, High Street (xx1890)(x1906), Huntingdon
COATES Alfred  

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

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

COATES A. (x1912), 'Piano-Handlung'

COATES Arthur (19??)

 

352, Sl. Jame's Post Office (xx1890), 34, Edinburgh Street (x1912), Listerhills Road (x1912), 108, Preston Street, Listerhills Road (19??), Bradford
COATES C. J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Stimmer u. -Händler' (x1912)

 

33, Beaconsfield Road, South Tottenham, N. (x1912), London
COATES E. D.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'The Retreat' (x1912)

'Musiklehrer u. Piano-Händler' (x1912)

 

11, Clifton avenue, Church End, Finchley, N. (x1912), London
COATES O. G.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Händler mit Pianos, Sprechm. u. kl. Musikw.' (x1912)

 

12, Church Street (x1912), Harwich
COATES & PICKARD  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

109, Philip Lane, South Tottenham, N. (x1906), London
COBB J. R. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1874

COWDERY, COBB, NICHOLS & Co (*1874)

h. Canal (*1874), Woburn
 

COBDEN PIANOFORTE & HARMONIUM Co

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-90

COBDEN PIANOFORTE & HARMONIUM Co (**1882)(**1884)

George LINSTEAD, manager (**1882)(xx1890)

COBDEN PIANOFORTE Co (xx1890), 'Pianofabrik'

See also LINSTEAD

 

18, Eversholt, N.W. (**1882), 18-19, Eversholt Street, Oakley Square, N.W. (**1884), London
COCKERHAM J.  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

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

 

12, Hinchcliffe Street (x1906), Eccles Hill (x1912), Bradford
COCKLE & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906; (x1906)

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

Stonehouse
COCKRAM John Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1846

'Music & Musical Instrument Seller' (y1846)

34, College Street (y1846), 6, Lower Arvade (y1846), Bristol
COCKS Henry 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862 39, King's Road, Chelsea, S.W. (*1862), London
 

COCKS Robert & Co

(? - 1887)

 

 

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Advert for Winkelmann Pianos, Brunswick, 1890, The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular, Volume 31, 01/06/1890, p. 325

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer and music-publisher ca. 1828-1912 [since 1823 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

Representative for WINKELMANN Pianos, Braunschweig, Germany (y1890)

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

1906-12 - Owners: G. & W. AUGENER (x1906)(x1912)

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

Representative for G. ADAM, Wesel, Germany (x1906)

 Representative for NEUMANN F. L., Hamburg, Germany (x1906)(x1912)

Representative for NEWMANN Brothers, Chicago, U.S. (x1906)

 

 

30, Euston Street, New Road, Pancrass (x1825), 20, Princess Street, Hannover Square (*1828)(**1842), 6, New Burlington Street, Regent Street, W. (**1847)(**1852)(**1854)(**1855)(**1857)(*1858)(*1859)(*1862)(**1862)(***1863)(**1882)(xx1890)(**1891)(*1893)(xx1893)(**1895)(*1906)(*1907)(*1910)(x1912), London

 

COGGINS Joseph H. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1830 (xx1890)]

'Pianohandlung' (x1906)

18, Harbour Terrace (xx1890), Falmouth
 

COHEN Philip & Co Ltd.

 

 

Weltadressbuch der gesammten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie, 1906, p. 1177 (digital.sim.spk-berlin.de)

 

 

Advertisement in Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 35, 1911, p. 135

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1906-1915 [since 1893 (x1906) or since 1903 (x1912)]

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

'Fabrik u. Grosshandlung, führen auch Sprechm.' (x1912)

Director : George Adam DIENER (x1912)

 

[14], Camden Piano Works, Little Camden Street, Camden Town, N.W. (x1906)(y1907)(*1914)(y1914), 14-15, Little Camden Street, Camden Town, N.W. (y1911)(x1912)(*1915), London

 

COLBECK Jabez Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Musiklehrer, Piano- Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890)

Warwick Road (xx1890), Batley
COLDWELL 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. ? London
COLE & Co 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1895-97 Kings's Head Yard, Hoxton (*1895)(*1897), London
COLE G. W. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1921 140, Church Street (*1921), Croydon
COLE J. Junior 'Musical Instrument maker' ca. 1814 Bath
COLE L. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Möbel-Handlung, führt auch Pianos, Musikw. u. Musikinstr.' (x1912)

66, Winson Green road (x1912), Birmingham
COLE Richard & Co 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1895 249, Kingsland Road, N.E. (**1895), London
 

COLE & Sons

 

 

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

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

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

 

78, Surrey Street (x1906), 76, Surrey Street (x1912), Sheffield
COLE T. W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1870 (x1906)]

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

'Organist, Musikal., Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

5, West Street (xx1890), 16, Southgate (x1906)(x1912), Chichester
COLEMAN Charles A.   'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884-90 [since 1858 (xx1890)]

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

25, Rotherhithe, New Road, S.E. (**1884), 253, Lower Road, Deptford (xx1890), London
COLEMAN Obed Mitchell  

Patent of 1844 : "Obed Mitchel Coleman, of Fitzroy Square, for improvements in pianofortes." The Pianoforte, its origin, progress, and construction , Edward F. Rimbault, 1860, p. 156 - or - "Oct. 10, 1844. — OBED COLEMAN. Æolian attachment. Reeds are attached to the bottom of the pianofortecase, and are acted upon by wind. They are played separately or in combination with the pianoforte." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 207

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ? ca. 1844 Fitzroy Square (1844), London
COLEMAN & Sons Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912; (x1912)

'Handlung mit Möbeln u. Pianos' (x1912)

Coalville
COLES Brothers Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

5, Lordship Lane, Dulwich, S.E. (x1906), London
COLES E. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

12, Tremlet Grove, N. (xx1890), London
COLLARD & BRAHAM Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906; (x1906)

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

See UNITY PIANO Co

 London
COLLARD Cecil  

Patent of 1881 : "Aug. 18, 1881. - C. COLLARD, Improvements in construction, particularly as to producing the “celeste” effect in horizontal pianofortes." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 228

Patent of 1883 : "July 23, 1883. - CECIL COLLARD. Improvements in action preventing all risk of blocking." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 234

Patent of 1883 : "Oct. 2, 1883. - CECIL COLLARD. Construction of action of upright pianofortes, so as to reduce the friction of the parts to a minimum, and so adjusting the actions that they may be completed without regard to the instruments to which they are to be applied." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 234

Patent of 1885 : "Jan. 14, 1885. - CECIL COLLARD. To ensure greater resonance in pianofortes by «gripping-plate» upon the bridge." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 238

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1881-83   London ?
 

COLLARD William Frederick & COLLARD

Portrait, painted by James Lonsdale Esqe.

 

 

Pianoforte on the Exposition London, 1851

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pianoforte on the Great Exhibition of 1851, The Crystal Palace, and its contents : being an illustrated cyclopaedia of the great exhibition of the industry of all nations, 1851, p. 201 (archive.org)

 

 

  A solid wood mahogany square semi-grand pianoforte, manufactures expressly for the East Indies, by Collard and Collard, The International Exhibition of 1862, p. 101

 

 

An oblique grand pianoforte by Collard and Collard, in satinwood and gold, in the Italian style, The International Exhibition of 1862, p. 100

 

 

  Nameplate of an upright piano ca. 1866, Hammerfluegel.info

Click on the photo to enlarge

Square pianoforte n° 5236 ca. 1821, Kolthoorn Collection, Geelvinck Muziek Musea, Heerde, The Netherlands
Upright pianoforte ca. 1830-40, designed by J. Lambert, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte n° 1388, Wim Baarens, Le Dorat, France
Square pianoforte ca. 1835-38, Powerhouse Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, Australia
Cabinet pianoforte ca. 1843, The Monart Collection, Wexford, Ireland, U.K.

Grand pianoforte n° 8989, hammerfluegel.info
Grand pianoforte n° 14013, hammerfluegel.info
Square Pianoforte n° 18998 ca. 1836, The Mobbs Keyboard Collection, Golden Bay, New Zealand

Square pianoforte ca. 1840, Royal College of Music, London, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte ca. 1854, Plumley Collection, London, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte ca. 1860-65, Powerhouse Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, Australia
Grand pianoforte n° 70225 ca. 1862, The Monart Collection, Wexford, Ireland, U.K.
Grand pianoforte ca. 1866, Hecher Collection, Vienna, Austria

Upright pianoforte ca. 1866, hammerfluegel.info
Grand pianoforte n° 79803, hammerfluegel.info

Grand pianoforte n° 90386, hammerfluegel.info
Grand pianoforte n° 92183 ca. 1870, Kolthoorn Collection, Geelvinck Muziek Musea, Heerde, The Netherlands
Square pianoforte n° 98173 ca. 1873, The Monart Collection, Wexford, Ireland, U.K.

Upright pianoforte ca. 1881, designed by Henry Batley W.,  Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England, U.K.

COLLARD & COLLARD - Heinrich RUESCH

Square pianoforte ca. 1860, Stiftung Lebensfarben, Berlin, Germany

COLLARD
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Streetview ca. 1840 of COLLARD & COLLARD, London Street Views 1840 (MuseumOfLondon.org.uk)

Pianofortes by Collard & Collard of London, 1851-53, (digitalcollections.nypl.org)

 

 

'Piano forte-maker' ca. 1821-1915 [since 1760 (x1906)(x1912)]

CLEMENTI, COLLARD & Co (**1821), see CLEMENTI, here above. Successors of CLEMENTI & Co

1841 - "MR. COLLARD. — The numerous musical friends of this gentleman, on the suggestion Mr. Moscheles, have invited him to a congratulatory dinner at the Albion, on Monday, Nov. 8, in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of his partnership in the celebrated Pianoforte Manufactory, commonly known as the firm of Clementi, Collard and Co. Few men have been more truly deserving of such a compliment. Mr. C. is the architect of his own good fortune, and has long been most highly respected by the profession, and by a very large circle of private acquaintance." The New World, 27/11/1841, p. 350

COLLARD & COLLARD (*1847)

1851 - Fire in the manufactory on 19/12/1851. - "Die große Pianofortefabrik Von Mr. Collard, die auch auf der großen Ausstellung rühmliche Anerkennung gefunden hat, wurde am 19. ein Raub der Flammen. Es verbrannten allein 290 fertige Instrumente, deren Werth auf 20,000 Pf. St. (240, 000 fl.) veranschlagt wird. Die Firma soll für 18,000 Pf. St. versichert sein." Eidgenössische Zeitung, 28/12/1851, p. 1440 (e-newspaperarchives.ch)

1859 - When CLEMENTI retired, the firm was leaded by Charles LUKEY COLLARD from 1859.

1860 - "Collard, Mr, pianoforte manufacturer, dies 94." The Bookseller, 1860, p. 64

1861 - "The Messrs. Collard of London sold during 20 years, to 1851, about 32,000 pianofortes." The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General, 1861, p. 306

COLLARD & COLLARD (*1862)(xx1872)(xx1890)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914)

 'Pianofabrik' (xx1890)

1900 - In 1900 they had made 160.850 pianos (¹)

1906 - Owner : John CLEMENTI-COLLARD (x1906)

'Auch Inhaber der Firma KIRKMAN & Sons' (x1906)(x1912) : also owner of KIRKMAN & Sons

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

COLLARD & COLLARD became a partner of KIRKMAN in the 20th century.

And was later absorbed by KEMBLE

BIO

"Collard, célèbre fabrique de pianos de Londres, au début Longmann et Broderip (1767), reprise en 1798 par Muzio Clementi  qui prit F.-W. C[ollard]. comme associé et lui abandonna la direction de la maison quelques années déjà avant sa mort. Le chef actuel est Charles Lukey G." Riemann Humbert Dictionnaire de musique 1899, p. 152 (Archive.org)

1843 - "Palmer John Ogilvy, of No. 31, Bold-street, Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, music-seller and dealer in musical instruments d. e. - Official assignee, Pennell. - Sol. Theobald, Staple in Fiat, May 23. Pet Crs. Frederick William Collard and William Frederick Collard, of Cheapside, piano-forte munufacturers." Comprising Reports of Cases in the Courts of Chancery ..., Volume 20, 1843, p. 48

"LOW-PRICED PIANOFORTES. We are very glad to learn that the spirited conduct of Messrs Collard and Collard in lowering the price of a certain class of pianofortes has been attended with distinguished success, in as far as a very considerable sale has been obtained for theBe instruments. The merit of the firm deserves to be the more handsomely acknowledged — to use a phrase of Johnson's — since it is one of a very small number of British pianoforte makers who may be said to constitute the first class. It is so seldom that a first-class house is disposed to take a lead in innovations for the benefit of the public, and its doing so is so sure to expose it to odium among its confreres, that our recurring to the subject on the present occasion seems but the simplest justice." Chambers's Journal, Volume 14, 1851, p. 45

Exhibitors list Dublin, 1850 | Prize medal London, 1851 | Exhibitors list London, 1862 | Exhibitors list London, 1885

 

Tottenham Court Road (*1821), Cheapside (**1843), [12], [195], Tottenham Court Road (**1841)(x1842)(*1843)(*1858), 26, Cheapside, E.C. (**1841)(x1842)(*1843)(*1847)(***1847)(**1852)(*1858)(*1862)(xx1872)(**1882)(**1884)(**1891)(*1895)(**1895)(*1899)(*1903), 195 [105], 6, High Street, Camden Town (*1847), [26], Oval Road, Regent's Park, Camden Town, N.W. (*1847)(**1852)(*1862)(**1882)(**1884)(**1891)(**1895), 16, Grosvenor Street, Bond Street,  W. (*1862)(x1862)(**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(*1893)(*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(x1906)(*1907)(y1907)(*1909)(*1910)(x1912), Factory : [33], Oval Road, Gloucester Gate, Regent's Park, N.W. (xx1890)(x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), London
COLLARD MOUTRIE William Frederick  

Patent of 1856 : "365. William Frederick Collard Moutrie, of 4, King-street, Holborn, for an improvement in the damper action of pianofortes. — Dated February 13, 1856. Sealed August 8, 1856." Repertory of patent inventions and other discoveries and ..., Volume 28, 1856, p. 259

"MESSRS. COLLARD MOUTRIE & CO., PIANOFORTE MANUFACTURERS AND MUSIC PUBLISHERS, 50 & 52, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, W.C. - This firm, which is well known as Messrs. Collard Moutrie & Co., Pianoforte Makers and Dealers, was. founded in 1849, the original premises being, at 77, Southampton Row. (Mr. Collard Moutrie was a brother of the firm bearing the same well-known name in Baker Street.) Upon the decease of Mr. Collard Moutrie, who had created the nucleus of the substantial connection, which has since been largely extended, the business was purchased by the present proprietors, who throughout the notable developments which they have made in its area and scope have retained the original style of the firm. It is to the thorough technical knowledge and their exceptionally energetic management that the house owes its present well-known position in the trade. Their specialities, for which they have obtained a high reputation, include pianettes, pianinos, and pianos, in the various descriptions of boudoir cottage, drawing-room cottage, and upright iron grand, which compare, very favourably, with those of other first-class London houses.

 

 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1849-1906 [since 1849 (x1906)]

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


(continuation)

 The premises in Southampton Row are very extensive, and have been admirably adapted to the requirements of the business. The showrooms, which are elegantly appointed, are of great depth, and include the entire area of two of the largest shops in Southampton Row, between which communications have been made. Handsome plate-glass display windows contain a fine representative display of the firm’s specialities, which, in great number and diversity of design and cost, are exhibited in the showrooms. In addition to the instruments of their own manufacture, Messrs. Collard Moutrie & Co., having intimate relations with all the leading houses in the trade, hold a generally representative stock of both new and second-hand pianos. Thus they have always, for the selection of their patrons, instruments by Broadwood, Bechstein, Bord, Brinsmead, Chickering, Collard & Collard, Erard, Ibach, Kaps, Kirkman, &c. These are for sale, either for cash or on the three years’ system. The firm undertake the tuning and repairing, by experienced assistants, of pianofortes and organs of all descriptions, and make annual contracts for such work on very moderate terms. Messrs. Collard Moutrie are already well known as dealers in sheet music. Their “Thematic List of Select Pianoforte Pieces, by Henri Stanislaus, Michael Watson, E. Boggetti, &c.,” is constantly found in the hands of professors of music; and the musical public generally have been much interested in their recently published catalogue of their “Hanover Edition” of Classical and Standard Pianoforte Solos, Duets, Studies and Exercises and Standard Vocal Music. The publishing department of this enterprising firm is, at the present moment, being developed." Ilustrated London and its representatives of Commerce, 1893 (messybeast.com)

 

77, Southampton Row (1849), 4, King Street, Holborn (**1856), 50-52, South Hampton Row W.C. (xx1893)(x1906), London
COLLARD William A. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907-12

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

22, Claremont Street (y1907), 35, Stapleton Road (x1912), Bristol
COLLETT A. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

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

High Street (x1906)(x1912), Daventry
COLLETT & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' - 'Auch Musikal. u. kl. Musikinstr.' (x1912)

71, Park Street, Camden Town, N.W. (x1912), London
COLLEY J.  

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1860 (xx1890)(x1906)]

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

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

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

 

18, Charriot Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Hull
COLLIER J. & Sons Ltd. 'Pianoforte-maker' [since 1852 (logo)] London
COLLIER W. T. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

754, High Road, Tottenham (x1912), London
COLLINGE Abraham  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1877 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

'Musikal.-, Piano-, [Cott.] Orgel- u. [Musik]instr.-Handlung' (x1906)

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

 

23, [The] Mumps (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Oldham
COLLINGFORD Benjamin 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 18?? London ?
COLLINGWOOD  

 

BRAND

Pianoforte-brand ca. 19??

London
COLLINS  

Patent of 1885 : "Aug. 22, 1885. - F. & H. COLLINS & G. WHEELER. Relieving of strain on wrest-pins." 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 and inventor ca. 1885 London ?
COLLINS & Co  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1906-21 [since 1896 (x1906)(x1912)]

1906-12 - Owner : John Hoar COLLINS (x1906)(x1912)

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

Representative for pianos of H. LUBITZ, Berlin, Germany (x1906)

 

52, Tollington Park, N. (x1906), 36, Tollington Park, N. (x1912), 27, Wray Cresecent, Tollington Park, N. (*1921), London
COLLINS ORGAN & PIANO Co  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1890-1912 [since 1882 (xx1890)(x1906)]

'Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)

1912 - see IMPERIAL ORGAN & PIANO Co (successors)

 

30, Goldshmith's Row, Hackney Road, E. (xx1890), Ellingfort Road, Mare Street, Hackney (x1906), London
COLLINS S.  

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

'Orgelbauer und Piano- u. Instrumenten-Händler' (x1906)

'Orgelbauer, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstrumenten-Händler u. -Stimmer' (x1912)

 

28, Great Elms Road (x1906)(x1912), Bromley
COLLINSON F. Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1906 [since 1882 (x1906)]

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

21, Foulden Road, Stoke Newington Road, N. (x1906), 73, Foulden Road, Stoke Newington Road, N. (x1912), London
COLLINSON W.  

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

'Piano-Händler u. Lehrer' (x1906)

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

 

24, Knowles Lane, Dudley Hill (x1906), 984, Wakefield Road (x1912), Bradford
COLLISON William
| COLLINSON

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1919 [since 1867 (xx1890)]

 COLLISON William (xx1890), 'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung'

COLLISON [William] & Sons (x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919)

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

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

 

 

2, Herbert Road, [Plumstead], Shooter's Hill (**1896)(**1901)(**1904), 1, Herbert Road, Shooter's Place, Woolwich (*1906)(*1907), 221, High Street, Plumstead, S.E. (**1901)(**1904)(y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), 2, Herbert Road, Plumstead, S.E. (x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London

COLMAN Thomas 'Musical-Instrument-maker' ca. 1842 Bankstreet (*1842), Norwich
 

COLMAN, EASTES & Co

Image of a pianoforte, The Official Illustrated Guide to the North-Eastern; North British ..., 1861, p. 52

 

 

"Music Hall, 68, Trumpington Street, Cambridge. Messrs. COLMAN, EASTES and Co., Music publishers and pianoforte and harmonium dealers.
Also of every kind of Musical Instrument, which are supplied at London prices, carriage free.
Pianoforte and harmonium Tuners, Regulators, &c. Just published Eastes' Musical Sketches, [...]" The Official Illustrated Guide to the North-Eastern; North British ..., 1861, p. 52


Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1861-90 [since 1841 (xx1890)]

COLMAN, EASTES & Co (x1861)

COLMAN A. (xx1890), 'Musikal.- u. Pianohandlung'

68, Trumpington Street (x1861), 16, St. John's Street (xx1890), Cambridge
COLONIUS M. & Co  

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker and/or Pianoforte importers ca. 1906-15 [since 1894 (x1906) or since 1893 (x1912)]

1906 - Owners : Moritz & Max COLONIUS (x1906), 'Piano-Handlung'

Representative for Paul SCHARFF Nachf., Erich BRANDES, Berlin, Germany (x1906)

1912 - Owner : Moritz COLONIUS (x1912), 'Piano-Handlung' - 'Import auch von Musikinstr. u. Musikw.'

Representative for WINKELMANN & Co, Eisenberg, Germany (x1912)

 

16, Edmund Place, Aldersgate Station, E.C. (x1906)(x1912), 15, Castle Street, East, W. (*1914)(*1915), London

Berlin, Germany ?

COLSFORD E. J.  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1903

 

133, White Horse Street, Stepney (*1903), London
COLSTON William 'Piano-forte-maker' ca. 1818-22 [2], [Upper] Crown Street Westminster (**1818)(*1822), London
COMPTON William  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1841

1841 - "The Court for relief of insollent debtors [...] William Compton, formerly of Sussex-street, Tottenhamcourt-road, then of Charles-street, Somers'-town, then of No. 66, Newman-street, Oxford-street, and at the same time carrying on business at Newman-mews, Newmanstreet, at all the above places Piano Forte Manufacturer, and late of No. 17, Colville-court, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, all in Middlesex, Journeyman Piano Forte Maker." The London Gazette, 30/03/1841, p. 880

 

17, Colville Court, Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square (z1841), London
CONDUIT E. W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12; (x1906)(x1912)

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

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

 

York-Town
CONDUIT George Mrs.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907

 

High Street, Alton (y1907), Hants
CONDUIT J.  

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1855-1912 [since 1850 (xx1890)(x1906)]

CONDUIT Alfred B. (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)

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

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

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

 

54, High Street (xx1855), 55-56, High Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Winchester
CONNER Henry 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1841-47 9, George Street, Euston Square (**1841)(*1843)(*1847), London
CONROY 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1950 ? London
CONS Charles  

'Piano-forte-maker' ca. 1853

 

Tue Brook, West Derby (y1853), Liverpool
CONS & CONS  

ADVERT

Advert for Bertram Ison and Cons & Cons Piano Works, 1913(museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1906-15 [since 1884 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

CONS & CONS Ltd. (*1914)(y1914)(*1915)

 

2-9, Angrave Street, Dalson, E. (xx1890), Anchor Works, Brewery Road, Caledonian Road [Station], N. (x1906)(y1907)(x1912), 662b, Seven Sisters Road, [South Tottenham], N. (*1914)(y1914)(*1915), London
CONS Frederick  

LONDON - "8384 Cons, F. & F. 81, John-st. Tottenham court-road.—The interior action of a piano." International exhibition, 1862 : Official catalogue of the industrial department, 1862, p. 54

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1825-1910

CONS Frederick (x1825)(**1841)(*1843)(**1852), 'pianoforte-key-maker'

CONS F. & F. (x1862)

CONS Brothers (xx1890)(**1891)(*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)

CONS F. (x1906), 'Piano-Handlung'

Exhibitors list London, 1862

 

36, Brill Row (x1825), 81, John Street, Fitzroy Square, Tottenham Court Road (**1841)(*1843)(**1852)(x1862), 1, Stean Street, Haggerston, N.E. (**1891), Brewery Road, N. (*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1910), 2-3, Crowes Market, St. Annes Road, South Tottenham, N. (x1906), London
CONSTANCE Carl Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1915 241, High Road Kilburn, N.W. (*1915), London
COOK Edward Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1837 26, Commercial Street (*1837), Leeds
COOK J. D. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Musikleherer und Piano-Händler' (x1906)

Tangier Street (x1906), Whitehaven
COOK R.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

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

 

6, Cunning Road (xx1890), Addiscombe
COOK & RAWSON Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

10a, King Henrys Walk, Balls Pond Road (x1906), London

 

COOK Richard  

Patent of 1862 : "Cook. 23rd June 1862. - 1848. RICHARD Cook, of Finsbury Place South, in the County of Middlesex, Piano Forte Maker, for an invention for Improvements in the construction of piano-forte actions. Letters Patent sealed." Chronological and Descriptive Index of Patents Applied for and Patents, 1863, p. 127 - or - "June 23, 1862. - R. Cook. Metal employed for tops of hoppers." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 216

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862-84

COOK Richard & Co (*1862)(**1882)(**1884)

[6], Finsbury Place South, Middlesex (*1862)(**1863), 133, Fenchurch Street, E.C. (**1882)(**1884), London
COOK & Son 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1906

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

2190, Holloway Road, N. (x1906), London
COOK Sydney H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912 [since 1899 (x1912)]

Bradford

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

Doncaster

Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)

Scarborough

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

 

 

MAIN FIRM : 1-7, St. Paul Road (x1912), 221, Manningham Hall (x1912), Bradford

BRANCH : 24, King Edward Road (x1912), Doncaster

OTHER BRANCHES : Scarborough & Melbourne

 

COOK Thomas  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1896-1912

Owner : Thomas COOK junior & George COOK (x1912) in Croydon & Sutton

Croydon
[since 1886 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

'Pianobauer, sowie Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung, auch Konzert-Agentur' (x1912)

Sutton
[since 1907 (x1912)]

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

 

MAIN FIRM : 28, George Street, Croydon (**1896)(**1901), Beethoven House, George Street (x1906), Croydon, London

BRANCH : Handelhouse, 64, High Street (x1912), Sutton

 

COOK Walter  

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

Hitchin

'Piano-Händler und Musiklehrer' (x1906)

'Musiklehrer, handelt nebenbei mit Pianos u. Musikw.' (x1912)

Stevenagen

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

 

[2], Bancroft (x1906)(y1907)(x1912), Hitchin (Hertford)

BRANCH : High Street (x1912), Stevenagen

COOK W. J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

393, High  Street (x1912), West Bromwich
COOKE A. W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

19, St. Benedict Street (x1912), Norwich
COOKE Edward 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1837 26, Commercial Street (x1837), Leeds
COOKE M. & G.  

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

'Musikal.- u. Musikwarenhaus' (x1906)

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

 

27, Jury Street (x1906)(x1912), Warwick
COOKES C. E.  

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

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

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

 

High Row (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Richmond (Yorks.)
COOKSEY J. junior  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

 

8, Halesowen Road (x1906), Netherton
COOL H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1903-10

 

130, Redfield Road (*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), Bristol
COOMBE Charles  

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1841-52

 

26, Leonard Street, Tabernacle Walk, [Shoreditch], Finsbury (**1841)(x1842)(*1847)(**1852), London
COOMBER Brothers  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907

 

32, Sheringham Road, Holloway, N. (y1907), London
COOMBES Josiah William  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1916-19

COOMBES J. W. (x1912), 'Piano-Handlung'

COOMBES J. W. & Son (*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919)

 

178, Mitcham Road, Tooting, S.W. (x1912)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London
COOPER G. F.  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

Representative for pianos MURDOCH & Co (x1906)

 

 

19, Mile End Road, E. (x1906)(x1912), London

 

COOPER Henry C.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1862 (xx1890)]

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

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

'Piano-Händler u. -Stimmer' (x1912)

 

3, St. Loyes (xx1890), Priory Terrace (x1906), 100, Tavistock (x1912), Bedford
COOPER Henry  

Patent of 1866 : "Cooper. Dutfield. Gibson. - 25th January 1866. 248. Henry Cooper, and Thomas Dutfield, both of Victoria Park, in the County of Middlesex, and Alexander Gibson, of the Borough of Southwark, in the County of Surrey, for an invention for Improvements in piano-fortes." Chronological index of patents applied for and patents, 1867, p. 19

Patent of 1884 : "Oct. 22, 1884. - H. C. COOPER. Double soundboard." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 237

 
 

'Pianoforte-maker' ? ca. 1866-84

 

Victoria Park, in the County of Middlesex (**1867), London
COOPER H. R.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

2, High Street (x1912), Harpenden
COOPER J.  

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

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

 

128, Harrington Road (xx1890)(x1906), Workington
COOPER James 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1844 Paddington (1844)(¹), London 
COOPER James  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884-93 [since 1855 (xx1890)]

COOPER J. & Co (xx1890), 'Pianohandlung'

 

 70, Shepperton Road, Islington, N. (**1884)(xx1890)(*1893), London
COOPER James & Co  

"COOPER, J., & CO., Manufacturers of Patent Pianofortes for Exportation, 43, Moorgate-street." The British Colonies: Their History, Extent, Condition and ..., Volume 4, 1850, p. 3 - and - The British Colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources, 1851, p. 4 (archive.org)

 
 

'Patent Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1808-62 [since 1808 (**1852)]

 

 

48, Southampton Row, Russell Square (**1841)(x1842)(*1847), 43, Moorgate Street (*1850)(y1851)(**1852)(y1854)(y1857)(*1858), Manufactory : Lansdown Yard, Guidford Street, Russell Square (**1852)(*1858), 34, Linton Street, Arlington Square, N. (*1862), London

 

COOPER John  

"Cooper, J., & Sons, Manufacturers of the Patent Solid Pianofortes for India and the Colonics, of great strength and fullness of tone, 70, Berners-street, Oxford-street." The British Colonies: Their History, Extent, Condition and ..., Volume 4, 1850, p. 3 - and - The British Colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources, 1851, p. 4 (archive.org)

 
 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1851-61

COOPER John & Sons (y1851)

COOPER John & Son (**1852)

COOPER John (xx1861)

1861 - "Bankrupts. [...] Friday, Jan. 11, 1861. [...] Cooper, John, Piano Forte Maker, 68, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Middlesex. Com. Goulburn: Jan. 21, at 11,& F"eb. 25, at 12; Basinghallstreet. Off. Ass. Pennell. Sol. Stubbs, 46, Moorgate-street, London. Pet. Jan. 9." The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter, 12/01/1861, p. 191

 

 70, Berners Street, Oxford Street (y1851)(**1852)(y1854)(y1857), 68, Berners Street (xx1861), London 
COOPER John  

'Piano Forte-maker' ca. 1812-38

COOPER, TAYLOR & EASTMURE (**1812)

COOPER John (*1820)(*1823)

COOPER Rebecca (x1825)

COOPER J., COOPER J. & COOPER R. (**1838)

1838 - Partnership dissolved in 1838 : "J. Cooper, J. Cooper, and R. Cooper, 48, Southampton-row, Russell-square, piano forte makers." The Champion and Weekly Herald, 1838, p. 589

COOPER John & Joseph (18??)(¹)

 

53, Southampton Row, Bloomsbury (**1812), 53, Southampton Row, Russell Square [Bloomsbury] (*1814)(*1818)(*1820)(*1823), 53, Southampton Row, Holborn (x1825), 48, Southampton Row, Russell Square (**1838), Paddington (18??)(¹), London 
COOPER Joseph  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862

COOPER Joseph & Co (*1862)

 

43, Moortgate Stree, E. C. (*1862),  London
COOPER Lois Hannah Mrs.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1916-19

 

65, Dartmouth Road, Forest Hill, S.E. (*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London
COOPER Martin  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907

 

23, Knight's Hill Road, W., Norwood (y1907), London
COOPER Taylor  

'Piano forte maker' ca. 1847-91 [since 1855 (xx1890)]

COOPER Taylor (**1852)(xx1872)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

 

122, St. John Street, Road (*1847)(**1852), 119, St. John Street Road, E.C. (*1862), 155, St. John Street, Road, E.C. (xx1872)(**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891), London 
COOPER T. Williams  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1842

 

Mews, Mary Street, Hampstead Road (x1842), London 
COOPER William Ltd.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

751, Old Kent Road, S.E. (x1912), London
COOPER William  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1839; (¹)

There is a COOPER William, 'pianoforte-key-maker' in 1841, 24, William Street, Hamstead Road (**1841), London

 

Soho, London 
CO-OPERATIVE STORES Ltd.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

28, Haymarket, S.W. (x1912), London
COPE William
| Gulielmus
 

'Musical Instrument Maker', composer, Music publisher and 'Music & Instrument Warehouse' ca. 1793-96

"Printed & Sold by W. Cope, at his Music & Instrument Warehouse N. 22 Mount Street, near the Asylum Westminster Road." A Favorite Sonata for the Piano Forte or Harpsichord. Composed in a Familiar ..., Joseph Willson, 1796, p. 1

"London Printed & Sold by the author, at his Music & Instrument Warehouse. N. 22 mount Street, near the Asylum Westminster Road." Sonata for the Piano Forte or Harpsichord ...', Op. 2, W. P. R. Cope, 1798, p. 1

 

opposite the Asylum, Lambeth (**1793), 22, Mount Street near the Asylum Westminster Road (z1794)(z1795)(z1796), London 
COPELAND A. L.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

270, Bury New Road (x1912), Manchester
COPLEY George

(? - 1855)

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1852

MIDDLETON, COPLEY & Co (**1852), see also MIDDLETON

 

 17, Castle Street, Finsbury (**1852), London
COPPLESTONE John Bartlett  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1912-14

COPPLESTONE & Co Ltd. (x1912), 'Piano-Handlung'

COPPLESTONE John Bartlett (*1914)

 

94, Regent Street (x1912), 18, Berners Street, W. (*1914), London
COPSON G. A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

2, Cotton Road (x1912), Nuneaton
CORBETT William Henry Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

97, Coventry Road, Hay-Mills (x1912), Birmingham
CORLETT E. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Musiklehrer und Piano-Händler' (x1906)

38, St. Peter's Hill (x1906), Grantham
CORNISH ORGAN Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano- u. Orgel-Händler' (x1912)

 

6, Fleet Lane Road, Ludgate Circ. (x1912), London
CORNWELL A. J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

11, Waterloo Street (x1912), Weston-super-Mare
CORPS James  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1841

 

13, Gower Place, Euston Square (**1841), London
CORRI Domenico
| CORRIE

CORRI, DUSSEK & CO

Square pianoforte ca. 1800, sold by Sotheby's, new owners unknown

 

'Piano forte-maker' ca. 1794-1802

He was born in Rome, Italy

CORRI, DUSSEK & CO (1790), see also DUSSEK

BECK F. & D. CORRIE (17??) see also BECK

1800 - Bankrupt 19th april 1800, Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register, Volume 9, 1800, p. 393 - and - The Commercial Agricultural and Manufacturer's Magazine, Volume 7, 1802, p. 240 - and - A list of bankrupts ... from Jan. 1, 1786, to June 24, 1806, p. 40

CORRI D. (*1803), 'Music & Instrument Warehouse'

 

[28], Haymarket (*1800)(*1802)(*1803), London

Edinburgh, Scotland

CORSBY George 'Musical Instrument maker' ca. 1822 8, Prince's Street, Leicester Square (**1822), London
COSSON W. H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

Station Road (x1912), Horley
COSSTICK G. F. Junior  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1866

 

68, Western Road, Hove (**1866), Brighton
COSTELLO Henri 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1890-95

'Pianofabrik' (xx1890)

33, Fortesque Avenue, E. (xx1890), 53, Temple Street, Hackney Road, N.E. (**1895), London
COSTLOE A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1860 (xx1890)(x1912)]

COSTLOE A. (xx1890), 'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung'

COSTLOE A. & Son (x1906)(x1912)

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

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

 

52, South Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Isleworth
COTSFORD Edward James 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-1910

'Pianofabrik' (xx1890)

 

133, White Horse Street, Stepney, E. (**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(*1893)(*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910), London

 

COTTAM H.

He seemed also to be the owner of :

HILTON & HILTON, Ravensthorpe

NEWSOME Brothers, Ravensthorpe

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1890-1921; (xx1890)

Bradford

COTTAM H. (x1906)(x1912)

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

'Piano maker and dealer' (*1921)

Lancaster

COTTAM M. & H. (x1906), 'Piano-Fabrik u. -Handlung'

 

 

Factory : 47, Manchester Road (x1906), 70, Market Street (x1906)(x1912)(*1921), 59, Tyrrel Street (x1906)(x1912), Bradford

BRANCH : 28, Cheapside (x1906), Lancaster

 

COTTER J. R.  

Patent of 1861 : "July 11, 1861. - J. R. COTTER. Strings pulled by claw-shaped plectra in the middle of their length." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 215

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer and/or inventor ca. 1861 London ?
COTTON John 'Musical Instrument maker' ca. 1822 3, Bride Lane, Fleet Street (**1822), London
COTTRELL George & John  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1846

'Music & musical instrument seller' (y1846)

 

6, Court Moor Street (y1846), Birmingham
COULING Mrs. Maria  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1841-43

COULING Mrs. Maria (**1841)

COULING Eliz. (x1842)

COULING Maria (*1843)

 

9, Castle Street, Long Acre (**1841)(x1842)(*1843), London
COUPE & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1877 (x1906)(x1912)]

1906-12 - Owner : Ebenzer COUPE (x1906)(x1912)

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

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

 

2, Market Place (x1906)(x1912), Accrington
COURT Albert  

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1871 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

COURT Albert (xx1890), 'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung'

COURT Albert & Sons (x1906), 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung'

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

 

23, St. Dunstans Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Canterbury
COURTICE J. L.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

238, Kentish Town, N.W. (x1912), London
COVENTRY Charles  

"PIANO-FORTES. — MART. An Extensive Assortment, usually about Fifty, of the various kinds, and of the most Fashionable and Choice Description, by all the Eminent Makers, on highly eligible terms, at from Ten to Fifty Guineas and upwards, warranted. The equitable and undeviating plan pursued at this Establishment is, the prices affixed, and no abatement whatever made. N.B. — Dealers and Persons letting Instruments supplied. — 71, Dean-street, Soho, opposite Queen-street." The Harmonicon, Volumes 4-10, William Ayrton, 06/1830, p. 255

"PIANOFORTE MART. — At this Establishment, so lone patronized by the public generally, is constantly to be seen a mostextensive STOCK of INSTRUMENTS of the various descriptions, both new and Second-hand, by every eminent maker. Professors and persons from the country will find this a desirable place to select from, as every instrument is warranted, and sold on the most  advantageous terms. Instruments taken in exchange.
Coventry and Hollier, 71, Dean-street, Soho."
The Musical world, 10/06/1836, p. 214

"PEDAL PIANO. — Messrs. Coventry and Hollier have constructed a piano-forte which has two complete octaves of pedals. The additional mechanism, which is of the most finished nature, in no way affects the ordinary touch of the instrument, and its appearance adds rather than diminishes to its general appearance. The tone produced by the foot is instantaneous, clear, and decided, and obtainable without effort or exertion. Messrs. Coventry and Hollier, by this excellent invention, have now put it in the power of our fair readers to initiate themselves in the principal creations of a Bach, and have opened a new source of enjoyment to all those who revel in the widely dispensed harmonies of the ancient clavichord composers." The Musical World, 22/03/1838, p. 204

"71, Dean Street, Soho. - MESSRS. COVENTRY & HOLLIER call the attention of the Nobility and Gentry to inspect their extensive stock of Pianofortes, consisting of Rosewood and Mahogany Cabinets, of Six and Six and Half Octaves; Rosewood, Mahogany, and Bird's-eye Maple Cottage Pianofortes. As an accompaniment to the voice, the Cottage is peculiarly adapted and strongly recommended. Persons residing in the country may depend upon being well supplied, as the greatest attention is observed in'the materials being well easoned. A variety of Second-hand Pianofortes by other makers. Instruments taken in exchange." The Musical World a weekly record of Musical Science, Literature, and ..., 1838, p. 151

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' and 'Music-publisher' ca. 1830-50

Successor of PRESTON Thomas

COVENTRY & HOLLIER, (LATE PRESTON) 71, DEAN STREET, SOHO. (**1835)(*1836)(*1838)(**1841)(*1843)(x1845)(*1847)

COVENTRY & Co (**1847)

COVENTRY Charles (***1850) - "C. Coventry, Pianoforte Manufactory, 71, Dean-street, Soho-sq." The Musical Times, 01/07/1850, p. 28

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

Succeeded by NOVELLO ca. 1853


(continuation)

"COVENTRY & CO. - Beg to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that they have, during the past season, greatly improved their PIANOFORTES, which, for brilliancy of tone, combined with the utmost delicacy and durability of touch, they flatter themselves are unrivalled. C. & Co. solicit an inspection of their Stock, consisting of Bijou, Semi-Cottage, and Cottage Cabinet Pianofortes, in great variety of pattern, and with all their latest improvements, particularly the light repeating touch, so much sought for by the profession. Second-hand Instruments on Sale, at considerably reduced prices. - 71, Dean Street, Soho, London." The Musical World, Volume 22, 1847, p. 681

"Charles Coventry & Co. beg to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that they have, during the past season, greatly improved their PIANOFORTES, which, for brilliancy of tone, combined with the utmost delicacy and durability of touch, they flatter themselves are unrivalled. Charles Coventry & Co. solicit an inspection of their Stock, consisting of Bijou, Semi-Cottage, and Cottage Cabinet Pianofortes in great variety of pattern, and with all their latest improvements, particularly the light repeating touch, so much sought for by the profession.—Second-hand Instruments on sale at considerably reduced prices. 71, Dean-street, Soho, London." The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, 01/06/1849, p. 162

"Pianofortes. — Charles Coventry invites the attention of Professors and the public to his extensive assortment of COTTAGE & PICCOLO PIANOFORTES, manufactured of the very best materials, which, for brilliancy of tone, combined with the utmost delicacy and durability of touch, are unrivalled. — Pianoforte Manufactory, 71, Deanstreet, Soho-square." The Musical Times, 01/04/1850, p. 297

 

71, Dean Street, Soho, opposite Queen Street (*1830)(**1835)(*1836)(*1838)(**1841)(*1843)(x1845)(*1847)(**1847)(*1849)(***1850)(x1850), London 
COVENTRY & Son  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

41, Hyde Road, Hoxton (x1906)(x1912), London
COVERDALE John B.  

The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland, 1879, p. 69

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1879-90 [since 1871 (xx1890)]

'Pianoforte and Musical Instrument Tuner and Repairer' (y1879)

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

 

Portland Street, Portland Square (y1879), 27, Brow Top (xx1890), Wokington
COWDERY R.  

'Pianoforte-maker' or piano-case-maker ca. 1874

COWDERY, COBB, NICHOLS & Co (*1874)

 

h. Canal (*1874), Woburn
COWELL John  

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

'Musiklehrer, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Händler' (x1906)

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

 

28, East Street (x1906), 45, N. Church Street (x1912), Fleetwood
COWLAN Michael  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1846

 

14, Bridge Street
COWLEY & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1856 (x1906)]

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

Prince's Dock (x1906), Hull
COWPER J. A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

101, Malden Road, N.W. (x1912), London
COX J. David & Sons Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1845 (xx1890)]

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

Bath Street (xx1890), Frome
COX R. G.  

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

COX R. G. (xx1890), 'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung'

COX R. C. (x1906), 'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung'

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

 

63, Belgrave Gate (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), 13, King Street (x1912), Leicester
COXHEAD Charles James  

 

Patent of 1873 : "June 18, 1873. - C. J. COXHEAD. Improved damper." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 224

Patent of 1874 : "June 12, 1874. - C. J. COXHEAD. Prolonge on key." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 224

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862-1910 [since 1862 (xx1890)]

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

LONDON - "3387 Coxhead, C. J. Castle-st. Shrewsbury. — Oblique piano, with new action." International exhibition, 1862 : Official catalogue of the industrial department, 1862, p. 54

Exhibitors list London, 1862

Castle Street, Shrewsbury (x1862), 22, St. Georges Terrace, Kilburn (**1874), 138, Iverson Road, Kilburn, N.W. (xx1890)(*1895)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910), London
COZENS G. H. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1870 (xx1890)]

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

6, Pelican Buildings (xx1890), London
CRABB Frederick Arthur 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1895-1915

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

147, Upper Kennington Lane, S.E. (**1895)(x1906)(y1907)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), London
CRABB William Ralph  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-91

CRABB W[illiam] R[alph] & Sons (**1882)(xx1890)

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

CRABB William Ralph (**1891)

 

147, Upper Kensington Lane, S.E. (**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891), London
CRAIG Adam  

Patent of 1885 : "May 8, 1885. - ADAM CRAIG. Action without hopper or spring and regulating the depth of touch." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 239

 

'Pianoforte-maker' or inventor ca. 1885 London ?
CRAIK Robert Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1877 (xx1890)]

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

34, Grande Parade (xx1890), Cork
CRAINE J. & J. T.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

9, Victoria Buildings, Parliament Street  (x1912), Ramsey (Isle of Man)
CRAMER & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Musikal.- u. Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

 

73, Lord Street (xx1890), Southport
CRAMER & Co  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1866-93

CRAMER & Co (**1866)

CRAMER, WATTS & Co (*1893)

 

64, West Street (**1866), 20, West Street (*1893), 88, Western Road (*1893), Brighton
 

CRAMER John Baptist

(1771 - 1858)

J. B. CRAMER & Co, Pianette, She stoops to conquer. Libretto, 1861, p. 32-33

Piano Forte Gallery of « Cramer, Wood & Co » (1861), or  «Cramer, Beale & Wood» (1862), in 207 & 209, Regent Street, London in  1861-62, in She stoops to conquer. Libretto, 1861, p. 36 and The stranger's handbook to places worth seeing in London, 1862, p. 77

Advertisement in Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 35, 1911, p. 150

Advertisement in Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 35, 05/1912, p. 602

 

 

Upright pianoforte ca. 1890, A.S.S.T. di Monza, Italy
Portable pianoforte ca. 1900, Chris Maene Collection, Ruiselede, Belgium
Upright pianoforte n° 30074 ca. 1900, Kolthoorn Collection, Geelvinck Muziek Musea, Heerde, The Netherlands

CRAMER
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'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1833-1919 [since 1820 (xx1890)(x1912) or since 1824 (x1906)(y1911)(x1912) or since 1880 (x1912)?]

"Johann Baptist Cramer (1771-1858) was born at Mannheim, Germany. When he was but a year old his father moved to London. As a boy he studied the violin and the piano, as well as the theory of music, but soon showed the greater aptitude for the piano. Later he became a pupil of Clementi. Handel, Bach, Scarlatti, Haydn and Mozart were the objects of his attention, thus establishing a taste for the classics. In 1788, Cramer began a series of tours on the Continent, living at London in the intervals. In 1828, he founded the music publishing firm of J. B. Cramer & Co. He lived in Paris from 1832 to 1845, but returned to London, where he remained until his death." A Complete History of Music, by Winton James Baltzell, 1908, p. 382 (Project Gutenberg License)

CRAMER, ADDISON & BEALE (**1833)(**1839), see also ADDISON and BEALE

CRAMER, BEALE & Co (x1851)

CRAMER, BEALE & CHAPPELL (*1861)

CRAMER, WOOD & Co (y1861)

CRAMER, BEALE & WOOD & Co (1862)(*1863)

CRAMER & Co (**1865)(xx1872)

CRAMER [John Baptist] & Co (*1876)(**1880)(**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(*1893)(*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1906)(x1906)(*1907)(y1907)(*1909)(*1910)(x1912)

CRAMER J[ohn] B[aptist] & Co Ltd. (y1907)(x1912)(y1914)(*1915)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919)

In 1900 they made 30675 pianos already.
In 1960 : 130520 pianos. (¹)

Directors : Walter SAVILLE, John WOOD & George M. WOOD (x1912)

Succeeded by KEMBLE ca. 1960

London

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer' - 'Auch Musikal.-Verlag' (x1906) in London

Liverpool
[since 1820 (x1906) in Liverpool]

'Pianoforte Manufacturer' (yy1879)

'Musikal.-u. Pianohandlung' (xx1890) in Liverpool

'Piano-Fabrik, Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912) in Liverpool

SEE ALSO ...

CRAMER & Co in Ireland

 

 

MAIN FIRM : Regent Street (**1833)(**1839), 201, Regent Street (xx1851)(*1861), 207-209, Regent Street, W. (y1861)(xx1862)(*1863)(*1866)(**1873)(**1882),  43-44-45, Moorgate Street, E.C. (**1873), 40-42-44-46, Moorgate Street, E.C. (**1882)(**1884), 145, High Street, Nottinghill, W. (**1882)(**1884), 199, 201, 207-209, Regent Street, W. (xx1872)(**1884), 201-203 and Pianoforte Gallery : 207, Regent Street (*1893), 67, Conduit Street (xx1851)(*1861)(**1884)(*1893), 199-209, Regent Street (xx1890), 63, New Bond Street, W. (**1882)(**1884)(*1893), Factory : Castle Road, Kentish Town, N.W. (xx1890)(**1891)(x1906)(y1911), 43-46, Moorgate Street, E.C. (*1893), [199]-201, Regent Street, N.W. (*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899), 126, Oxford Street, W. (*1906)(x1906)(*1907)(*1909), 124-128, Oxford Street, W. (x1906)(y1911)(x1912), 28-29, Baker Street, Portman Square, W. (*1906), 124-126 & 12, Oxford Street, W. (y1907), 40-46, Moorgate Street, E.C. (**1895)(*1910), 46, Moorgate Street, E.C. (x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), 139, New Bond Street W. (*1914)(y1914)(*1915), 136, High Street, Nothing Hill Gate, W. (y1907)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), 136, Notting Hill Gate, W. (x1912), 79-81, Castle Road, N.W. (y1907), Castle Road, Kentish Town, N.W. (x1912), 130, Kensington High Street, W. (x1912)(y1914), 79 to 85, Castle Road, Kentish Town, N.W. (*1914)(y1914)(*1915), 4a, Acre Lane, Brixton, S.W. (*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London

BRANCH : Church Street, W. (yy1879)(**1880), 5, William Street, W. (**1880), 26, Church Street (xx1890)(*1895)(*1906)(x1906)(y1907)(*1909)(*1910)(x1912)(y1914), Liverpool

 

CRAMER J. Martial 'Musical Instrument Maker' ca. 1803 30, Charing-Cross (*1803), London
CRAMP  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Cramp's Piano Stores' - 'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)

 

18, Middle Row (x1912), East Grinstead
CRAMPTON  

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

 

90, New Kent Road, S. (*1906)(*1907)(*1910), London
CRANBROOK  

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

 

 London
CRANE & Sons  

 

SEE ALSO ...

Branches of CRANE & Sons in Ireland

Branches of CRANE & Sons in Wales

Branches of CRANE & Sons in Scotland

Branches of CRANE & Sons in Germany

 

Pianoforte-makers and pianoforte dealers ca. 1880-1921 [since 1830 (xx1890)(x1906) or since 1850 (x1912)]

CRANE & Sons (xx1890)

1897 - "The company was registered on 27 November, to take over the business of pianoforte, organ and musical instrument manufacturers and merchants of the firm of the same name." Source : The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908 (gracesguide.co.uk)

CRANE & Sons Ltd. (x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915)

Liverpool

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

Manager : ELKER (x1906) in Liverpool

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

Representative for pianos of HAAKE, Hannover, Germany (x1906) in Liverpool

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung. - General Vertreter für England von Haake-Hannover' (x1912)

Leeds

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

Birmingham

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. [Musik]Instrumenten-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912) in Birmingham

Bolton

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

CRANE & Son (x1912), Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)

Hanley

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

London

Representative for CHRISTOPHE & ETIENNE, Paris, France (x1906)

Representative for MATZ, Berlin, Germany (x1906)

Representative for Karl HAAKE, Hannover, Germany (x1906)

Representative for WESTERMAYER Ed., Berlin, Germany (x1912)

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

Manchester

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

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

Newcastle-on-Tyne

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

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

Preston

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

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

St. Helens

'Musikal.- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) in St. Helens

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

Seacombe
[since 1850 (x1906)]

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

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

Sheffield

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906) in Sheffield

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

Wigan

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

 

 

MAIN FIRM : 217-219, Scotland Road N. (**1880)(*1895), 217-223, Scotland Road (xx1890), 217-227, Scotland Road (x1906)(y1907)(y1914), 2, Church Street (x1906)(x1912), Hornby Street (x1912), Liverpool

BRANCH : Coleridge Chambers, [131-13?], Corporation Street (x1906)(y1907)(*1910), Old Square (x1912)(y1914), Birmingham

BRANCH : 156, Deansgate (x1906)(x1912)(y1914), Bolton

BRANCH : Exchange Buildings, Picadilly , (x1912), Hanley

BRANCH : 19, Guildford Street (x1912), Leeds

BRANCH : 149, Oxford Street (y1907)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), London

BRANCH : 202-204, Deansgate (x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914), Manchester

BRANCH : 340, Westgate Road (x1906), 272, Westgate Road (x1912),  Newcastle-on-Tyne

BRANCH : 161, Lancaster Road (x1906)(y1907), 114, Lancaster Road 5X1912°(y1914),  Preston

BRANCH : 48, Brighton Street (x1906)(x1912)(y1914), Seacombe

BRANCH : 62, Wicker Street (x1906), 6, Royal Exchange Buildings, Lady's Bridge (x1912)(y1914), Sheffield

BRANCH : 7, Church Street (x1906)(x1912)(y1914), St. Helens

BRANCH : Library Street (x1906), Wigan

BRANCH :  Wrexham, Wales

BRANCH : Bangor, Wales

 BRANCH : Cork, Ireland

BRANCH : Belfast, Ireland

BRANCH : Dublin, Ireland

BRANCH : Glasgow, Scotland

BRANCH : Berlin, Germany

 

CRANET Sons Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1906-09 Church Street (*1906)(*1909), Liverpool
CRANFORD & Son  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1906-12

'Musical Supply Agency' (x1906)(x1912)

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

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

South Embankment (x1906)(x1912), Dartmouth
CRANG John  

ORGANS

"Crang was a Devonshire man, and, after settling in London, became a partner with Hancock, a good voicer of reeds. Hancock added new reeds to many of Father Smith's organs. Crang appears to have been chiefly employed in altering the old echos into swells. He made this improvement in the organs of St. Paul's Cathedral; St. Peter's, Cornhill; St. Clement Danes; &c.
It appears that there were two Hancocks, probably brothers— John and James; and they are specially mentioned in the contract for an organ at Chelmsford in 1772. The following payments relating to these makers are extracted from the accounts of the churchwardens of Maidstone, printed in Mr. W. B. Gilbert's Memorials of the Collegiate Church of Maidstone [...]." The Organ: Its History and Construction, 1870, p. 145

 

 

'Organ builder and Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1770-1820

He was brother in law of James HANCOCK, with whom he strated a firm CRANG-HANCOCK

CRANG John & HANCOCK James (ca. 1770), see HANCOCK

Patent of 1790 : "John Crang Hancock, of Wych-street, in the parish of St. Clement Danes, (Middlesex), organ builder: of an invention of a new grand pianoforte, with spring key touch, German flute and harp. CI. R., 30 Geo. 3, p. 4, No. 7. April 13, 30 Geo. 3; May 10, 30 Geo. 3, 1790." Mechanics' Magazine and Journal of Science, Arts, and Manufactures, Volume 47, 1847, p. 189

 

Wych Street, St. Clement Danes (1790), Middlesex, London
CRANZ & Co  

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

 

13, Berners Street (*1906)(*1907)(*1910), London
CRAVEN & Co

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1901-19

London

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912), in London

Croydon

'Piano-Niederlage' (x1906) in Croydon

 

MAIN FIRM : 75, Rosendale Road, West Dulwich, S.E. (**1901)(**1904)(x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), 381, White Horse Road, Croydon (**1901), 500a, Brixton Road, S.E. (**1901)(**1904)(*1919), 4, The Broadway, Norwood Road, West Norwood, S.E. (**1901)(**1904)(y1907), 600a, Brixton road, S.W. (y1907)(*1916)(*1917), 6, The Broadway Norwood Road, West Norwood (*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), 17, Church Street, Camberwell, S.E. (**1901)(**1904)(y1907)(y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), 1, The Broadway, Norwood Road, West Norwood, S.E. (y1914), 500a, Brixton Road, S.W. (y1914), 28, The Parade, Upper Tooting Road, S.W. (**1901)(**1904)(y1907)(y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London

BRANCH : 381, Whitehorse Road (x1906), Croydon

 

CRAVEN E.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

50, Daneville Road, W., Dulwich, S.E. (x1912), London
CRAVEN Ferdinand  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1914

 

19, Belgrave Street (y1914), Leeds
CRAWFORD G.  

Patent of 1857 : "May 14, 1857. - G. CRAWFORD. Upper bridge entirely of glass. The sounding-board has a double bridge, indented with bone or ivory instead of pins." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 212

  Patent of 1862 : "May 22, 1862. - G. CRAWFORD. Small pianoforte with metal prongs instead of strings." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 216

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1857-62

 

 London ?
CRAWFORD Robert 'Pianoforte-key-maker' ca. 1874 h. Myrtle (*1874), Woburn
CREASE Robert  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1893 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Pianohändler u. Stimmer' (xx1890)

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

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

 

15, County Road, [Walton] Kensington i. e. Fairfield, [Walton] (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Liverpool
CREBER Richard  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1832-62

CREBER & YARROW (before 1832)

1832 - "MEMORANDUM. London, March 7, 1832.  Know all men by these presents, that we, Richard Creber of No. 3, Drake-Street, Red Lion-Square, and Charles Yarrow, of No. 8, Museum-Street, Bloomsbury, Piano-Forte-Makers, late of New-Yard, Great Queen-Street, do this day part by mutual consent and good will having ballanced all accounts, settled all bills, each having no claim one on the other : In witness whereof we hereby aflix our hands. Richard Creber. Charles Yarrow." The London Gazette, 09/03/1832, p. 538

CREBER Richard (**1841)(x1842)(*1843)(*1847)(**1852)(*1862)

 

 

3, Drake Street, Red Lion Square (y1832), 11a, Berners Street, Oxford Street (**1841)(x1842)(*1843)(*1847), 57, Rathbone Place, Oxford Street (**1852), 18, Eversholt Street, Bedford, N. tn, N.W. (*1862), London

 

CREBER William  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1852-82

Exhibitors list London, 1872

 

6, Charles Place, Drummond Street (**1852), 34, Mornington Place, Hampstead Road, N.W. (*1862), 243, Hampstead Road, N.W. (**1882), London
CRESDIMO WORKS  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1879 (x1906)]

Owner : J. AINSWORTH (x1906)

'Verfertiger von Orgelpedalen für Pianos und Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

Brinscall (x1906), Chorley
CRESSER A. Victor Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912 [since 1850 (x1912)]

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechmaschinen-Handlung, auch Konzert-Agentur' (x1912)

174-175, High Street (x1912), New Church Gresley (x1912), 115, Waterloo Street (x1912), Burton-on-Trent
CRESSWELL, BALL & Co  

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1904-19

CRESSWELL, BALL & Co (**1904)(x1906)(**1912)(x1912)(*1916)(*1917)

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

CRESSWELL, BALL & Co Ltd. (*1918)(*1919)

 

60, High Street, Wandsworth, S.W. (**1904)(y1907), 41-43, West Hill, Wandsworth, S.W. (**1904)(x1906)(y1907)(**1912)(x1912)(*1916)(*1917), Concord House, High Street, Wandsworth, S.W. (*1918)(*1919), London
CRESSWELL & MATCHAM  

 

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1916-19 54, Upper Tooting Road, S.W. (**1912)
(*1916)
(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London
CRESSWELL Shadrach 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882 19, Howland Street, W. (**1882), London
CRESSWELL W. W.  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1914-16

CRESSWELL W. W. & Co (y1914)(*1916)

 

41-43, West Hill, Wandsworth, S.W. (y1914), Concord House, High Street, Wandsworth, S.W. (*1916), London
CRESWELL A.
| CRESSWELL
 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1887 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Bestandteile-Handlung' (x1906)

CRESSWELL A. & Co (x1912), 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung u. -Reparateur'

 

18-20, Queen Victoria Street (x1906)(x1912), Leeds
CRICHTON Ernest  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1886 in Bristol (x1906) or since 1898 in Bristol (x1912) - or since 1866 in Clifton (x1912) - or since 1904 in Cheltenham (x1912)]

Bristol
[since 1886 (x1906) or since 1898 (x1912)]

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

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

Cheltenham
[since 1904 (x1912)]

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

 

 

Clifton [since 1866 (x1912)]

MAIN FIRM : 38, Regent Street, Clifton (x1906)(x1912), Canynge Square Clifton (x1906), 22, Bridge Street (x1906)(x1912), Bristol

BRANCH : Promenade Villes (x1912), Cheltenham

 

CRICK W. H. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1872 20, Ossulston Street, N.W. (xx1872), London
CRAVEN E.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

50, Daneville Road, W., Dulwich, S.E. (x1912), London
CRIDDLE & SMITH Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

King Street (x1912), St. Nicholas Street (x1912), Treslothan
CROFT Benoni & Son  

"CROFT B. and SON, 196 Tottenham, court road W. All pianofortes supplied by us are warranted." The Commercial directory of Liverpool, and shipping guide, 1875, p. 608

 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1862-1907

'Pianoforte mamanufacturer, all pianofortes supplied by is are warranted' (xx1872)

CROFT F[rederick] (*1906)(x1906)(*1907)

'Musiklehrer' & 'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

195, Tottenham Court Road, N.W. (*1862), 196, Tottenham Court Road, W. (**1870)(*1875), 195, Tottenham Court Road, W. (xx1872), 223, Juction Road, W. (*1906)(x1906)(*1907), London
CROFT F. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1895 (x1906)]

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

173, Hoe Street, N.E. (x1906), London
CROFT Frederick 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884-90

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

45, Kentish Town Road, N.W. (**1884)(xx1890), London
CROFT William R. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1884-1910

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

14, Bonny Street, Camden Town, N.W. (**1884)(xx1890), 225, Breeknork Road, Kentish Town, N. W. (*1907)(*1909), 223, Junction Road, W. (*1910), London
CROGER F. & Co  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1906-10

 

303, Liverpool Road, N. (*1906)(*1907)(*1910), London
CROGER Richard & Co  

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1882-1912 [since 1842 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

CROGER Richard & Co (xx1890), 'Pianofabrik' & 'Pianohandlung'

CROGER R. (x1906)(x1912)

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

140, Mile End Road, E. (**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(**1895)(x1906)(x1912), 184, Whitechapel Road, E. (**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(**1895)(x1906), London
CROMACK J. J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Violinlehrer, nebenbei Piano- u. Orgel-Händler' (x1912)

 

Greenside (x1912), Pudsey
CROMWELL Samuel Thomas  

Patent of 1845 : "Samuel Thomas Cromwell, of Romsey, Hants, teacher of music, for improvements in apparatus to (Nov. 11.) be applied to pianofortes." Mechanics' Magazine and Journal of Science, Arts, and Manufactures, Volume 43, 1845, p. 383 - or - "A.D. 1845, November 11. — N° 10,937. - CROMWELL, Samuel Thomas. — Improvements in apparatus to be applied to pianofortes. The invention consists in an arrangement of stops for producing harmonic sounds which form a kind of echo to the ordinary quality of tone produced by pianofortes, and at the same time raise the pitch of the instrument. The manner in which I obtain this effect or quality of tone in pianofortes is by placing over the string or strings of each nois or half note, at about the middle of their length, an elastic stop, which being pressed upon the strings will reduce the vibration and produce the harmonic sound. The invention is shown as applied to (¹) a cottage pianoforte; (²) a square pianoforte." Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications Relating to Paints, 1871, p. 153

 

 

'Organ-Builder, Music-Seller, Piano Forte-Tuner, and Teacher of Music' ca. 1835-45

CROMWELL & CROMWELL (*1835)

1835 - "NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership lately subl sisting between us, Daniel Cromwell and Samuel Thomas Cromwell, of the Town and County of Southampton, Organ-Builders. Music-Sellers, Piano Forte-Tuners, and Teachers of Music, heretofore carrying on trade under the firm of Cromwell and Son, was, on the 8th day of July instant, dissolved by mutual consent; and that all debts owing to the said Partnership are to be received by the said Daniel Cromwell; and all persons to whom the said Partnership stands indebted are requested immediately to send in their respective accounts to the said Daniel Cromwell, in order that the same may be exhmined and paid : As witness our hands this 11th Day of July 1835. Daniel Cromwell. S. T. Cromwell." The London Gazette, 14/07/1835, p. 1356

(1835) Southampton

(1845) Romsey, Hants

CRONSHAW J. W. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Händler u. -Stimmer' (x1906)

5, Ainsworth Street (x1906), Darwen
CROSS A. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-10 16, Mount Street (*1906)(*1909)(*1910), Manchester
CROSS Charles Henry 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1890-96 [since 1859 (xx1890)]

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

124, Brixton Road, S.W. (xx1890)(*1893)(**1896), London
CROSS & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

101/103, Fulham Palace Road, S.W. (x1906), 163, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, W. (x1912), London
CROSS J. A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1873 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Musiklehrer, Piano-, Orgel- u. Instrumenten-Händler' (x1906)

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

 

16-18, Mount Street, Albert Square (x1906), 12, St. Peter's Square (x1912), Manchester
CROSS & Sons  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1884 (x1906)(x1912)]

CROSS & Sons (x1906), 'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung'

1906-12 - Owner : Robert CROSS (x1906)(x1912)

CROSS R. & Son (x1912), 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung'

 

70, Liverpool Road (x1906)(x1912), Eccles
CROSSLAND Thomas  

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1873 (xx1890)(x1906)]

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

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

 

245, Stamford Street (xx1890)(x1906), Ashton-under-Lyne
CROSSLEY H. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

16, Adelaide Road, Leyton, N.E. (x1906), London
CROSSWELL John 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862-93 New Cross Road, Deptford, S.E. (*1862), 471, New Cross Road, S.E. (**1882)(**1884), 3, Cranfield Road, Brockley, S.E. (*1893), London
CROTCH Beale M. 'Musical Instrument Maker' ca. 1806; (*1806) St. George Colgate
CROTCH John 'Music Instrument Maker' ca. 1806; (*1806) London
CROWLEY Edward Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-07

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

40, Peckham Pye, S.E. (x1906)(y1907), London
 

CROWLEY John Herbert

Advertisement in Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 35, 1911, p. 131

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1911-15

BRAND

SIMPLEX PIANO PLAYER CO (**1912)

 

 

Offuces & Show rooms : 113, Cottenham Road, Holloway, N. (y1911)(**1912), Wedmore Works, Wedmore Street, Upper Holloway, N. (*1914)(y1914)(*1915), London

 

CROWN PIANOS  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

See J. Herbert MARSHALL

 

BRANCH : 101/103, Fulham Palace Road, S.W. (x1906), London

MAIN FIRM : Chicago, U.S.

CROWTHER S.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Händler' (x1912)

 

426, Moseley Road (x1912), Birmingham
CROYDON & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1800 (xx1890)]

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

 

The Royal Library (xx1890), Teignmouth
CROZIER John Geo.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

Mowbray Road (x1912), Sunderland
CRUTCHLEY T. & W. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884 Wenlock buildings, Ironmonger Row, E.C. (**1884), London
CUBITT & Co  

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

 

Frith Street, Soho, W. (*1906)(*1907)(*1910), London
CUDWORTH W.  

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

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

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

 

New Church Road (x1906)(x1912), Stacksteads
CULLIFORD Thomas  

CULLIFORD, ROLFE & BARROW

Square pianoforte n° 3117 ca. 1795-97, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 3409 ca. 1795-97, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 3807 ca. 1797, Collection Sigal, Marlowe, Newton Center, M.A., U.S.

CULLIFORD & BARROW

Square pianoforte ca. 1800, Private Collection, Cirencester, England, U.K.

Patent of 1797 : "Mess. Culliford and Co.'s PianoFortes. - On the 31st of January 1797, letters patent were granted to Mess. Culliford, Rolfe, and Barrow, of Cheap-side, for their newly invented grand and square Piano Fortes. The principle of this invention consists in the substituting of any vibratory substance in the body of the instrument, in lieu of the sounding board, usually made of deal. The vibratory substance which has been preferred and succeeded the best, is ox's hide, prepared in the manner of vellum, and secured from vermin and the changes of weather and climate, by spirit varnish and camphor. The vibratory belly has enabled the Patentees to apply a drum accompaniment, by means of pedals and of hammers, which act underneath. —

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1750-1800

CULLIFORD & John HITCHCOK (17??)

CULLIFORD & Co. (1795)(²) Culliford built pianos for LONGMAN & BRODERIP (²)

CULLIFORD & ROLFE & BARROW (1795-97)(*1797)(²), see also ROLFE

CULLIFORD & BARROW (*1801)

1801 - Bankrupt in 1801 : "Culliford, T. and G. Barrow, Strand, musical instrument makers, June, 9." The Monthly Magazine, Volume 11, 1801, p. 449

Succeeded by ROLFE William, since 1800 (²)


(continuation)

 This accompaniment has the full effect of a double drum; with the peculiar excellence of being always in perfect tune with every key in the instrument. It will be readily conceived, by all persons acquainted with the theory of sound, that the application of an uniform vibrating substance, in the stead of the deal boards formerly used, cannot fail to produce a superior sweetness and brilliancy of tone. This mode of constructing the belly, also removes the inequality of tone in the several keys, that arises from the irregular density and texture of the deal boards; for, as the elasticity and tension of the ox's hide is equal throughout, the vibration opposed to the several strings must be equal also, and the tone of every string regular and perfect." The Edinburgh magazine, or Literary miscellany, 1797, p. 200-201

 

Cheapside (*1797), London
CULLIS L. S.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

45, St. Johns Road, Est Ham. (x1906), London
CULLUM Charles Frederick  

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1870-97

CULLUM Charles Frederick & Co (**1882)

76, Euston Road, N.W. (1872), 98, Euston Road, N.W. (**1882), 108, Euston Road, N.W. (**1884)(**1891)(*1895)(*1897), London
CULLUM & BEST  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers and pianoforte importers ca. 1906-14

See HARDMAN & GOETZE AGENCIES

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

98, Lronard Street, Finsbury, E.C. (y1907), 91, Finsbury Pavement, E.C. (x1912), 76-78, City Road, E.C. (*1914), London
CULLUM & CULLUM 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1870 76, Euston Road, N.W. (**1870), London
CULTLE J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-10 72, Victoria Street (*1906)(*1909)(*1910), Manchester
CULVERWELL G.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Late CRAMER' (x1906)

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

136, Notting Hill Gate, W. (x1906), London
CUMBERBEACH Thomas  

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

CUMBERBEACH Thomas (x1906), 'Organist, Piano- u. Orgel-Händler'

CUMBERBEACH G. P. & SHAW (x1912), 'Organist, handelt nebenbei mit Pianos u. Orgeln'

 

37b, Eleanor Road (x1906)(x1912), Woolwich
CUMMINS Thomas

 

1827 - "The Matters of the PETITIONS and SCHIEDULES of the PRISONERS hereinafter manied (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 Friday the 18th day of January 1828, at Nine o’Clock in the Forenoon Cummins, Thomas, formerly of No. 2, King Street, CamdenTown, afterwards of No. 7, Providence-Place, HoxtonTown, then of No. 2, Esken-Street, Hoxton aforesaid, then of No. 2, Brook-Street, Hampstead-Road, and late of No. 13, Earl Street, Finsbury-Square, all in Middlesex, Journeyman-Piano-Forte-Maker." The London Gazette, 1827, p. 1160

 

 

'Journeyman-Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1827

 

13, Earl Street, Finsbury-Square, Middlesex (*1827), London
CUNEO Louis Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1903-06 44, Copper Street (*1903)(*1906), Sheffield
CUNLIFTE & PORTER Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

12, Roegreave Road (xx1890), Oswaldtwistle
CURRY Brothers  

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-21 [since 1888 (x1906)(x1912)]

CURRY Brothers, STORY & CLARK and KAIM & Sohn PIANO & ORGAN Co, The APOLLO Co Ltd. (x1906)(x1912) - See APOLLO Co

CURRY Brothers Ltd. (y1907)(x1912)(y1914)

Newcastle-on-Tyne

'Piano-, Klavierspiel-Apparate «APOLLO» u. Musikinstr.-Niederlage' (x1906)

'Piano-, Piano-Players «Apollo» u. Musikinstr.-Niederlage' (x1912)

Jarrow-on-Tyne

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

Houghton-le-Spring

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

Chester-le-Street

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

Spennymoor

'Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906), in Spennymoor

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

Stanley

'Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) in Stanley

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

Sunderland

'Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)

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

 

 

MAIN FIRM : London in 1906-12

BRANCH in 1906 and MAIN FIRM in 1912 : 28, Collingwood Street (x1906), 19, Grainger Street, West (y1907)(x1912), 65, Westgate Road, Sunderland (y1914)(*1921), Newcastle-on-Tyne

BRANCH : Front Street (x1912), Chester-le-Street

BRANCH : Newbottle Street (x1912), Houghton-le-Spring

BRANCH : 104, Clayton Street (x1912), Jarrow-on-Tyne

BRANCH : High Street (x1912), Spennymoor

BRANCH : Front Street (x1912), Stanley (Durgam)

BRANCH : 5, Victoria Buildings (x1912), Sunderland

 

CURRY & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-, Orgel- u. Bestandteile-Handlung' (x1906)

 

High Street (x1906), Wallsend
CURTIS Charles

 

PHOTO

Pianoforte Depot, 28-29, Baker Street, in London

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-1910 [since 1873 (xx1890)]

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

28-29, Baker Street, Portman Square, W. (**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(*1893)(*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910), London
CURTIS J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1866

 

69, East Street (**1866), Brighton
CURTIS William  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1842

 

Upper Southampton Street, Pentonville (x1842), London
CURWEN J. & Sons  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

24, Berners Street (*1906)(*1907)(x1912), London
CUTMORE Charles Richard & Co 'Piano forte maker' ca. 1847 17, Brecknock Place (*1847), London
CUTTER Sullivan 'Pianoforte-key-maker' ca. 1874 h. Main (*1874), Woburn
 

 

(*1793): 'The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure ...', Volume 92, 1793, p. 316

(**1793): 'Wakefield's Merchant and Tradesman's General Directory for London', 1793, p. 17

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

(z1794): 'A favorite Sonata for the Harpsichord or Forte-Piano', Charles Lockhart, 1794, p. 2

(z1795): 'Dr. Goldsmith's Celebrated Poem of The Deserted Village, set to Music with ...', John Moulds, 1795, p. 1

(z1796): 'A Favorite Sonata for the Piano Forte or Harpsichord. Composed in a Familiar ...', Joseph Willson, 1796, p. 1

(*1797): 'The Edinburgh magazine, or Literary miscellany', 1797, p. 200

(z1798): 'Sonata for the Piano Forte or Harpsichord ...', Op. 2, W. P. R. Cope, 1798, p. 1

(*1800): 'Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register', Volume 9, 1800, p. 393

(*1801): 'The Monthly Magazine, Volume 11, 1801, p. 449-247

(*1802): 'The Commercial Agricultural and Manufacturer's Magazine', Volume 7, 1802, p. 314

(*1803): 'Kent's Directory', 1803 Cramer p. 50 , Cahusac p. 36, Corri p. 48, Clementi p. 43

(*1806): 'The Norwich Poll Book, 1806, p. 62-75

(*1808): 'Post Office Annual Directory', 1808, p. 5 (Specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(**1812): 'The Post-Office Annual Directory for 1812', p. 71

(*1814): 'The Post-Office Annual Directory for 1814'

(*1818): 'Johnstone's London Commercial Guide, and Street Directory; on a New and More ...', 1818, p. 373

(*1820): 'The Post office London directory', 1820, p. 80 (babel.hathitrust.org)

(*1818): 'Johnstone's London Commercial Guide, and Street Directory; on a New and More ...', 1818, p. 118

(**1818): 'The Poll Book, for Electing Two Representatives in Parliament for the City and Liberty of Westminster', 1818

(*1820): 'John Bull', 1820, p. 371

(*1821): 'The London Magazine', Volume 3, 1821, p. 697

(**1821): 'The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review vol. III', 1821, p. 318-320

(*1822): 'The European Magazine and London Review', Lipton Relfe, 1822, p. 88

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

(*1823): 'Kent's Original London Directory', 1823

(*1824): 'The Harmonicon', 1824, p. 262

(*1825): 'The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, 1825, p. 637

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

(z1825): 'The Harmonicon: A Journal of Music, 06/1825, p. 2

(**1826): 'The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review', 1826, p. 241

(*1827): 'The London Gazette', 1827, p. 1160

(**1827): 'The London Gazette', 1827, p. 227+229

(*1828): 'The Harmonicon', Volumes 4-10, 03/1828, p. 149

(z1828): 'Principles and Practice contrasted; or, a peep into the only true Church of ...', 1828, p. 5

(*1830): 'The Harmonicon', Volumes 4-10, William Ayrton, 06/1830, p. 255

(z1830): 'Imperial Patent Grand and Square Piano Fortes, with Newly-invented Harmonic ...', 1830, p. 3-4

(y1832): 'The London Gazette', 09/03/1832, p. 538

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

(**1835): 'The Court Journal: Court Circular & Fashionable Gazette', 1835, p. 43

(xx1836): 'History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk, and the City and County of the ...', 1836, p. 204-205

(***1837): 'The London Gazette', 16/06/1837, p. 1537

(*1837): 'Pigot and co.'s national commercial directory of the whole of Scotland', 1837, Aberdeen p. 186, Edinburgh p. 98, Liverpool p. 78, Leeds p. 54, Newcastle p. 126

(x1837): 'History, gazetteer, and directory, of the west-riding of Yorkshire, with the ...', 1837, p. 551

(xx1837): 'Westminster Election. A Poll Taken on Wednesday the 26th of July, 1837, for ...', 1837, p. 5

(*1838): 'The Musical World a weekly record of Musical Science, Literature, and ...', 1838, p. 151

(**1838): 'The Champion and Weekly Herald', 1838, p. 589

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

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

(z1841): 'The London Gazette', 30/03/1841, p. 880

(*1842): 'The Norwich guide and directory', G. K. Blyth, 1842, p. 248

(**1842): 'The Musical World', Volume 17, 1842, p. 224

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

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

(**1843): 'Comprising Reports of Cases in the Courts of Chancery' ..., Volume 20, 1843, p. 48

(***1843): 'Bankrupt Directory: Being a Complete Register of All the Bankrupts, with ...', 1843, p. 77

(*1845): 'Williams's Directory of the Borough of Leeds: Giving an Entirely New ...', 1845, p. 307

(**1845): 'The London Gazette', 15/08/1845, p. 2491

(***1845): 'The London Gazette', 21/10/1845, p. 3184

(x1845): 'The Musical World', 02/01/1845, p. 12

(*1846): 'The London Gazette', 24/03/1846, p. 1096

(**1846): 'I Lombardi. The Lombards: a lyrical drama, in four acts ...', 1846, p. 69

(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, Bristol p. 14

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

(**1847): 'The Musical World', Volume 22, 1847, p. 354+681

(***1847): 'Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the ..., Volume 31, 1847, p. 308

(*1849): 'The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular', 01/06/1849, p. 162

(*1850): 'The British Colonies: Their History, Extent, Condition and ...', Volume 4, 1850, p. 3

(**1850): 'Repertory of patent inventions and other discoveries and ...', Volume 16, 1850, p. 191

(***1850): 'The Musical Times', 01/04/1850, p. 297

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

(**1851): 'Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition 1851', p. 464

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

(y1851): 'The British Colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources', 1851, p. 4 (archive.org)

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

(*1853): 'Catalogue of the Great Industrial Exhibition, in connection with the Royal Dublin Society', 1853, p. 61

(y1853): 'Gore's Directory of Liverpool & its Environs', 1853 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(**1854): 'ALLEN'S INDIAN MAIL', 1854, p. 279

(***1854): 'The Law Times', 13/05/1854, p. 74

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

(*1855): 'Paris universal exhibition', 1855, p. 70

(**1855): 'Organ, its history and construction: a comprehensive treatise on the ...', Edw. J. Hopkins, 1855, p. 624

(xx1855): 'Post office Kelly's directory of Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire', 1855, p. 293

(**1856): 'Repertory of patent inventions and other discoveries and ...', Volume 28, 1856, p. 259

(*1857): 'Mechanics' Magazine and Journal of Science, Arts, and Manufactures', Volume 67, 1857, p. 502

(**1857): 'Journal of the Society of Arts', Volume 5, 1857, p. 284

(y1857): 'The British colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources', 1857, p. 4 (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

(*1859): 'The Musical World', Volume 33, 1859, Cahusac, p. 685

(*1860): 'The Musical Times', Volume 9, 01/09/1860, p. 340

(*1861): 'The Musical World', Volume 39, 06/07/1861, p. 430

(**1861): 'Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences', 1861, p. 126

(x1861): 'The Official Illustrated Guide to the North-Eastern; North British ...', 1861, p. 52

(xx1861): 'The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter', 12/01/1861, p. 191

(y1861):: 'She stoops to conquer'. Libretto, 1861, p. 36

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

(**1862): 'London: What'to See and how to See it', 1862, p. 234

(***1862): 'The International Exhibition of 1862', p. 89

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

(xx1862): 'The stranger's handbook to places worth seeing in London', 1862, p. 77

(y1862): 'Hall's Gravesend, Milton and Northfleet directory, and advertiser', 1862, p. 11

(*1863): 'The Musical World', february 1863, p. 112

(**1863): 'Chronological and Descriptive Index of Patents Applied for and Patents', 1863, p. 127+106+206

(x1863): 'The Illustrated London News', 19/12/1863, p. 619

(**1864): 'The Musical Times', Volume 11, 01/04/1864, p. 253

(***1864): 'The Musical Standard', 16/01/1864, p. 188

(x1864): 'The Illustrated London News', 02/01/1864, p. 14

(*1865): 'The illustrated record and descriptive catalogue of the Dublin international exhibition, 1865, p. 239

(**1865): 'The Post Office Directory of Norfolk & Suffolk', 1865, p. 562

(xx1865): 'The London Gazette', 06/06/1865, p. 2943

(*1866): 'The Illustrated London Almanack', Volume 5, 1866, p. 69

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

(**1867): 'Chronological index of patents applied for and patents', 1867, p. 19

(xx1867): 'The Illustrated London News', 02/02/1867, p. 114

(**1868): 'The Woburn Directory', 1868

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

(*1870): 'The Musical Times', Volume 14, 01/12/1870, p. 678

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

(*1871): 'The London Gazette', 01/09/1871, p. 3854

(**1871): 'Chronological and Descriptive Index of Patents Applied for and Patents', 1871, p. 328-329

(*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

(*1873): 'The Athenaeum: A Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music, and ...', 1873, p. 520

(**1873): 'Quarterly literary advertiser of 1873', p. 54

(*1874): 'The Woburn Directory', 1874

(**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

(**1875): 'The Illustrated sporting & dramatic news', Volume 2, 1875, p. 296

(***1875): 'The post office directory of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk', 1875, p. 662

(**1878): 'Catalogue officiel de la section anglaise', 1878, p. 66- 67 (archive.org)

(*1879): 'The Musical Times', Volume 17, 1876, p. 579

(**1879): 'The Post Office Directory Of The Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk', 1897, p. 416

(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

(**1880): 'The Commercial directory of Liverpool, and shipping guide', 1880, Aberdeen p. 808, Armagh p. 844, Belfast p. 837, Halifax p. 975, Huddersfield p. 982, Liverpool p. 333-334, London p. 473, Manchester p. 436

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

(y1883): 'Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk', 1883, p. 731

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

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

(xx1890): 'Weltadressbuch der gesammten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1890, Aldershot p. 150, Ashton p. 151, Batley p. 153, Bedford p. 153, Bexhill p. 153, Bradford p. 156-157, Brighton p. 158, Bristol p. 158, Burton p. 159, Cambridge p. 159-160, Canterbury p. 160, Chichester p. 161, Chorley p. 161, Colchester p. 162, Cork p. 162, Dorking p. 164, Durham p. 165, Eastbourne p. 165, Falmouth p. 166, Frome p. 167, Grantham p. 168, Hanley p. 169, Hull p. 171, Huntingdon p. 171, Isleworth p. 172, Leicester p. 174, Lewes p. 174, Liverpool p. 175, London PF p. 176-177 & London PD p. 178-182, Loughborough p. 190, Newbury p. 193, Newcastle-on-Tyne p. 194, Newton Abbot p. 194, Norwich p. 195, Oldham p. 195, Oswaldtwistle p. 196, Richmond p. 198, Runcorn p. 199, Southport p. 202, Stratford p. 204, Taunton p. 204, Teignmouth p. 204, Wellingborough p. 206, Wigan p. 207, Winchester p. 207, Woolwich p. 208, Workington p. 208, Worthing p. 208 (digital.slub-dresden.de)

(y1890): 'The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular', Volume 31, 01/06/1890, p. 325

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

(y1891): 'Kelly's Post Office London Directory', 1891

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

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

(*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)

(**1896): 'Kelly's London Suburban Directory', 1896, p. 954-955 (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. 110(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)

(**1903): 'The London Gazette', 24/04/1903, p. 2670 (TheGazette.co.uk)

(**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, Accrington p. 373, Aschton p. 374, Bedford p. 377, Belfast p. 377-378, Birmingham p. 379-380, Bishop's Stortford p. 381, Bolton p. 382, Bradford p. 383, Bristol p. 385-386, Bromley p. 386, Burton p. 387, Canterbury p. 388, Carlisle p. 388, Chichester p. 390, Chorley p. 390, Colchester p. 391, Croydon p. 393, Dartmouth p. 394, Darwen p. 394, Daventry p. 394, Dorking p. 395, Eastbourne p. 397, Eccles p. 398, Fleetwood p. 400, Grantham p. 403, Guildford p. 404, Hitchin p. 407, Hull p. 409, Huntingdon p. 409, Ilford p. 409, Isleworth p. 410, Lancaster p. 412, Leeds p. 413-414, Leicester p. 414, Lewes p. 415, Liverpool p. 415-416, London PF p. 417-420 & London PD p. 423-434, Loughborough p. 462, Lowestoft p. 462, Manchester p. 464-466, Nantwich p. 468, Netherton p. 468, Newbury p. 469, Newcastle-on-Tyne p. 469, Norwich p. 471, Oldham p. 472, Penzance p. 474, Peterborough p. 474, Plumstead p. 475, Preston p. 476, Richmond p. 478, St. Helens p. 480, Seacombe p. 481, Sheffield p. 482-483, Spennymoor p. 486, Stacksteads p. 486, Stanley p. 486, Stonehouse p. 487, Sunderland p. 488, Tideswell p. 489, Wallsend p. 492, Warwick p.493, Wellingborough p. 493, Whitehaven p. 494, Wigan p. 495, Wimbledon p. 495, Winchester p. 495, Woolwich p. 496, Workington p. 497, York-Town 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)

(*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, CROWLEY p. 131, COHEN p. 135, CRAMER p. 150

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

(**1912): 'The Music Trade Directory', Volume 24, 1912

(x1912): 'Welt-Adressbuch der gesamten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1912, Accrington p. 500, Bedford p. 504, Belfast p. 504-505, Birmingham p. 506-508, Blackpool p. 508-509, Bolton p. 509, Bradford p. 510-511, Bridgenorth p. 512, Bristol p. 513-514, Bromley p. 514, Burton-on-Trent p. 515, Canterbury p. 516, Cheltenham p. 517-518, Cheltenham p. 517-518, Chester-le-Street p. 518, Chichester p. 518, Chorley p. 518, Coalville p. 519, Colchester p. 520, Croydon p. 521, Dartmouth p. 522, Daventry p. 522, Derby p. 522-523, Doncaster p. 523-524, Dudley p. 525, Eastbourne p. 526, East Grinstead p. 526, Eccles p. 526, Epping p. 528, Fleetwood p. 529, Great-Yarmouth p. 534, Guilford p. 534, Hanley p. 535, Harpenden p. 535, Harwich p. 535, Hastings p. 536, Hitchin p. 537, Horley p. 538, Houghton-le-Spring p. 538, Huddersfield p. 538-539, Hull p. 539, Hythe p. 540, Ilford p. 540, Isleworth p. 541, Jarrow-on-Tyne p. 541, Leeds p. 543-545, Leicester p. 545, Liverpool p. 546-457, London PF p. 550-554 & London PD p. 559-572, Lowestoft p. 602, Manchester p. 603-605, Nantwich p. 607, Nelson p. 607, Newbury p. 608, Newcastle-on-Tyne p. 608, Newcastle-under-Lyme p. 608, Northampton p. 609-610, Norwich p. 610, Nottingham p. 610-611, Nuneaton p. 611 Oldham p. 611-612, Penzance p. 613, Petersborough p. 614, Plumstead p. 614, Preston p. 615-616,
Pudsey p. 616, Ramsbottom p. 616, Ramsey p. 616
, Redruth p. 617, Richmond p. 617, St. Helens p. 619, Scarborough p. 620, Seacombe p. 620, Sheffield p. 621-622, Spennymoor p. 625, Stacksteads p. 625, Stamford p. 625, Stanley p. 625, Stevenage p. 625, Sunderland p. 627, Sutton p. 627, Tideswell p. 629, Treslothan p. 630, Twickenham p. 630, Wallingford p. 631, Warwick p. 632, Watford p. 632, Wellingborough p. 633, Wellington p. 633, West Bromwich p. 633, Weston-Super-Mare p. 634, Wigan p. 634-635, Winchester p. 635, Woolwich p. 636, York-Town 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 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

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

(*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

(y1921): 'Guys Cork Almanach, 1921', p. 201 (CorkPastAndPresent.ie)

(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

(⁵) : Haydn's Dictionary of Dates: Relating to All Ages and Nations, for Universal ..., 1871, p. 299


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