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Brand Image Info Addresses
       
ADAMS Arthur M. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1903-10

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

14, Queen's Terrace, W. (*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), 51, West Princes Street (x1906), Glasgow
ADAMS R. J. & R.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1866-93 [since 1865 (xx1890)]

'Pianoforte and music sellers' (*1866)

ADAMS R. J. & R., MASON & Co (y1870), 'Pianoforte and music sellers'

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

 

81-83, Buchanan Street (y1870), 83, Buchanan Street (*1866)(***1879)(xx1890)(*1893), Glasgow
ALEXANDER & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1898-1906

'Piano-, Fahrräder- u. Schuh-Handlung' (x1906)

12a, Leith Street Terrace (***1898)(**1899)(***1900)(***1901)(***1902)(x1906), Edinburgh
ALEXANDER J. N. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1890-1906

'Pianobauer u. -Händler' (xx1890)(x1906)

222, Buchanan Street (xx1890), Chryston near Glasgow (x1906), Glasgow
ALLAN Alexander
| ALLEN
 

'[Musical ?] Instrument-maker' ca. 1806-17

 

 

Baron Grant's Close (*1806)(*1807)(*1808)(*1809)(*1810), 9, Lothian Street (*1811)(*1812)(*1813)(*1814)(*1815)(*1816)(*1817), Edinburgh

 

ALLAN Alexander  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1870

'Pianoforte maker, pianoforte tuner and music seller' (y1870)

 

 

117, Eglinton Street (y1870), Glasgow

 

ALLAN James  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1851 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

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

ALLAN J. & A. (x1906)(x1912)

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

1906-12 - Owner : Alexander ALLAN (x1906)(x1912)

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung'

 

23, South Street (xx1890)(x1906), 142, High Street (x1912), Elgin
ALLEN A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

12, Viewforth Terrace (x1912), Edinburgh
ALLEN Alexander  

Pianoforte tuner' ca. 1833, 'Pianoforte-manufacturer' ca. 1840-66

 

 

239, Argyll Street (**1833), 72, Norfolk Street (**1840)(**1842)(**1844), 107, Eglinton Street (**1846)(**1848), 109, Eglinton Street, house 111 (**1854)(**1855)(**1856), 117, Eglinton Street (*1857), 115, Eglinton Street (*1861), 115-117, Eglinton Street, works Eglinton Lane (**1863)(*1864)(*1866), Glasgow

 

ALLEN John  

Square pianoforte ca. 1800, Collection Trevor Leary, West Kirby, Wirral, England, U.K.

 

'Piano-forte-maker' ca. 1800

See also KNOWLES & ALLEN in Aberdeen

Aberdeen
ALLEN John  

'Pianoforte-manufacturer' ca. 1825-54

ALLEN John & Co (x1825)(*1826)(***1828), and music sellers

1828 - "[...] Bankrupts, [...] from 1st July to 31st October, 1828 : Allen John and Co, piano-forte-makers, Glasgow. [...]" Blackwood's Magazine, 1828, p. 803

ALLEN John (**1854)

 

9, Argyle Street (x1825), Stockwell Street (x1825), 21, Argyll Street (*1826), 108, Argyll Street & Argyll Arcade (***1828), Coruna Street, 10 house Franklin Terrace (**1854), Glasgow
ALLEN Robert
| ALLAN
 

ALLEN Robert & Sons

Square pianoforte n° 5266 ca. 1840, The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, England, U.K.

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1833-48

ALLEN Robert & Co (**1833)(*1837)

ALLEN Robert & Sons (**1840)(**1842)(**1844)(y1846)(**1846)(**1848)

38, Portland Street, Laurieston (**1833), Works : 50, Fox Street (**1833), 103, Eglinton Street (*1837)(**1840), 109-111- 113-115, Eglinton Street (**1844)(y1846), 109, Eglinton Street (**1842)(**1846)(**1848), Glasgow
ALLEN William Stuart  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1834-50

ALLEN & CRAWFORD (***1845), 'pianoforte-makers'

ALLEN William Stuart (x1846)

'Pianomaker & polisher' (y1850)

 

Lower Crescent (x1834), 15, Lindsay Street (***1845), House : 6, Victoria Square, [Nethergate] (***1845)(x1846)(y1850), Dundee
ALSING G. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1870 71, Sauchiehall Street (y1870), Glasgow
ANDERSEN J. & A. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Möbel-Händler, führt auch Pianos' (x1912)

30, Mid Street (x1912), Fraserburgh
ANDERSON Brothers Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1868 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

5, Merchant Street (x1906), 4, Merchant Street (x1912), Peterhead
ANDERSON Henry  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1895-1902

 

47, St. Patrick Square (***1895)(***1896)(***1897)(***1898)(***1899)(***1900)(***1901)(***1902), Edinburgh
ANDREWS W. G.  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1923

 

21, Nithsdale Road (*1923), Glasgow
ATKINS Hugh   'Pianoforte-maker, tuner & repairer' ca. 1864-66  

110, Renfield Street (*1864), 140, Renfield Street, workshops Eglinton Lane (*1866), Warehouse :  23, Oxford Street (*1866), Glasgow

 

ARMSTRONG H. G.  

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

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Händler, -Stimmer u. -Reparateur' (x1906)

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

 

17, High Street (x1906)(x1912), Johnstone
ARTHUR & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

 

78, Queen Street (x1906), Glasgow
 

 

(*1806): 'Post Office annual Directory', 1806, p. 6 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1807): 'Post Office annual Directory, 1807, p. 6 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1808): 'Post office Annual Directory', 1808, p. 6 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1809): 'Post Office annual Directory', 1809, p. 7 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1810): 'Post office Annual Directory', 1810, p. 7 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1811): 'Post Office annual Directory', 1811, p. 7 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1812): 'Post Office annual Directory', 1812, p. 7 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1813): 'Post Office annual Directory', 1813, p. 7 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1814): 'Post Office annual Directory', 1814, p. 7 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1815): 'Post Office annual Directory', 1815, p. 7 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1816): 'Post Office annual Directory', 1816, p. 8 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1817): 'Post office Annual Directory', 1817, p. 7 (digital.nls.uk)

(x1825): 'Pigot & Co.'s new commercial directory of Scotland for 1825', (Glasgow) p. 511 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1826): 'The Glasgow Directory for 1826', p. 16 (archive.org)

(***1828): 'The Glasgow Directory for 1828', p. 16 (archive.org)

(**1833): 'The Post-Office annual Glasgow directory for 1833', p. 20 (archive.org)

(*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, Glasgow p. 598

(**1840): 'The Post-Office annual Glasgow directory for 1840', p. 325 (archive.org)

(**1842): 'The Post-Office annual Glasgow directory for 1842, p. 338 (archive.org)

(**1844): 'The Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory for 1844', p. 16 + 368 (archive.org)

(***1845): 'Dundee Post Office Directory for 1845', p. 3 + 263 (archive.org)

(**1846): 'The Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory for 1846', p. 438 (archive.org)

(x1846): 'Post Office Dundee Directory for 1846-47', Dundee, p. 226 (digital.nls.uk)

(y1846): 'Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland; Including in Addition to ...', 1846 Glasgow p. 31

(**1848): 'Post-Office annual Glasgow directory for 1848', p. 486 (digital.nls.uk)

(y1850): 'The Dundee directory', 1850, p. 69 (archive.org)

(**1854): 'Post-Office annual Glasgow directory', 1854-55, p. 43 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1855): 'Glasgow Post Office Annual Directory for 1855', p. 623 (archive.org)

(**1856): 'The Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory for 1856', p. 431 (archive.org)

(*1857): 'The Post-Office annual Glasgow directory for 1857', p. 54 (archive.org)

(*1861): 'Slater's (late Pigot & Co.'s) Royal national commercial directory and topography of Scotland', 1861, Dundee p.664, Edinburg p. 813, Glasgow p. 975 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1863): 'Post Office Glasgow Directory for 1863, 1864', 1863, p. 528+535

(*1864): 'Post Office Glasgow Directory for 1864', p. 549 (archive.org)

(*1866): 'Post Office Glasgow Directory', 1866

(**1866): 'Glasgow post-office directory [afterw.] Post office Glasgow directory, Volume 39, 1866, p. 599

(y1870): 'The Post Office Glasgow Directory of 1870-71', p. 77-81, Pianoforte Makers and Sellers p. 650 (archive.org)

(***1879): 'Glasgow Post Office Annual Directory for 1879', p. 881 (archive.org)

(xx1890): 'Weltadressbuch der gesammten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1890, Elgin p. 166, Glasgow p. 167-168 (digital.slub-dresden.de)

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

(***1895): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1895, p. 637 (digital.nls.uk)

(***1896): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1896, p. 650 (digital.nls.uk)

(***1897): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1897, p. 667 (digital.nls.uk)

(***1898): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1898, p. 704-705 (digital.nls.uk)

(***1899): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1899, p. 718-719 (digital.nls.uk)

 

 

(***1900): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1900, p. 727-728 (digital.nls.uk)

(***1901): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1901, p. 745 (digital.nls.uk)

(***1902): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1902, p. 770 (digital.nls.uk)

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

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

(x1906): 'Weltadressbuch der gesammten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1906, Edinburgh p. 398, Elgin p. 399, Glasgow p. 401-403, Johnstone p. 411, Peterhead p. 475 (digital.sim.spk-berlin.de)

(*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)

(x1912): 'Welt-Adressbuch der gesamten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1912, Edinburgh p. 526-527, Elgin p. 527, Fraserburgh p. 530, Glasgow p. 530-532, Johnstone p. 541, Peterhead p. 614 (digital.sim.spk-berlin.de)

(*1923): 'The Post Office Annual Glasgow Directory for 1923', p. 1458 (archive.org)

(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

 


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