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Brand Image Info Addresses
       
HACK Robert  'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1841 4, Gray's Inn Passage (**1841), London
HACKELL William  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

169, Rylance Street (x1906), Manchester
HACKETT A.  

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

'Late MORGAN' (x1906)(x1912)

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

 

The Square (x1906)(x1912), Wimborne Minster
HACKNEY FURNISHING Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Piano- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

THE HACKNEY FURNISHUNG Co Ltd. (x1926)

 

Town Hall, Hackney, Mare Street, N.E. (x1906)(x1912), 95-99, Oxford Street, W. (x1912), Mare Street, Hackney, E. (x1926), London
HADDAM H. J.  

Patent of 1883 : "Mar. 1, 1883. - H. J. HADDAM. Improvements in pianoforte actions and in the method of attaching the sounding-board." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 234

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1883 London ?
HADDAN John Cooper  

Patent of 1856 : "John Cooper HADDAN, Cannon-row, Westminster, Improvements in pianofortes." The Engineer, 26/12/1856, p. 698

 

'Engineer' ? ca. 1855 Cannon Row, Westminster (x1856), Bristol
HADDOW James  'Pianoforte-manufacturer' ca. ?? London
HAGGIS & Sons  

'Pianoforte-[parts]-makers' ca. 1914-17

HAGGIS & Son (*1916)

HAGGIS & Sons (*1914)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919)

 

14-16, New Wharf Road, Caledonian Road, N. (*1914), 16-18, New Wharf road, Caledonian Road, N. (*1915), 38-40, Upper Clapton Road, N.E. (*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London
HAIG J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

 

West End (x1906), Hebden Bridge
HAIG John

 

HAIG J. & Co

Cabinet pianoforte n° 1141 ca. 1825, Sweelinck Collection, Geelvinck Muziek Musea, Heerde, The Netherlands

 

'Pianoforte-manufacturers' ca. 1825-52

HAIG & Co (x1842)

HAIG John (*1843)(y1846)(*1847)

HAIG John & Co (**1852)

 

2, Walworth Place, Walworth Road (x1842)(*1843), 1-2, Walworth Place, Wiwth. Road (y1846)(**1852), 1, Walworth Place, Walwort Road (*1847), London
HAIGH Frederick A. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1893 (x1906)]

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

26, Church Street (x1906), Lancaster
HAIGH J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

West End (x1912)(x1926), Hebden-Bridge
HAIGH J. N.  

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

'Musikal.-, Piano- und Violinen-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

16, High Street (x1906)(x1912), Queensbury
HAIGH William  

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1876 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)

 

Town Hall Street (xx1890), 34, Town Hall Street (x1906)(x1912), Sowerby-Bridge
HALCROW R. J.  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Auch Stimmer' (x1912)

 

6, Talbot Road, West Ealing, W. (x1906), 13, Coldersham Villas, West Ealing, W. (x1912), London
HALE  

'Pianoforte-manufacturer' ca. 1860-63

HALE & Son (xx1860)

HALE & Co (***1863)

 

Promenade House, Promenade, (xx1860)(***1863), Cheltenham, Gloucester
HALE C. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. ? London
HALE C. E.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

Representative for Hofpiano-Fabrik Ernst KAPS, Dresden & CLARABELLA-Organs

 

93, Clyde Road, West Didsbury (x1906), Manchester
HALE C. E. & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1880 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

93, Clyde Road (x1906)(x1912), Didsbury
HALE Edward H. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884 Percy Street, Tottenham Court Road, W. (**1884), London
HALES H. K. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

Market Place (x1912), Burslem
HALL A. M. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Organist, Piano- u. Orgel-Händler' (x1906)

Craiglands (x1906), Redcar
HALL C.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

82, Ramsden Road, Balham (x1912), London
HALL & CARDWELL  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

79, Seaforth Street (x1926), Blyth
HALL & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Musikinstr.- u. Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

50, Elswick Road (xx1890), Newcastle-on-Tyne
HALL Charles Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Musikinstr.- u. Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

Gloucester Road (xx1890), Ross
HALL Ernest  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

25, Alexandra Road, Moss Side (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Manchester
HALL George  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926 [since 1883 (x1926)]

'Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

 

86, Cambridge Gardens, W. (x1926), London
HALL George A. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1868-74 boards H. Bates, Court (**1868), h. Salem (*1874), Woburn
HALL G. F.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1897-1910

 

79, Trafalgar Street (*1897)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), Brighton
HALL H. W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

5, Thesiger Road, Beckenham, S.E. (x1912), London
HALL Jesse  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1926 [since 1874 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Organist, Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Händler' (x1906) ------- 'Organist, Musikal.-, nebenbei Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Händler' (x1912) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Sprechm.- u. Musikinstr.-Händler' (x1926)

 

137, Eastgate (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Louth
HALL John  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1841 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

'Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906) ------- 'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)

 

8, Market Place (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Grantham
HALL John Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1916-17 171, York Road, Battersea, S.W. (*1916)(*1917), London
HALL J. T.  

Patent of 1868 : "Dec. 17, 1868. - J. T. HALL. Improved hinges for piano tops." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 221

SEE ALSO ...

J. T. HALL in Belfast, Ireland

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1838 (x1906)]

Whitehaven

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

Cleator Moor

'Musikal.- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

Cockermouth & Millom

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

Millom

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

 

MAIN FIRM : 61, King Street (x1906), 63, Kindg Street (x1912), 34, Lowther Street (x1912), 26, Lowther Street (x1926),  Whitehaven

BRANCH : 17, High Street (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Cleator Moor

BRANCH : Station Street (x1906), Cockermouth

BRANCH : Market Square (x1906), Millom

BRANCH :  Belfast, Ireland

 

HALL L. M. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1874 h. Canal (*1874), Woburn
HALL Sidney  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

64, Astley Street (x1912), Stalybridge
HALL & Sons  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1889 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

'Piano-, Orgel- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

32, Church Street, Windhill (x1906), 79, Leeds Road (x1912), 4, Commercial Street (x1926), Shipley
HALL W. & Sons  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. ?

 

4, Heriot Place, Haverstock Hill (?), London
HALL William  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1843-70

He worked for Daniel Chandler HEWITT, see below.

"I am a manufacturer of small work for pianofortes, and live in Whittam-place, Upper Holloway — I have manufactured dampers for Mr. Hewitt many times." Proceedings of the Central Criminal Court, 27th February 1843, p. 208

HALL William & Sons (*1862)

1870 - "Bankrupts. Friday, April 1, 1870. Under Bankruptey Act, 1869. Creditors must forward their proofs of debts to the Registrar. [...] To Surrender in the Country. [...] Hall, Wm, Whittington-pl, Highgate-hill, Pianoforte Manufacturer. Pet April 2. Brougliam. April 26 at 11." The Solicitors' Journal & Reporter, 09/04/1870, p. 481

 Whittam Place, Upper Holloway (**1843)7, Whittington Place, Upper Holloway, N. (*1862), Whittington Place, Highgate Hill (xx1870), London
HALL W. R.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Music Saloon,  Piano- u. Musikal.-Händler' (x1926)

 

Wide Street (x1926), Selby
HALLAM W. H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

13, Albion Road, Newtown New Mills (x1912), Stockport
HALLE Lilian & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

228, Westbourne Grove, W. (x1906), London
HALLÉ PIANO Co  

PARIS - "8. Hallé, Piano Co, à Londres, AV., Charles 25, Shepherds Bush. — Piano à queue horizontale, à queue oblique et piano droit." Catalogue général officiel. Tome troisième, Groupe III : instruments et procédés généraux des lettres, des sciences et des arts : classes 11 à 18, 1900, p. 542 (archive.org)

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1900-14

Silver medal Paris, 1900

25, Charles Street, Shepherds Bush (***1900), 135, Finsbury Pavement, E.C. (*1914), London
HALLERTON John & Son Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1900 ??
HALLET J. junior  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1860 (x1906)]

HALLET J. junior (x1906)

 'Piano-Handlung' and 'Organist' (x1906)(x1912)

HALLET J. (x1912)

 

136, St. Leonard's Road, Poplar (x1906)(x1912), London
HALLET James & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-14 [since 1893 (x1906)]

HALLET James & Co (x1906)

 'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

HALLET James jun. (y1907)

HALLET James (x1912)(y1914)

 

430, Green Street, Upton Park, E. (x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914), London
HALLET Samuel  

Patent of 1857 : "11 May 1857 - 1326. Samuel Hallett, of Clarges Street, Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex, for an invention for Improvements in pianofortes. A communication from Joseph Becker, of the City of New York. Letters Patent sealed." Chronological index of patents applied for and patents granted of ..., 1857, p. 82 - or - "May 11, 1857. - S. HALLETT. Strings are arranged “ concentric with the sound-boards. One, two, four, six, or eight keys” may be applied to the same instrument." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 212

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1857  Clarges Street, Piccadilly, Middlesex (*1857), London
HALLEY James 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1847-52 18, Wade's Place, Hackney Road (*1847), 73, Goswell Road (**1852), London
HALLIDAY & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1822 23, Bishopsgate Street within (**1822), London
HALLPIKE Vincent Henry 'Piano forte maker' ca. 1847 30, Cromer Street (*1847), London
HALSMAYER PIANO Co 'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1895-1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912) & 'Import' (x1912)

23, St. Mary Avenue, E.C. (**1895), 18, Berners Street, W. (x1906)(y1907)(x1912), London
HAMBLETON C. G.  

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

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

 

10, Sheep Market (x1906), High Street (x1912), Leek
HAMBLETON Noah  

'Harpsichord and Piano Forte-maker' ca. 1793

 

2, Edward Street, Portman Square (**1793), London
HAMBLEY John Knox  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1894

'Wring & sewing machine & bassinette & pianoforte dealer' (y1894)

 

2, West Derby Street (y1894), Liverpool
HAMER J. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1906

'Piano-Fabrik' (x1906)

246, Weastle Lane (x1906), Manchester
HAMES George Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

 

Erkwright Street (x1906), Nottingham

 

HAMES & Sons  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26 [since 1864 (x1912)(x1926)]

'Musikal.-, Piano- und Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

HAMES G. (x1926)

 

 

11-12, Baxter Gate (x1912)(x1926), Loughborough

 

HAMILTON & Co  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1893-1910

 

15, Stoke's Croft (*1893)(*1897)(*1903)(*1906)(y1907)(*1909)(*1910), Bristol
HAMILTON & Co  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

146, Great Collège Street, Camden Town, N.W. (y1907)(x1912), London
HAMILTON, EVANS & Co  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1901-26

'Piano-Handlung' & 'Auch Musikal. u. Musikinstr.' (x1912) ------- 'Piano- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

HAMILTON, EVANS & Co Ltd. (x1926)

 

143, High Road, Streatham, S.W. (**1901)(**1904)(x1912), 34, London Road, Forest Hill, S.E. (y1907), 54, London Road, Forest Hill, S.E. (x1912), 204, Streatham High Road, S.W. (x1926), London
HAMILTON, HALL & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Importeure u. Exporteure von Pianos' (x1926)

 

5, Riding Street (x1926), Liverpool
HAMILTON James Alexander  

'Music-seller' ca. 1818

 

212, Piccadilly Haymarket (*1818), London
HAMILTON J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1886 (xx1890)]

'Musikinstr.-Handlung' (xx1890)

114, Alexandra Road, Moss Side (xx1890), Manchester
HAMILTON J. B.  

Patent of 1874 : "May 6, 1874. - J. B. HAMILTON. Coiled, flat, or round wires." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 224

Patent of 1874 : "Nov. 25, 1874. - J. B. HAMILTON, G, WADE, and R. W. Vosey. Compensating springs attached to strings to prevent changes of pitch." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 225

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer and/or inventor ca. 1874 London ?
HAMILTON W. T.  

Patent of 1865 : "March 9, 1865. - W. T. HAMILTON, Guide for the position of the hands in playing." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 218

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer and/or inventor ca. 1865

 

London ?
HAMMAR Charles Alexander  

1850 - "Charles Alexander Hammar, formerly of No. 44, Rupertstreet, Haymarket, then of No. 6, Sidmouth-place, Gray'sinn-lane, then of No. 35, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, all in Middlesex, Journeyman Pianoforte Maker, then of No. 30, Cromer-street, Gray's-inn-road, Pianoforte Maker, carrying on there such business in copartnership with Robert Hay, under the style of Hammar and Hay, and now of No. 6, Sidmouth-place aforesaid, both in Middlesex, Pianoforte Maker." The London Gazette, 1850, p. 273

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1850

HAMMAR & HAY (**1850), see HAY, just below 

44, Rupertstreet, Haymarket (18??), 6, Sidmouth Place, Gray's inn Lane (18??), 35, Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square (18??), 30, Cromer Street, Gray's-inn-road (**1850), 6, Sidmouth Place (**1850), Middlesex, London
HAMMOND & Co Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1906-10 6, King Street, Regent Street, W. (*1906)(*1907)(*1910), London
HAMMOND John Vincent 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1896-1907 21, Trafalgar Square, Peckham, S.E. (**1896)(**1901)(**1904)(y1907), London
HAMMOND J. A. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1909

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

5, Vigo Street, W. (xx1890)(*1907)(*1909), London
HAMMOND & Son   Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1800 (xx1890)(x1906)]

'Musikal.-, Piano- u.[Musik]instr.-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)

4a, Above Bar (xx1890), 82, Above Bar (x1906), Southampton
HAMMOND William  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1842-62

HAMMOND William (x1842)(*1843)(*1847)

HAMMOND William & Sons (**1852)(*1862)

 

1, Surrey Place East, Old Kent Road, S.E. (x1842)(*1843)(*1847)(**1852)(*1862), London
HAMPSHIRE J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1885 (xx1890) or since 1876 (x1906)]

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

HAMPSHIRE J. (x1906), 'Juwelier, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Händler'

 

Union Street (xx1890), 19, Market Place (x1906), Dewsbury
HAMPSON H. P.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Geigen-Handlung' (x1926)

 

156, Northerden Road (x1926), Sale
 

HAMPTON Charles

  Pianoforte 3 Ft High by 4 Ft 3 Ins Wide - Rosewood 23 to 25 Gs; - Walnut 25 to 27 Gs

  Pianoforte 3 Ft High by 4 Ft 3 Ins Wide - Rosewood 23 to 28 Gs; - Walnut 28 to 31 Gs

  Pianoforte 2 Unisons - 3 Ft 11 ins High by 4 Ft 3 Ins Wide - Rosewood 28 to 32 Gs; - Walnut 32 to 36 Gs - 2 Gs extra for 3 Unisons 5Gs Check Action

  Pianoforte 2 Unisons - 4 Ft 2 ins High by 4 Ft 3 Ins Wide - Rosewood 28 to 32 Gs; - Walnut 32 to 36 Gs - 2 Gs extra for 3 Unisons 5Gs Check Action

  Pianoforte 2 Unisons - 4 Ft 2 ins High by 4 Ft 3 Ins Wide - Rosewood 32 to 35 Gs; - Walnut 35 to 38 Gs - 2 Gs extra for 3 Unisons 5Gs Check Action

 Pianoforte 4 Ft 6 ins High by 4 Ft 6 Ins Wide - Rosewood 50 to 60 Gs; - Walnut 55 to 65 Gs - 7 octaves, 3 Unisons, harp pedal, ivory bridge, extra Check Action 5 Gs., all images of an advertisement in 1862, Debrett's Illustrated Peerage, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and ..., 1862, p. 18

 

 

"C. HAMPTON'S Compressed pianofortes. Prices guineas. 20-23-25-28-32-36-40-50-60 each. [Established in 1851] This principle was invented by C. H. in 1860, exhibited at the International Exhibition, and carried the only award for "novelty Of Construction." It has received the highest enconiums of the Press up to the present time, a few of the latest being given, as showing that as the novelty ceases, the invention is becoming more distinctly recognised.
To The Musical World. — Our attention has been called to one of the most important improvements in the construction of the Pianoforte ever recorded, which has for some time elicited the highest praise from some of the most eminent scientific gentlemen who have closely examined them. We allude to the Compressed Pianoforte, invented by Mr. C. Hampton." — Vide Civil Service Gazette.
They combine two points of the greatest importance, viz., power and purity of tone, and extraordinary durability."—Vide Court Circular.
Mr. Hampton, No. 3,405. exhibits an upright Piano, having different parts in different stages of manufacture, the framing has Iron Tubular Screw Strutts, so disposed tliat a longitudinal pressure can be put on during manufacture, in anticipation of the tension that will afterwards come from the strings. He has 'Honourable Mention' for the Invention." — See Juror's Reports, Class XVI., p. C,
31 & 56, Charlotte St., Fitzroy Square, London, W. - MANUFACTORY AND SHOW ROOMS. - For further particulars, see Index to other Advertisements." Debrett's Illustrated Peerage, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and ..., 1862, p. 16 and Murray and Co.'s Book of Information for Railway Travellers and Railway, 1865, p. 60

Patent of 1852 : "653. Charles Hampton, of No. 61, Berwick-street, St. James, in the county of Middlesex, for improvements in piano-fortes." The London journal of arts and sciences and repertory of patent inventions ..., 1852, p. 472

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1852-84 [since 1851]

HAMPTON Charles (*1862)

HAMPTON Charles & Co (**1882)

HAMPTON Charles & Co Ltd. (**1884), 'Inventors of the Royal College of Music pianos'

HAMPTON (xx1890), 'Pianohandlung'

LONDON - "3405 Hampton, C. 31, Charlotte - St. Fitzroy-sq. — Improvements in pianos." International exhibition, 1862 : Official catalogue of the industrial department, 1862, p. 54

LONDON - "Mr. Hampton (3405) exhibits a specimen of an upright piano, having ditferent parts in different stages of manufacture, the whole being enclosed in a glass case. The framing has iron tubular screw-struts so disposed that a longitudinal pressure can he put on during manufacture, in anticipation of the tension that will afterwards come from the strings. He has Honourable Mention for the invention." Reports by the Juries on the subjects in the thirty-six classes into which ..., 1862, p. 148

LONDON - "Messrs. Allison and Son exhibit some very good cottage pianofortes one very elaborately carved in oak, design of the time of Charles I. Mr. Hampton, Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Russell exhibit cottage pianos with metallic bracings. Mr. Hampton also exhibits a very good model of a cottage pianoforte, the sides and front of which are of glass, through which can be seen the construction of the interior, which is so arranged as to afford a side as well as a front view of the different parte of the instrument, the whole giving a very complete idea of the make of a cottage piano." The Illustrated London News, 14/06/1862, p. 616

LONDON - "HAMPTON, C, 31, Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, W — Compressed Piano Forte Manufacturer. Honourable Mention, International Exhibition, 1862, for the Invention of Important Improvements in the Construction of Cottage Pianos." Debrett's Illustrated Peerage, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, 1865, p. 501

Honourable Mention London, 1862

61, Berwick Street, St. James (*1852), 6, Charlotte Mews, W. (*1862), 31, Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, W. (*1862), 31 [& 56], Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, W. (x1862)(**1865), 74, Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, W. (**1870)(**1882)(**1884), 6-8-9-10, Charlotte Mews, Tottenham Court Road, W. (**1882)(**1884), 139, Barry Road, S.E. (xx1890), London
HAMPTON & Sons  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

'Piano-, Sprechm.- u. Möbel-Handlung' (x1926)

 

Pall Mall East, S.W. (x1912)(x1926), London
HAMS Charles  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Lehrer u. Piano-Händler' (xx1890)

 

Hadlow Road (xx1890), Tunbridge (Kent)
 

HANCOCK Clement C. & Co

(? - 1941)

 

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker and organ builder' ca. 1906-26

'Piano- u. Orgel-Fabrik, Musikal.- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)(x1926) ------- 'Instr. and music' (*1921)

HANCOCK & Co (y1907)(y1914)

 

215, Grange Road (x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914)(x1926), 26, Conway Street (*1921), Birkenhead

BRANCH : 21, Market Street (y1907), St. Helens; (x1912)

BRANCH : London ?

HANCOCK H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

78, Stockport Road, Ardwick (x1912)(x1926), Manchester
HANCOCK John Crang (son)  

Transverse grand pianoforte of 1782, Colt Clavier Collection, Bethersden, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte of 1790, Eric Feller Early Keyboard Instruments Collection, Germany
Grand pianoforte ca. 1790, The Cobbe Piano Collection, Surrey, England, U.K.

 
 

'Musical-Instrument-Maker' ca. 1793-94

'Patentee of the Grand Piano Forte' (**1793) ------- 'Patent Piano-forte-maker' (*1795)

Parliament Street, Westminster (**1793)(*1794), 32, Parliament Street (*1795), London
HANCOCK James (father)
| John

 

"The upright piano-forte was, doubtless, taken from tho upright harpsichord, and we have always understood that it was the invention of an Englishman of the name of Hancock, a musical instrument maker resident in some part of Westminster. He was a man of much ingenuity, and produced several varieties in keyed instruments; amongst which we find the organised piano-forte, the portable grand piano-forte, and an instrument, also a pianoforte, in the shape of a spinnet. The portable grand, in its day, was a successful and desirable instrument, but has long since been superseded by instruments of the kind called kit grands, boudoir grands, pocket grands, and semi grands." The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1840, p. 141

 

 

'Organ Builder and Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1770-1820

Father of John & James Crang HANCOCK

CRANG John & HANCOCK James (ca. 1770), see also CRANG

Patent of 1790 : "April 13, 1790. — John Hancock, (¹) Small pieces of leather between the strings, to deaden one string to each note, when required by the player. (²) A back sticker presses down a palate at the bottom of pipes, in a case below the pianoforte, admitting wind from a bellows blown by a pedal. This flute-stop can be used separately or in conjunction with the pianoforte." The History of the Pianoforte, Edgar Brinsmead, 1879, p. 196 (archive.org)

 

Wych Street, Temple Bar (**1793), London

North Devon

HANCOCK Sydney J.  

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926) ------- 'Music seller' (x1921)

35, Jewry Street (x1912)(x1921)(x1926), Winchester
HANCOX C. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

52, King's Road, Hyde Park (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Leeds
HANCTIEL M. W.  

Patent of 1874 : "Sept. 2, 1874. - M. W. HANCTIEL. Dampers mechanically held after the strings have been struck." 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 ?
HANDLEY M. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-07 289, Bethnal Green Road, E. (*1906)(*1907), London
HANDFORD Thomas 'Piano forte maker' ca. 1847 29, Charles Street, Hampstead Road (*1847), London
HANDFORD W. T. 'Piano forte maker' ca. 1847 14, Great College Street, Camden Town (*1847), London
HANDS C. W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Harmoniumbauer und Piano-Händler' (x1906)

 

Harpur Street (x1906), Bedford
HANDS George 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1893 91, Arlington Road, N.W. (*1893), London
HANES & Co  

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1904-07

Successor of LUNDBY & Co

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

578, Fulham Road, Fulham, S.W. (**1904)(x1906)(y1907), London
HANKINSON H.  

Patent of 1873 : "Dec. I, 1873, - H. HANKINSON, Transposing keyboard." 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. 1873 London ?
HANKINSON T. J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

HANKINSON (x1926), 'Schreibwaren-Händler, führt auch Musikinstr.' (x1926)

The Square (?), Exeter Road (x1926), Bournemouth
HANKS Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

103, Crossbrook Street (x1926), Cheshunt
HANLET PIANOS  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

Blackpool

'Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

Manchester

'Piano-Grosshandlung' (x1926)

 

189, Warbreck Drive (x1926), Blackpool

36, Imperial Buildings, Oxford Road (x1926), Manchester

HANLEY C. C. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1874 bd. R. Hanley (*1874), Woburn
HANLEY James

 

SEE ALSO ...

Select Committee on import duties. - 13 July 1840

 
 

'Harp-maker' ca. 1840

 

 London
HANNAFORD E. M.  

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

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Händler, Musiklehrer' (x1906) ------- 'Musikleherer, auch Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Händler' (x1912)

 

2, The Lawn (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Dawlish
HANNAM C.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26 [since 1894 (x1912)(x1926)]

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

HANNAM C. & Co (x1926)

 

10, Silver Street (x1912), 37, Silver street (x1926), Lincoln
HANNAN H. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1822 4, London Road (**1822), London
HANNAY H. F. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano- u. Musikal.-Handlung' (x1926)

59-61, Forshaw Street (x1926), Barrow-in-Furness
HANNAY Thomson Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

47, Westoe Road (x1912), South-Shields
HANNINGTON Albert & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-14 [since 1898 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

9, Dorset Street, [Portman Square], Baker Street, W. (x1906)(*1907)(y1907)(*1909)(x1912), Portman Square, W. (x1912), 39, East Street, Manchester Square, W. (y1914), London
HANSEN GRIFFITHS & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1914-26

'Merchants' (y1914) ------- 'Piano-Import u. Grosshandlung' (x1926)

55, Berners Street, W. (*1914)(y1914)(*1915), 3, Newman Street (x1926), London
HANSON A.
| HANSOM

SEE ALSO ....

HANSON in Ireland

 

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1926 [since 1845 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

Coventry

HANSON A. (xx1890)(x1906)

'Piano- u. Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926) ------- 'Pianos, organs, players, Music' (*1921)

HANSON A. & F. E. (x1912)(*1921)(x1926)

Kenilworth

HANSON A. & F. E. (x1926), 'Piano-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

Leamington

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1926)

Nuneaton

HANSON A. & F. E. (x1912)(x1926)

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

Rugby

HANSON A. & F. E. Ltd. (x1926), 'Piano-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

 

MAIN FIRM : 20, Hertford Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(*1921)(x1926), Coventry

BRANCH : Kenilworth (x1926)

BRANCH : 104, The Parade (x1926), Leamington

BRANCH : Bondgate (x1912), Bridge Street (x1926), Nuneaton

BRANCH : 23, Church Street (x1926), Rugby

BRANCH : Longford, Ireland

HANSON & WIGGLESWORTH  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1926 [since 1889 (x1906) or since 1882 (x1912)(x1926)]

HANSON & WIGGLESWORTH (xx1890)

 'Piano-Pedal- u. Harmoniumbauer' (xx1890) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Instrumenten-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

HANSON Albert & Co (x1906)

HANSON Albert (x1912)(x1926)

 

9, Alfred Street (xx1890), 68, Buxton Road (x1906)(y1907), 66, King Street (x1912)(x1926), Huddersfield (York)
HANSONS  

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1946 High Street (*1946), Stratford-upon-Avon
HARBON H.  

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1926)

14, Church Green (x1926), Redditch
HARCOURT & Co  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1900

 

London
HARDCASTLE John Julius Jones

 

SEE ALSO ...

Arthur Charles SCIPEO

 
 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26

HARDCASTLE & Co (x1906), 'Piano-Handlung'

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer' (x1912) & Piano-Handlung' (x1912) ------- 'Piano-Grosshandlung' (x1926)

HARDCASTLE J. (x1912)

HARDCASTLE H. C. (x1926)

10, Maitland Park Road, [Haverstock Hill], N.W. (x1906)(x1912), 30, East Street, Baker Street, W. (x1926), London
HARDIE Henry  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1843-52

 

13, Up Glo'ster Place, Kings Road Chelsea (*1843), 2, Glo'ster Place, King's Road Chelsea (*1847), 3, Glo'ster Place, King's Road Chelsea (**1852), London
HARDIE William  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1846

 

17, Sidney Street (x1846), 108, Church Street (x1846), Brighton
HARDMAN & GOETZE AGENCIES  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Late CULLUM & BEST' (x1906) & 'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

98, Leonard Street, City Road, E.C. (x1906), London
HARDMAN & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1865 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

 

Chapel Street (x1906)(x1912), Tyldesley
HARDY E. G.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

'Piano-, Orgel - u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

44, London Road (x1912)(x1926), Carlisle
HARDY Harry & Co  

Patent of 1885 : "Sep. 19, 1885. - H. HARDY. Modification of stringing whereby hammer strikes four, five, or six strings to each note." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 240

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1885-1926

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1926)

HARDY & Co (x1926)

 

156, Maple Road, Penge, S.E. (**1901)(x1906), 126, Beckenham Road, Penge, S.E. (x1912)(x1926), London
HARDY Henry  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1800; (²)

 

Oxford
HARDY James  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1881

'Pianoforte dealer' (y1881)

 

Lordsmill Street (y1881), Chesterfield
HARDY J. N. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

45, Dairsic Road, Eltham Park (x1912), London
HARDY & PUGH  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

8, Market Terrace, Maple Road, S.E. (x1906), London
HARDY & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1845 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

'Orgelbauer, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Händler' (x1906) ------- 'Orgelbauer, sowie Piano- u. Orgel-Händler' (x1912)(x1926)

 

3-7, Lancashire Hill (x1906), Penny Lane (x1906), Tiviotsdale, Lancashire Hill (x1912)(x1926), Stockport
HARDY Richard  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1845

 

31, Church Street (*1845), Leeds
HARE James  

Patent of 1860 : "Hare - 30 August 1859 - 1971. James Hare, of Hamstead Road, Handsworth, near Birmingham, Music Smith, for an invention for Improvements in piano fortes." Chronological index of patents applied for and patents granted, 1860, p. 129 - or - "Aug. 30, 1859. - JAMES HARE. Improvement in wrest-pins and string-plate." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 213

 

'Music Smith' ca. 1859-60 Hamstead Road (*1860), Handsworth, near Birmingham
HARE John  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1879-1926 [since 1833 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

'Pianoforte Warehouse' (y1879) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Instrumenten.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

43-45, Grey Street (y1879), 43-47, Grey Street (x1906), 43-45, Grey Street (x1912)(x1926), Newcastle-on-Tyne
HARGREAVES Brothers  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1912

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

 

7, Norfolk Street (x1912), Accrington
HARGREAVES F.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1891 (x1906)]

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Händler' (x1906) ------- 'Musiklehrer, handelt auch mit Pianos, Orgeln u. Musikinstr.' (x1912) ------- 'Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

 

46, Higher Antley Street (x1906), 33, Garbett Street (x1912), 22, Garbett Street (x1926), Accrington
HARGREAVES William Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1880-1910 [since 1869 (xx1890)]

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

59-61, Dale Street (**1880), 7, St. Ann's Street (**1880), 11, Booth Street, Piccadilly (xx1890)(*1895)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), Manchester
HARKER E.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1848 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung'(xx1890)(x1906) ------- 'Papierwaren-Händler, führt auch Musikal., Pianos u. Orgeln' (x1912)

 

Market Place (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Crowland
HARLAND Alfred Joseph  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884-1926 [since 1879 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer' (x1906)(x1912) & 'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1926)

 

 

106, Wenlock Street, New North Road, N. (**1884)(**1891), 2-3, Forston Street, N. (**1891)(**1895), 106, Wenlock Street, N. (**1895), 105-106, Wenlock Street, N. (xx1890)(*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910), 76, East Road, City Road, N. (x1906)(y1907), 106, Wenlock Street, Hoxton, N. (x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), London

 

HARLAND Walter Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

The Piano House, 89, Westborough (x1926), Scarborough
HARLESDEN PIANO Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

1, Broadway (x1912), 146, High Street, Harlesden (x1912), London
HARLEY D. W. 'Musical Instrument Maker' ca. 1818 48, Wyche Street (**1818), London
HARLING Joseph Alfred & Co 'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1870-84 81, Newington butts., S.E. (**1882)(**1884), 373, Brixton Road (**1884), 36, Water Lane, S.W. (**1884), London
HARMAN R. V.  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)

 

55, High Street (xx1890)(x1906), Bromley
HARMER H. C. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

74, Lower Addiscombe Road (x1926), Croydon
HARMONIC SYNCHRONISING SYNDICATE Ltd. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

40, Shaftesbury Avenue, W. (x1926), London
HAROLD Brothers 'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1912-15

'Piano-Fabrik' - 'Piano-Manufacturer' (x1912) & 'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

52, Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, N. (x1912), Lampeter Street, Islington, N. (*1914)(y1914)(*1915), London
HAROLD & DENSON Ltd. 'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1904-07 [since 1883 (x1906)]

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

45-49, Oxford Road, Finsbury Park, N. (**1904), [Imperial Works], 49, Oxford Road, Finsbury Park, N. (x1906)(y1907), Victoria Works, Victoria Terrace, Finsbury Park, N. (y1907), London
HAROLD Francis E. & Co  

 

 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1890-97

HAROLD Francis E. & Co (xx1890), 'Pianofabrik'

HAROLD & Co (*1895)(*1897)

 

150, Holloway Road, N. (xx1890), 518, Holloway Road, N. (*1895)(*1897), London
HARPER A.  

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

'Orgelbauer, Musikal.-, Piano- u. Instr.-Handlung' (x1906)

 

64, Bridge Street (xx1890), Banbury
HARPER Brothers  

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1890-1910 [since 1879 (xx1890)]

HARPER Brothers (xx1890), 'Orgelbauer, Musikal.- u. Pianohandlung'

HARPER Edward (*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910)

 

36, Ship Street (xx1890)(*1893)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), Brighton
HARPER & CASTLE 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-93 13, Aberdeen Park Road, N. (**1882)(*1893), London
HARPER & Co  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26 [since 1885 (x1912)(x1926)]

'Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

St. Mary Square (x1912), Rattcliff House, High Street (x1926), Newmarket
HARPER & Co  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

36, Brentgovel Street (x1926), Bury St. Edmunds
HARPER D. & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1875 (x1906)]

1906 - Manager : Sidney HARPER (x1906)

HARPERS SOUTH OF ENGLAND AUTOMATIC Co Ltd. (x1906)(x1912)

'Piano-Handlung' & 'Harpers elektrische Pianos. Pianos u. automatische Musikinstr.'  (x1906) ------- 'Piano-Handlung' & 'Harpers elektrische Pianos, Pianos u. automatische Musikinstr.' (x1912) ------- 'Piano-Fabrik - Piano-Manufacturer' (x1926) ------- 'Handlung mit Pianos, elektr. Pianos u. SprechmascHinen' (x1926)

1912 - Manager : Sidney HARPER (x1912)?  [since 1906 (x1912)]

HARPER PIANO Co [Ltd.] (x1926)

 

266-268, Holloway Road, N. (x1906), 258-262, Holloway Road, N. (y1907)(x1926), 258-260-262, Holloway Road, N. (y1907)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), 83, New Oxford Road, Holloway, N. (y1914)? London

 

HARPER Edwin  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-91

 

75, Haverstock Hill, N.W. (**1882)(**1891), London
HARPER Thomas  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907-26

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1926)

470, Holloway Road, N. (y1907), 498? Hornsey Road, Hornsey Rise, N. (x1926), London
 

HARPER Thomas William

Advertisement in Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 35, 1911, p. 134

 

 

PHOTO

Englands only woman piano manufacturer.
Miss Ada Harper, managing director of Thomas Harper pianos ltd. of London, is the only woman piano manufacturer and managing director in England. She has been in the buisness for thirtyfive years, and takes an active part in directing the production of instruments at the factory.
Miss Ada Harper demonstratinga piano in London (europeana.eu)

 
 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1906-26 [since 1882 (xx1890)(x1912) or since 1880 (x1906)(y1911) or since 1879 (x1906) or since 1882 (x1926)]

HARPER T[homas] W. (xx1890)(x1906)

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer' (x1906)(x1912)(x1926) ------- 'Spez.: Transponier-Pianos' (x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

HARPER Thomas (y1911)(y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919)

HARPER Thomas W. (x1926)

 

496, Hornsey Road, Holloway, N. (xx1890), 498, Hornsey Road [by Midland Station], [Hornsey Rise], Holloway, N. (x1906)(y1907)(y1911)(x1912)(y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919)(x1926), 470, Holloway Road (x1912)(x1926), London
HARPER William Claude  

 

 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1841-72

«Maker to his late Majesty»

49, Red Lion Street, Holborn, W.C. (**1841)(x1842)(*1843)(*1847)(**1852)(*1862)(xx1872), London
HARPER William Henry  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1911

'Pianoforte dealer' (yy1911)

 

144, Church Street (yy1911), Wolverton
HARRINGTON PIANO Co  

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

HARRINGTON PIANO Co (x1906), 'Piano-Handlung'

HARRINGTON PIANO Co Ltd. (y1907)

HARRINGTON PIANO Co (x1912), 'Piano-Fabrik' - 'Piano-Manufacturer' (x1912) & 'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

23, Harrington Street, Hampstead Road (x1906), 116, Cottenham Road, Holloway, N. (y1907), 113, Cottenham Road, Grove Road, Holloway, N. (x1912), London
HARRIS  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Händler' (x1912)

Coldharbour Lane, S.E. (x1912), London
HARRIS A. & F.  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Händler' (x1912) ------- 'Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

Mozart House, Denmark Hill, S.E. (x1912), 2a, Coldharbour Lane, S.E. (x1926), London
HARRIS Baker 'Harpsichord, spinets, organ and Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1740-80; (²) London
HARRIS Brothers  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1898 (x1906) or since 1895 (x1912)]

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Piano-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

72, Downs Park Road, Hackney, N.E. (x1906)(x1912)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), 16, Amhurst Parade, Stamford Hill, N. (x1926), London
HARRIS Charles  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1860

1860 - "Creditors under Estates in Chancery. Last day of proof. Tuesday, Nov. 13, 1860. [...] Harris, Charles, Pianoforte Maker, late of Pratt-street, Lambeth, Surrey, and formerly of New-street, Vincent-square, Westminster." The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter, 17/11/1860, p. 39

 

 

New Street, Vincent Square, Westminster (18??), Pratt Street, Lambeth, Surrey (xxx1860), London

 

HARRIS F. D. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-Reparateur u. -Hândler' (x1926)

5, Bluecoat Street (x1926), Nottingham
HARRIS F. W. & Sons Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

21, Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush (x1926), London
HARRIS Henry Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1879

'Music & Musical Instrument seller' (y1879)

58 ½, Elswick Road (y1879), Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland
HARRIS J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

HARRIS J. (x1912), 'Pianohandlung'

 

 

 1, Latimer Street, Oxford Street, Stepney, E. (x1912), London

 

HARRIS J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1884-1912

HARRIS [J.] & Co (**1884)(xx1890)(*1893)(*1906)(*1907)(*1910)(x1912)

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)(x1912)

 

 

33, Rathbone Place, W. (**1884)(xx1890)(*1893)(x1912), 16, Newman Street, Oxford Street, W. (**1884)(xx1890)(*1893), 2, Broad Street Buildings, E. (*1906)(*1907)(*1910), London

 

HARRIS J. E. & Sons Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Musikal.- u. Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

16, Association Street (xx1890), Sildon
HARRIS R. & Co  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1904-07

HARRIS [R.] & Co (**1904)

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

 

 

Olinda Works, [136a], Olinda Road, Stamford Hill, N. (**1904)(x1906)(y1907), London

 

HARRIS & Sons  

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

Widnes

HARRIS & Sons (x1906), 'Piano- u. Fahrräder-Händler'

HARRIS J. & Son (y1907)

HARRIS & Sons (x1912), 'Piano-, Orgel) u. Fahrrad-Handlung'

Northwich

HARRIS J. & Sons (x1912), 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung'

Runcorn

HARRIS J. & Sons (x1912), 'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung'

Warrington

HARRIS J. & Sons (x1912), 'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung, führen auch Fahrräder'

 

MAIN FIRM : 132a, Widnes Road (x1906)(y1907)(x1912), Widnes

BRANCH : 79, Witton Street (x1912), Northwich

BRANCH : 11, High Street (x1912), Runcorn

BRANCH : 102-104, Bridge Street (x1912), Warrington

 

 

HARRIS T. A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-Importeur' (x1926)

 

2, Lower High Street (x1926), Cradley Heath
HARRIS Thomas  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1846

'Music & musical instrument seller' (y1846)

 

30, Colmore Row (y1846), Birmingham
HARRIS Wallace Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 19?? Gloucester
HARRIS William  

Advertisement in Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 35, 1911, p. 134

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-15 [since 1886 (y1911)]

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

20, Goodge Street, W. (x1906), 20, Colvill Place, [Goodge Street, Tottenham Court Road] Whitfield Street, W. (y1911)(x1912)(*1914)(*1915), London

 

HARRISON & Co

 

 

Pianoforte, The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, 01/05/1797, p. 609

 

"Far superior to what are frequently Sold for Twenty-five Guineas each.
Being the Grandell and molt Advantageous Plan ever offered TO THE PUBLICK.
LONDON: Printed for Harrison- and Co. No. 18, Paternoster Row; and Sold by all other Booksellers, Stationers, and Newsmen, as well as at most Musick Shops, in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and America.*
AND A-PIANO-FORTE, worth Twenty-five Guineas, GRATIS.  [...]
WHEN the high Price of a good Piano-forte is considered, and that trie extravagant Hire of the molt mean and indifferent Instrument, is always at lead Half a Guinea or Twelve Shillings a Month, to say nothing of the prodigious and continual Expence of Musick Books, whether borrowed or bought, it is prefumed that Half a Crown a Week can never be thought a very serious Sum for the Advantage of becoming Owner of an elegant and excellent new Piano-forte, as well as a more select and compleat Library of such sterling, favourite, and fashionable Musick, as will always be esteemed valuable, than can easily be purchased at any Price.
Of the Beauty and Agreeableness of a Piano-forte, as elegant ornamental Furniture for the mod splendid Apartment, no Person can be ignorant! and even in the few genteel Families, particularly in the Country, where there may not be any convenient Opportunity of learning to play, the Pleasure and Satisfaction of possessing an Instrumemt so valuable, with Books of all the most favourite Vocal and Instrumental Pieces, ready for occasional Visitors, must be highly gratifying to every Person of Taste and Sensibility. By means of the Piano-forte Magazine, this Satisfaction will now be easily attainable, at an Expence scarcely felt by any Person in decent Life: and we may venture to suggest, that it will form a valuable and lasting, as well as a most elegant and agreeable Present, to all young Ladies, and Gentlemen, from their Parents, Relatives, or Friends, who may thus have the Pleasure of seeing them the sooner induced to undertake the Acquirement of so pleasing an Accomplishment as the enchanting Art of Musick.
Even those Ladies and Gentlemen, who already have Instruments of their own, will find this Work worthy their Attention :

 

 

'Pianoforte-manufactory' ca. 1797


(continuation)

as the Musick it contains will alone, in general, coil less than Half the common Price; besides that the Piano-Forte will not only be new, but far superior to any they can already possess; and to Perlbns who have both Town and Country Residences, and only one Piano-Forte, it will prove peculiarly convenient and agreeable. [...]  In short, they have too much Property at stake, in this grand, important, and unprecedented Undertaking, not to make the Piano-forte Magazine, in every Respect, well worth the Encouragement which they earnestly solicit from a liberal and decerning Publick. The Specimen Instrument, which has been tried by some of the first Judges, is pronounced one of the very belt Piano-fortes they ever touched; and those already delivered to Subscribers, arc allowed by themselves and Friends, to excel even the Specimen itself. Letters to this Effect, from some of the most respectable Characters in the Kingdom, may be see a at the Publishers.
N. B. The Nobility, Gentry, and Others, who may be desirous of posessing their Piano-fortes earlier than the regular Courle of Publication, are respectfully informed, that Messrs. Harrison and Co. having compleatly established their new Manufactory, can immediately deliver them, on receiving the entire Subscription." The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, 01/05/1797, p. 609-611

18, Paternoster Row (**1797), London
HARRISON A. E. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1901-06

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

42, Lewisham Road, Lewisham, S.E. (**1901)(**1904), 13, Lewisham Road, Greenwich, S.E. (x1906), London
HARRISON C.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

362, High Street (x1912), Lincoln
HARRISON E.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1910

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

 

Alexandra Hall, Mercant's Road, Clifton (xx1890)(*1893)(*1897)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), Bristol
HARRISON Edward  

LONDON - "Messrs. Harrison & Co. exhibit an upright piccolo, called the “utilitarian boudoir piano,” and made with the object of constructing a piano-forte at the least possible cost: the price of this instrument being eighteen guineas only. To effect this, several alteration shave been made. In the first place, there is only one string to each note; secondly, the keys are shorter and project less, by which the legs or scrolls usually put under the key-frame are saved ; and, thirdly, the action consists of a simple projection at the end of the key, which lifts the tail of the hammer directly, without the intervention of any hopper. It is in fact a return to the primitive single-action, with which the piano-forte was first made; the only difference being the variation in form necessary to apply it to the upright instrument. Although advocating cheapness, we cannot consider it desirable to obtain it by depriving the piano-forte of the improvements it has received, or by any other means calculated to deteriorate its quality." Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, 1851, p. 33-34

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1841-62


(continuation)

LONDON - "464a Harrison, J., 45 Upper John Street, Fitzroy Squire — Manufacturer and Inventor. Model of action generally used by pianoforte manufacturers.
Model of registered boudoir pianoforte; action to show in what the improvement consists. Pianoforte with the registered action." Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition, 1851, p. 464

LONDON - "3406 Harrison, & Co. 65, John-st. Fitzroy sq. — Piano, with iron clipper plates, and rustless gilt steel wire." International exhibition, 1862 : Official catalogue of the industrial department, 1862, p. 54

LONDON - "[...] chez M. Hartisson, un bon piano droit d'une forme peut-ètre un peu élevée." Rapports des délégués facteurs de pianos des délégués facteurs d'orgues-harmoniums et des délégués facteurs d'instruments en cuivre et en bois... / Délégations ouvrières à l'exposition universelle de Londres en 1862, 1863, p. 5 (gallica.bnf.fr)

Exhibitors list London, 1851 | Exhibitors list London, 1862

124, London Road (**1841)(x1842)(*1843), 45 Upper John Street, Fitzroy Square (**1851), 65, John Street, Fitzroy Square (x1862), London
HARRISON Frederick James  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1896-1906 [since 1887 (x1906)]

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

 

16, Hill Street, Peckham, S.E. (**1896)(**1901)(x1906), London
HARRISON G. W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1926)

 

118, High Street (x1926), Wallsend
HARRISON H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

83, Peel Brow (x1912), Ramsbottom
HARRISON & HARRISON  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1878-1910 [since 1870 (xx1890)(x1906)]

'Pianoforte dealers' (y1878)

1890-1906 - Owners : Thomas & William Percy HARRISON (xx1890)(x1906)

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Musikal.-Verlag, Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Hdlg.' (x1906)

 

92-94-96, Colmore Row & Bennett's Hill (y1878), 92-94, Colmore Row (x1906), 92-98, Colmore Row (x1890)(*1906)(*1909), 40-41, Benett's Hill (*1906)(*1909)(*1910), Birmingham
HARRISON J.  

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

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

 

Saville Street (xx1890)(x1906), Malton
HARRISON J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

Market Hall (x1912)(x1926), Halifax
HARRISON John  

'Harpsichord, spinets, organ and Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1743-81

 

London
HARRISON Joseph

LONDON - "464 Harrison, J., Fabr. und Erf, 45 Upper John  Fitzroy Square, – Modell für Pianoforte-Fabrikanten un Pianoforte." Amtlicher Catalog der Ausstellung der Industrie-Erzeugnisse aller Völker, 1851, p. 66

LONDON - "Harrison Joseph, & Co, 65 John Street, Fitzroy Square, London, W. - A pianoforte with patent iron clipper plates and gilt steel wire, that will not rust." The International Exhibition of 1862, p. 103

LONDON - "Messrs. Harrison and Co. (3406) exhibit two uprights, a model of a. simple lever action, and specimens of a wire prepared to prevent oxidation. They are awarded a Medal." Reports by the Juries on the subjects in the thirty-six classes into which ..., 1862, p. 148

LONDON - "Parmi toutes ces nations, nous devons considérer les Anglais comme nos concurrents les plus sérieux. [...] chez M. Harrisson, un bon piano droit d'une forme peut-ètre un peu élevée." Rapports des délégués facteurs de pianos des délégués facteurs d'orgues-harmoniums et des délégués facteurs d'instruments en cuivre et en bois..., Délégations ouvrières à l'exposition universelle de Londres en 1862, p. 5 (gallica.bnf.fr)

 
 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1854-62

HARRISON Joseph & Co (*1862)

Patent of 1854 : "1164. And Joseph Harrison, of Fitzroy-square, in the county of Middlesex, has given the likenotice in respect of the invention of improvements in piano fortes." The London Gazette, 18/07/1854, p. 2242 (thegazette.co.uk) - or - "May 25, 1854.- J. HARRISON. Metallic wrest-plank and improved lever." The history of the pianoforte, 1870, p. 78

FIRE

"Fire At Harrison's Pianoforte Manufactory. — On Wednesday night a fire broke out on the premises occupied by the above firm, at John-street, Tottenham-court-road. A great amount of property was destroyed, part only of which, we believe, was insured. The unfortunate workmen have, as usual, lost all their tools, which were not insured." The Musical World, 29/03/1856, p. 203

Exhibitors kist London, 1851 | Exhibitors list London, 1862

 

[45], Fitzroy Square, Tottenham Court Road, Middlesex (*1854)(**1856), 65, John Street, Fitzroy Square, W. (*1862)(**1862), 3-4, North Street Mews, Fitzroy Square, W. (*1862), London
HARRISON & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

41, Avenue Road, Levisham, S.E. (x1912), London
HARRISON T. 'Great Midland Music Warehouse' ca. 1867

see also HARRISON & HARRISON, here above

Benneth's Hill and Colmore Road (**1867), Birmingham
HARRISON Thomas

 

Patent of 1868 : "Harrison. 6th November 1868. - 3375. Thomas Harrison, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Pianoforte Manufacturer, for an invention for improvements in pianofortes. Letters Patent sealed." Chronological index of patents applied for and patents granted ..., 1869, p. 232 - or - "Nov. 6, 1868. - T. HARRISON. Improved action." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 221

 

 

'Pianoforte-manufacturer' and pianoforte-dealer ca. 1834-94

'Piano forte maker and beer shop' (z1834) ------- 'Pianoforte maker' (y1894)

9, Mansfield Street (z1834), 42, Richmond Row (*1837), 49, Village Street N. (**1880), 184, Boaler Street, West Derby, South side, Kensington (y1894), Liverpool, Lancaster
HARRISON Thomas 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1904-26 [since 1890 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

[49 ½], [Grayling Works], Grayling Road [Station], Stoke Newington, N. (**1904)(x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919)(x1926), London
HARRISON W. H.  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

174, Regent's Park Road, Chalk Farm Station, N.W. (x1906)(x1912), London
HARRISSON Johannes  

Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1765 [since 1765 (¹)]

 

London
HARROD'S  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1895]

HARROD'S STORES Ltd. (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)

 'Piano-Handlung' (x1912) ------- 'Warenhaus, führt auch Pianos, u. Sprechm.' (x1926)

 

101-105, Brompton Road (x1906)(x1912)(*1921), Knightsbridge, S.W. (x1926), London
HARROLD Francis Edward  'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1891 518, Holloway Road, N. (**1891), London
HARSTON James 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1855 Lombard Street, Newark (xxx1855), Nottingham
HARSTON & Son  

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1881-1926 [since 1856 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

Newark-on-Trent

HARSTON & Son (y1881)(xx1890)(x1906), in Newark-on-Trent

'Organ builders, Pianoforte dealers & tuners & music warehouse' (y1881) ------- 'Orgelbaumeister und Piano-Händler' (xx1890)(x1906) ------- 'Orgelbaumeister und Piano- u. Orgel-Händler' (x1912)(x1926)

HARSTON & Sons (x1912)(x1926)

Lichfield

HARSTON & Sons (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

Lincoln

HARSTON & Sons (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

Sutton Coldfield

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

Tamworth

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

 

 

MAIN FIRM [except in 1912] : 40, Stodman Street (y1881)(xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Newark-on-Trent

BRANCH and MAIN FIRM in 1912: 15, Bore Street (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Lichfield

BRANCH : 228, High Street (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Lincoln

BRANCH : Sutton Coldfield (x1912)

BRANCH : High Street (x1912), Tamworth

HARSTON & Sons  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1847 (xx1890)]

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

 

36, Market Street (xx1890), Tamworth
HART C.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26

'Piano-Händler u. -Reparateur' (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)

 

8, Gee Street, Coltman Street (x1906)(x1912), 28, Cholmley Street, Coltman Street (x1926), Hull
HART & FELLOWS 'Musical Instrument maker' ca. 1822 1, Beech Street, Barbican (**1822), London
 

HART James

Hall's Gravesend, Milton and Northfleet directory, and advertiser, 1865, p. 34

 

 

"Established 22 years. James Hart, Pianoforte Manufacturer, 47, Harmer Street, Gravesend, Begs to tender his most sincere thanks to the Inhabitants and Visitors of Gravesend and its vicinity for the liberal patronage and support he has received, and hopes to merit a continuance of the same. PIANOFORTES TUNED, REPAIRED, AND LENT ON HIRE. HARP, GUITAR, ANID VIOLIN STRINGS, And every article connected with the Musical branch. The Organ, Pianoforte & Violin taught. HARMONIUMS, CONCERTINAS, & ACCORDIONS. Tuned and Repaired." Hall's Gravesend, Milton and Northfleet directory, and advertiser, 1862, p. 6

 

 

'Piano Forte and Harmonium - Manufacturer' ca. 1862-90 [since 1842 (xx1890)]

'Pianoforte Manufacturer' (y1862) ------- 'Musikinstr.-Handlung' (xx1890)


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"Established 25 years - James Hart - Piano Forte and Harmonium - MANUFACTURER, 47, HARMER STREET, GRAVESEND. - A large assortment always in Stock of New and Second-Hand Cabinet Cottage, Piccolo, and Square Pianofortes, of superior tone and quality for Sale or Híre at considerably Reduced Charges. INSTRUMENTS TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. The Cheapest House in the Town to Hire Pianofortes. First-Class Pianofortes Lent by the Night, Week, Month, or Year, with the option of Purchase. Pianofortes and Harmoniums correctly Tuned, and thoroughly repaired on the most reasonable terms. HARP, GUITAR, AND VIOLIN STRINGS OF THE FIRST QUALITY, AND EVERY ARTICLE CONNECTED WITH THE MUSICAL BRANCE, THE ORGAN, PIANOFORTE, AND VIOLIN TAUGHT,
— OBSERVE THE ADDRESS. 49, HARMER ST., GRAVESEND." Hall's Gravesend, Milton and Northfleet directory, and advertiser, 1865, p. 34

 

47, Harmer Street (y1862)(xx1865)(xx1890), Gravesend
HART John Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1916-19 102, Trafalgar Road, Greenwich, S.E. (*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London
HART Joseph  

"JOSEPH HART - MANUFACTURER of Improved Cabinet, Cottage, and Square Piano Fortes, Seraphines, Ac. 109, Hatton Garden, London.
J. Hart respectfully invites the Public to inspect his improved Piano-fortes, which, from their peculiar construction, produce a tone not surpassed by those of any other maker; they are manufactured in an elegant form, of the best and wellseasoned materials, and are offered at a very reasonable price for ready money. Every instrument is warranted.
THE SERAPHINE. Having paid particular attention to the manufacture of this useful instrument, J. Hart presents it to the Public as the most perfect of the kind; its defects have been remedied, particularly those of not replying to the touch, and also the difficulty nf supplying the wind, hitherto so much complained of. The action of the bellows is now rendered so easy, that it may be worked without the least fatigue, while the varied qualities of tone, de. licate and soft, or powerful, at the pleasure of the performer, renders It capable of giving effect to an y Organ Music, and it will be found equally adapted either for the Church, Chanel, or the Drawing Room." The Musical World a weekly record of Musical Science, Literature, and ..., 1838, p. 15

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker', Music engraver and publisher ca. 1838-52


(continuation)

"Coronation Anthem. O Lord by whom sovereigns reign, composed expressly for the Coronation of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, by Thos. Jarman (author of the 'Sacred Harmonica', 'Voice of Melody', &c. Price ls. Published by J. Hart, 100, Hatton Garden, Music seller and Manufacturer of Improved Cabinet and Cottage Pianofortes, Seraphines, &c., which combine brilliant and powerfull tone, superior touch - elegant form, and the greatest durability. Every Instrument is Warranted, and Six Months' Trial Allowed." The Musical World a weekly record of Musical Science, Literature, and ..., 1838, p. 140

"J. HART, 109, HATTON GARDEN, Manufacturer of Improved Cabinet, Cottage, and Piccolo Pianofortes, which combine Brilliant and Powerful Tone, Superior Touch, Elegant Form, and the greatest durability.
Piccolo Pianofortes from 28 to 35 Guineas
Cottage Ditto from 30 to 40 Ditto
Cabinet Ditto from 40 to 60 Ditto
A liberal allowance to Country Dealers, Merchants, and the Profession." The Musical World, 23/O5/1839, p. 64

 

109, Hatton Garden (*1838)(***1839)(**1841)(x1842)(*1843)(*1847)(**1852), London
HART PITMAN F. & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-10 20, Paternoster Row, E. (*1906)(*1907)(*1910), London
HART & Son Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1836 (xx1890)]

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

King Street (xx1890), Saffron Walden
HARTILL & LOCKINGTON

 

"Hartill & Lockington (from Broadwood's), Pianoforte Makers, with Metallic Plates for extreme climates, 41, Kenton-street, Brunswick-square." The British Colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources, 1851, p. 7 (archive.org)

 
'Pianoforte-makers' since 1850-57

«From Broadwoods»

[41], Kenton Street, Brunswick Square (*1850)(y1854)(y1857), London
HARTLEY B.  

 Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1879 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

'Piano- u. Orgel- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Piano- u. Orgel- u. Harmonium-Händler, -Reparateur u. -Stimmer' (x1906) ------- 'Piano- u. Orgel-Händler, -Reparateur u. -Stimmer' (x1912)

HARTLEY R. (x1912)

 

59, Washington Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Accrington
HARTLEY E. F.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1900

 

55, North End Roads, West Kensington W. (19??), London
HARTLEY Harry  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

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

 

Market Street (xx1890), Heckmondwike
HARTLEY Harry Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

92, Bradshawgate (x1906), Leigh
HARTLEY Higson  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

 

37, North Valley Road (x1926), Colne
HARTLEY J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

7, Bridge Street (x1906), Brierfield
HARTLEY J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1876 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

'Piano- u. -Bestandteile-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Piano-, sowie Möbel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

Church Street (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Barnoldswick
HARTLEY P.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Piano- u. Orgel-Import' (x1926)

HARTLEY R. (x1926)

 

29, Green Road (x1906)(x1912), 71-74-76, Green Road (x1926), Colne
HARTLEY Stephen  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1866-1914 [since 1857 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

HARTLEY Stephen (y1866)(**1880)(xx1890)

'Pianofabrik' (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)

HARTLEY Stephen (x1906)

HARTLEY Stephen & Sons (y1907)(x1912)

HARTLEY & HARTLEY Ltd. (y1914)

 

5, Bull Green (y1866), 11, Bull green (**1880), Works : Lister Lane (**1880), 8, Mount Street (xx1890)(y1907), 8-10, Mount Street (x1906), 44, Corporation Street (x1912)(y1914), Halifax
HARTLEY Wilson   Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1875 (xx1890)(x1906)]

'Organist, Piano- und Musikwaren-Händler' (xx1890)(x1906)

Station Street (xx1890)(x1906), Saltburn-by-the-Sea
HARTRODT A.

SEE ALSO ...

HARTRODT in Hamburg, Germany

 

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

'Piano-Handlung' - 'Speditiongeschäft' (x1906) ------- 'Überseeischer Transport von Pianos nach allen Weltteilen' (x1912)

 

 

MAIN FIRM : Hamburg, Germany

BRANCH : 9-10, St. Mary-at-Hill, Eastcheap, E.C. (x1906)(x1912), London

BRANCH : 81, Marsey Buidings, 81, James Street (x1912), 39, Old Hall Street (x1912), Liverpool

 

HARTWELL R.  

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

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

 

16, Smith Street (xx1890), Guernsey
HARVEY Benjamin  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1860-95

HARVEY Benjamin (**1882)

HARVEY Benjamin & Son (**1884)

HARVEY B[enjamin] (xx1890)(**1895)

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

 

24, Edward Street, City Road, N. (**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(**1895), London
HARVEY Charles  

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

Rotherham

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

Sheffield

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

 

6, Wellgate (xx1890), Rotherham

371, Glossop Road (xx1890), Sheffield

HARVEY & HARVEY  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

Succ. of HIGGINS John, see here below

'Musikinstr.- u. Piano-Händler' (x1926)

 

18, Castle Street (x1926), Hertford
HARVEY George  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1890-1910

HARVEY G. (xx1890)(*1899), 'Pianofabrik'

HARVEY George & Son (x1906)

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

HARVEY Son (*1906)(*1907)

HARVEY George (*1910)

 

169, Copenhagen Street, Kings Cross, N. (xx1890)(*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910), London
HARVEY John  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1855

 

London
HARVEY Thomas  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1915

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)(x1912)

 

83, Shepperdess Walk, City Road, N. [E.C.] (xx1890)(**1891)(**1895)(x1906)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), London
HARVEY William Henry Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Geschäft, welche gelegentlich auch mit  Pianos und Orgeln handelt' (x1912)

110, New Road (x1912), Grays (Essex)
HARWAR Joseph

LONDON - "A cottage upright, by Mr. Harwar, has the power of transposing. The framing, carrying the sound-board and system of strings, is detached from the case, and is capable of being moved laterally upon rollers, by taming a screw at the side. When the frame is shifted more or less to the right, the key C will strike either B, B flat, or A, according to the distance through which it is moved; or, by shifting it to the left, the same key will strike C sharp, D, or D sharp, and so on. This piano-forte has also metallic bracing at the back, to counteract the pull of the strings." Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, 1851, p. 34

LONDON - "493A Harwar, J., Fab., 28 Bloomsbury Street. – Ein Pianoforte mit Verbesserungen." Amtlicher Catalog der Ausstellung der Industrie-Erzeugnisse aller Völker, 1851, p. 67

ADVERT

Advert for J. Harwar, piano maker, 1838 (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk) 

 

'Pianoforte-manufacturer' ca. 1838-52

Bankrupt in 1844 : "Bankrupts - From Noveber 26th to December 13th inclusive [...] Harwar Joseph, Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury, pianoforte-manufacturer." The Bankers' Magazine, Volume 1, 12/1844, p. 247


(continuation)

LONDON - "493a Harwar, Joseph, 28 Bloomsbury Street - Manufacturer. Pianoforte with transposing mechanism, metallic aquilibrium string frame, adjusting tension rods, and improved sound-board, fitted up in newly designed case with sliding front. (The first transposing pianoforte invented by a German named Rolla [Roller] The keys in his instrument were shifted; the modern system is incomparably superior. - H.E.D.)" Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition, 1851, p. 469 -  see also Roller & Blanchet (°1826) in Paris, France

Exhibitors list London, 1851

 

29, Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury (**1841)(x1842), 28, Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury (**1844)(**1851), 28, Bloomsbury Street, St. Gilles (*1847)(**1852), London
HARWOOD F. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1926)

367a, Bolton Road (x1926), Blackburn
HARWOOD Richard & Son 'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1900 London
HASKINS & Co 'Pianoforte-maker' and organ builder ca. 1912-26

'Piano- u. Orgelbauer' (x1912)(x1926)

151, Brigstocke Road (x1912), 51, Brigstock Road (x1926), Bristol
HASTELOW Henry

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1852-97

CAPEROE & HASTELOW (**1852)(untill 1891), see also CAPEROE

HASTELOW Henry (*1862)(**1882)(**1884)

HASTELOW Henry & Co (*1893)

 

5, St. Matthew's Place, Hackney Road, N.E. (*1862), Factory : 11,Temple Street, Hackney Road, E. (18??), 447, Hackney Road, E. (**1882)(**1884)(*1893), London
HASTINGS Ltd.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1890 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Piano- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

5, Broadway, Walham Green, S.W. (x1906), 161-173, Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, (x1912), 4-5, Broadway, Walham Green, S.W. (x1912), Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, (x1926), London
HASTINGS James & William  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1890-1926 [since 1879 (xx1890)(x1906) or since 1878 (x1912)(x1926)]

Sheffield

HASTINGS G. & W. [sic](*1895)(*1897)(*1903)(*1906)(*1910)

HASTINGS J. & W. (xx1890)(x1906), 'Piano- und [Musik]instr.-Handlung' in Sheffield

Rotherham

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)

HASTINGS James & William (x1912)(x1926)

Mexborough

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

 

MAIN FIRM : 158, West Street (xx1890)(*1895)(*1897)(*1903)(*1906)(*1910), 24, Pinstone Street (x1906), Sheffield

BRANCH : 139-145, Effingham Street (xx1890), 139-146, Effingham Street (x1906), 139-151, Effingham Street (x1912), 31-37, Bridgegate (x1926), 135-148, Effingham Street (x1926), Rotherham

BRANCH : 49-51, High Street (x1912), Mexborough

HASTLETINE G.  

Patent of 1866 : "April 3, 1866. - G. HASTLETINE. Pianoforte with four strings to each note, two of which are struck by an action above the keys and two by an action below the key-board." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 219

Patent of 1866 : "Nov. 28, 1866, — G. HASTLETINE [LEVI SMITH TOWER.] Improvements in the mode of, and means for regulating and registering the tension of pianoforte strings." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 219

 

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers and/or inventor ca. 1866 London ?
HATCH H. W.  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

Williamson House, Queens Road, Buckhurst Hill (x1906)(x1912), London
HATHER William  

1832 - "The court for relief of insolvent debtors [...] Hather, William, formerly of No. 4, Esher-Street, Westminster, and late lodging at Brittania, Frederick-Street, Vauxhall-Bridge-Road, Westminster, both places in Middlesex, Cabinet-Maker, and Piano Forte-Maker." The London Gazette, 15/06/1832, p. 1399

 

 

'Cabinet-Maker and Piano Forte-Maker' ca. 1832

 

4, Esher Street, Westminster (y1832), London
HATTERSLEY William  

Patent of 1845 : "William Hattersley, of Regent Street, Westminster, pianoforte maker, for certain improvements in (April 7.) the construction of pianofortes." The Pianoforte, its origin, progress, and construction , Edward F. Rimbault, 1860, p. 156 - or - "April 7, 1845. - W. HATTERSLEY. Metallic elastic trusses for strengthening the framing." The history of the pianoforte, 1870, p. 78

SEE ALSO ...

... the patent of 1847 of Claude MONTAL

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1842-47

1847 - "The Court forrelief of insolvent debtors. Saturday the 26th day of June 1847. [...] On their own petitions. [...] William Hattersley, late of N. 50, Millbank-street, Westminster, Middlesex, Piano Forte Maker. - In the debtors' Prison for London and Middlesex." The London Gazette, 29/06/1847, p. 2408 (TheGazette.co.uk)

 

 43, Regent Street, Westminster (x1842)(1845), 50, Millbank Street, Westminster, Middlesex (xx1847), London
HATTON  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26 [since 1908 (x1912)(x1926)]

1912-26 - Owners : E. Alice & Esther HATTON (x1912)(x1926)

'Musiklehrer, handeln auch mit Pianos, Orgeln u. Musikinstr.' (x1912)(x1926)

 

17, Hough Lane (x1912)(x1926), Leyland
HATTON J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1866

 

Promenade Place (**1866), Brighton
HAUCK Frederick

 

Patent of 1813 : "March 3, 1813. - Frederick Hauck. Method of applying additional keys, strings hammers, etc. to old-keyed instruments." The History of the Pianoforte, Edgard Brinsmead, 1879, p. 201 (archive.org)

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1813

 

London
HAUGHTON E.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-Händler, Orgelbestandteile' (x1926)

 

18, King Street (x1926), Hanley
HAVEL A. J.  

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1883

'Pianoforte Warehouse' (y1883)

 

18, High Street (y1883), Maidenhead, Berkshire
HAWES & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

Tudor Pianoforte Works, Tudor Road, Mare Street, N.E. (x1912), London
HAWES J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

74, Solent Road, W. (x1912), London
HAWKE Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

15, Salisbury Road (x1912), Bristol
HAWKES & Son  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1895-1910

See also BOOSEY & HAWKES

 

 

28, Leicester Square (*1895)(*1897), Denman Street, Piccadilly Circus (*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910), London

 

HAWKES William  

Patent of 1808 : "July 25, 1808. — William Hawkes. Two sets of strings of two unisons to each set. The action being shifted by pedal so as to strike each set, produces seven diatonic and five flat tones to our present scale of twelve fixed tones." The History of the Pianoforte, Edgard Brinsmead, 1879, p. 200 (archive.org)

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ? ca. 1808

 

London ?
HAWKESLEY James 'Piano forte maker' ca. 1847 11, Grafton Street, Fitzroy Square (*1847), 35, Tavistock Place, W.C. (*1862), London
HAWKESLEY Jos. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1893 35, Tavistock Place, W.C. (*1893), London
HAWKINS John Isaac  

Patent of 1806 : "Description of several Improvements on Lathes. Communicated by Mr. J. J. HAWKINS, in a Letter to the Editors. With an Engraving. GENTLEMEN,
HAVING experienced much inconvenience in the first establishment of my piano-forte manufactory for want of several little contrivances to expedite the making of certain parts of the instruments, for which no tools in common use would well answer, and having lately attained many useful improvements for those purposes, through the ingenuity of some of my friends and workmen, I beg leave to send an account of a few of them for insertion in your valuable Repertory, since they may in all probability prove useful to manufacturers in other branches of business; at least, if not in their present form, they may serve as hints for farther improvements.
My avocations will not at present allow me to describe more than two or three; I shall therefore select such as appear to possess most merit.
My method of tuning piano fortes with screws, each working a sliding piece of brass, to which the string is fastened by means of a hook, required that the hook should be an inclined cylinder, formed out of the sliding piece. This was performed with files, and took considerable time; but by the ingenuity of the workman, M. Chartier, a native of France, who had these pieces to make, I now get the inclined cylinders cut in the turning lathe in a very short time.
To make the tool, a piece of steel is fixed in a chock in the lathe, and a conical hole turned in the end of it; the smallest diameter being outward, and equal to the size of the cylinder wanted. The angle the side of the cone makes with its axis is equal to the required obliquity of the cylinder. The end of this tool is cut like the teeth of a saw, the sharp edges of which are in a plane, perpendicular to its axis.
An inclined plane, parallel to the side of the conical hole, is fitted at the front. A frame containing the article to be cut slides down this inclined plane, when by the revolution of the tool the oblique cylinder is formed, leaving the part surrounding the base quite flat.
A, Fig. 3, (Plate XVII.) is a perspective view of the piece, having the inclined cylinder. B a perspective view of the tool represented as broken off from the lathe a, the end having the conical hole and its face cut into teeth, like a saw or coarse file, either in radii, as at D, or tangents of a circle, not larger than the hole, as at C. E perpendicular section of the whole apparatus. tool; b the oblique cylinder in the piece c; da screw, to keep the piece firm in the frame; e the frame which slides on the inclined plane f.
It is evident on inspection, if the tool a be turned, and the frame e pushed against it, that an oblique cylinder b will be formed. It is scarcely necessary to add, that the frame must be guided down the inclined plane so as to slide quite steady, or the cylinder will be irregular.
My mode of tuning piano fortes also required that I should cut a number of oblong transverse apertures, in a piece of brass about three feet long; to do which I fixed a small circular saw on a long rod in the lathe, but this throwing the saw so far from the treadle, made it necessary to employ two persons. For this inconvenience my father contrived an ingenious remedy: he put the saw on a short mandril, fixed on a puppit, standing obliquely from the axis of the lathe, so that a line produced from this mandril would pass entirely clear of the pulley of the lathe; this small oblique mandril is turned from the mandril of the lathe by an universal joint; the most approved one for the purpose is a hook and eye.
a, Fig. 4, part of the mandril and pulley of the lathe.
b the collar of the lathe.
c the universal joint.
d the small mandril.
e the cutter or saw.
f part of the frame which supports the small mandril. the long piece of brass in which are the transverse apertures.
Much time is lost in turning a number of small articles on two centres, with all the common methods of fastening the centre head or sliding puppit of lathes, in consequence of their requiring the workmen to stoop, every time he tightens or loosens it, the fastening being at the bottom.
Numerous advantages, however, arise from having the fastening at the top of the puppit. This method I had from an ingenious Englishman in Philadelphia, but since my arrival in this country, seeing the plan not used by the first-rate lathe-makers, I conclude it is not known here; for I am sure no man would use a lathe fitted in this way, for a few hours, without decidedly giving it the preference; and I think, while on the subject of lathes, that a description will be of use.
Fig. 5, A a plan and B an elevation of the sliding puppit.
a the checks of the lathe.
b a block at the end of the bolt c.
d the tightening-nut, with an arm about three or four inches long.
e an iron plate screwed to the top of the puppit, to act as a washer to the nut. This plate must be sunk into the wood till the arm of the nut requires to be turned to the off side, in order to tighten the puppit, because in that situation it is out of the way of the workman.
So soon as I have leisure, I intend describing some more of these little contrivances; which, although they appear trifling, may nevertheless be of considerable importance to manufacturers.
Dalby Terrace, City Road, Islington, April 17, 1806, Yours, &c. JOHN J. HAWKINS." The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture, 1806, p. 424-427

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' and inventor ca. 1806-07

"In page 351 of your last Volume, you have given a very just general description of the new musical instrument, invented and made by Mr. Hawkins of Dalby Terrace, Islington, and which he calls a CLAVIOLE [...]" The Universal magazine, 02/1807, p. 171

Dalby Terrace, City Road, Islington (z1806), London
HAWKINS Major  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1870-84

 

40, University Street, Tottenham Court Road, W.C. (**1870)(xx1872)(**1882), 58, Harington Street, Hampstead Road, N.W. (**1884), London
HAWKINS Richard  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1890-1926

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer' (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926)

 

 

4, Tottenham Road, Dalston Junction, N. (xx1890), 19, Buckingham Road, Kingsland, N. (**1891)(**1895), 2-4, Tottenham Road, [Kingsland], Dalston Junction, N. (**1891)(*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(x1906)(*1907)(y1907)(*1909)(*1910)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915)(x1926), London

 

HAWKINS Thomas  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1885 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

HAWKINS & Sons (x1912), 'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung'

 

18, Oldham Road, Miles Platting (x1906)(y1907), 118, Oldham Road, Miles Platting (x1912), Manchester
HAWKINS Thomas  'Pianoforte-manufacturer' ca. 1850 London
HAWKINS W. J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-29

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Saiten-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926) ------- 'Instruments, strings' (*1921) ------- 'Inst., Str., Music' (*1929)

 

167, Queen's Terrace (x1912), 167, Kingston Road (*1921)(x1926), Portsmouth
HAWKINS William John Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907 120, Queen Street (y1907), Newton Abbot
HAWLEY F. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1884 (xx1890)]

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

3, Cheapside (xx1890), Melton Mowbray
HAWLEY John  

Patent of 1840 : "JOHN HAWLEY, FRITH STREET, SOHO, WATCHMAKER, for improvements in pianos and harps. - Enrolment Office, December 1, 1840." The Mechanic's Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal and Gazette, Volume 33, 1840, p. 589

 

'Watch-maker' ca. 1840

 

Drith Street, Soho (*1840), London
HAWORTH G.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

'Musikal.-Händler' (x1912)(x1926)

HAWORTH J. A. (x1926)

 

Market Hall (x1912)(x1926), Accrington
HAWORTH J. L. & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1926 [since 1886 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]; (xx1890)

Accrington

HAWORTH (xx1890)

 'Piano- u. Orgelhandlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel- und Sprechmachinen-Handlung' (x1906) ------- Representative for STEINWAY (x1906)(x1912)(x1926) -------  'Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

HAWORTH J. L. & Co (x1912)(x1926)

1912 - Owner : J. L. HAWORTH (x1912)(x1926)

Oswaldtwistle

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912) in Oswaldtwistle

Representative for STEINWAY (x1906)

Great Harwood

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906) in Great Harwood

 

 

MAIN FIRM : Steinway House, Piccadilly (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Accrington

BRANCH :  11, Abbey Street (x1906)(x1912), Oswaldtwistle

BRANCH : Great Harwood

 

HAWORTH & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1869 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

Successor of WILCOCK W. (x1906)(x1912)

 

26, Market Street (x1906)(x1912), Bacup (Lancaster)
HAXBY Thomas

 

Square pianoforte of 1772, Private collection Lord Hotham, Yorkshire, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte of 1772, Städtisches Museum, Brunswick, Germany
Square pianoforte of 1774, Eric Feller Early Keyboard Instruments Collection, Germany
Square pianoforte of 1786, Stiftung Lebensfarben, Berlin, Germany (p. 15)

Square pianoforte n° 325 of 1792, Fairfax House, U.K.

 

 

'Musical Instrument Maker' ca. 1770-92

Patent of 1770 : "Dec. 28, 1770. — Thomas Haxby. A single harpsichord of two unisons . . . which produces ten variations of stops." The History of the Pianoforte, Edgar Brinsmead, 1879, p. 193 (archive.org)

 

York
HAY Robert  

1850 - "Court for relief of insolvent debtors. [...] Robert Hay, formerly of No. 152, Grove-street, Camdentown, and of No. 30, Cromer-street, Gray's-inn-road, Pianoforte Maker, carrying on such business at No. 30, Cromer-street aforesaid, in copartnership with Charles Alexander Hammar, under the style of Hammar and Hay, then of No. 152, Grove-street aforesaid, and now of No. 90, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, both in Middlesex, Pianoforte Maker." The London Gazette, 1850, p. 273

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1850

HAMMAR & HAY (**1850), see HAMMAR, just above

152, Grovestreet (18??), Camdentown, 30, Cromerstreet (18??), Gray's-inn-road, 152, Grovestreet (18??), Fitzroysquare (**1850), Middlesex, London
HAYES  

 

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

London

 

HAYHLOCK E. C.  

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1926 [since 1868 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

 

4, High Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926), March

 

HAYHURST John  

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1878 (x1906) or since 1876 (x1912)]

'Organist u. Piano-Händler' (xx1890) ------- 'Organist u. Piano-Händler u. -Stimmer' (x1906) ------- 'Lehrer u. Organist, nebenbei Piano- u. Orgel-Händler u. -Stimmer' (x1912)

 

 

20, Montague Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Blackburn

 

HAYLLAR B. H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-Händler u. -Reparateur' (x1926)

 

50, Gloucester Road (x1926), Brighton
HAYLOCK E. C.  

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

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

 

4, High Street (x1912), March
HAYMAN Henry & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1926

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Musikalien- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

HAYMAN & Son (y1914)(x1926)

 

Church Street (xx1890), Works : Southgate Buildings(y1907)(y1914), Church Street (y1907)(y1914)(x1926), Launceston
HAYNES & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

252a, Gray's Inn Road, W.C. (x1906), London
HAYNES & Co  

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

1912 - Owners :  HERMITAGE & Sons (x1912), see here below

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

 

Cecilia Hall (x1912), Great-Malvern
HAYNES W. S.  

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

'Musiklehrer, Musikal.-, Piano- u. Instr.-Handlung' (x1906)

 

School of Music (xx1890), Ilford
HAYS Alfred  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1899-1926 [since 1871 (x1912)]

'Musical Instrument Manufacturer and Importer' & 'Music Publisher' (xx1895) ------- 'Sole agent for EVETTE & SCHAEFFER' (xx1895) ------- 'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912) & 'Auch Musikinstr. u. Sprechm.' (x1912)------- 'Piano-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

1912 - Owners : Alfred & Herbert Bosworth HAYS (x1912)

 

 

4, Royal Exchange Buildings, E.C. (xx1895)(*1906)(x1906)(*1907)(y1907)(*1910), 77, Cornhill, E.C. (xx1912), 26, Old Bond Street, W. (*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(y1907)(*1909)(*1910)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915)(x1926), 80, Cornhill, E.C. (*1914)(y1914)(*1915), 74, Cornhill, E.C. (x1926), London

 

HAYS W. L.  

Patent of 1884 : "July 8, 1884. - W. L. HAYS. Transposing pianoforte." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 237

 
Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer or inventor ca. 1884 London ?
HAYWARD Caroline  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

Church Street (x1912), Wellington (Salop)
HAYWARD G.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

 

66, Seven Sisters Road (xx1890), London
HAZLITT J. & Son  

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1879 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

'Piano- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

116, Spring Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Bury
HEAD Ernest  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

404, High Street, Lewisham, S.E. (x1926), London
HEAD & Sons  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

80, High Street (x1912), 140, High Street (x1912), 196, High Street (x1912)(x1926), Egham
HEALEY George 'Piano forte maker' ca. 1847 45, Ernest Street, Regent's Park (*1847), London
HEALY

 

BRAND

Pianos made by LESWEIN, London

 
 

'Pianoforte-brand' after 1920

 

 London
HEALY & RICHARDS  

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1895-1912 [since 1889 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

 

61a, Fortess Road (*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899), 75a, Fortess Road, N.E. (*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910), 75c, Fortess Road, Kentish Town, N.W. (x1906)(y1907), Albion Works, Lampeter Street, Shepperton Road, N. (x1912), London
HEAP Fred.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1868 (x1906)]

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Lehrer, handelt auch mit Musikal.-, Pianos u. Orgeln' (x1912)

 

Cunliffe Road, The Crove (x1906)(x1912), Ilkley
HEAP H. H.  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

28, Shore Road, Well Street, Hackney, N.E. (x1906)(x1912), London
HEARD & Sons  

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1926 [since 1810 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

Penzance

HEARD & Sons (x1906)

'Late PHILIPS' (x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Musikal.-Händler u. Kirchenorgelbauer' (x1912) ------- 'Kirchenorgelbauer, sowie Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Händler' (x1926)

HEARD & Co (x1912)

HEARD & Sons (x1926)

Truro

HEARD & Sons (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926)

'Piano- u. Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Orgelbauer, Piano- u. Instrumenten-Händler' (x1906) ------- 'Orgelbauer, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Händler' (x1912)(x1926)

 

[13], Market Jew Street (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Penzance

Boscawen Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Truro

HEARNE Alfred  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1841

 

59, Judd Street, Brunswick Square (*1841), London
HEARNESHAW W F.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1926)

 

Promenade (x1926), Morecambe
HEATH A. E.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926 [since 1918 (x1926)]

'Piano- u. Orgel-Import' (x1926)

 

55, Berners Street, W. (x1926), London
HEATHMANN V. & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1926)

 

139, Leigh Road, W. (x1926), Leigh-on-Sea
HEATHMANN William Bridgman  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1891-1910

HEATHMANN William Bridgman & Charles (**1891)

 

14, de Beauvoir Cresent, N. (**1891)(*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910), London
HEATON A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-, Sprechm.- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

168, Chorley Old Road (x1926), Bolton
HEAVISIDE Charles  

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1926 [since 1847 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'REYNOLD's Pianoforte Saloons' (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

1926 - Owners : J. & E. S. HEAVISIDE (x1926)

 

27, Torwood Street (x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(x1926), Torquay
HECKSCHER Siegmund  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1884 (xx1890)]

HECKSCHER & Co (xx1890), 'Pianohandlung'

Owner of MANUEL, Son & Co (x1906)(x1912)

 

26, King Edward Road, N.E. (xx1890), 129, Curtain Road, E.C. (xx1890), London
HEDGES W. G.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1890 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

HEDGES W. G. (x1906)

 'Musiklehrer, Musikal.-, Piano-, Harmonium- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Eastleigh Pianoforte and Music saloon' & 'Musiklehrer, Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1926)

HEDGES & Co (x1912)

HEDGES W. G. (x1926)

 

73, High Street (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Eastleigh
HEDGES W. G. & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-, Sprechm.- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

66, High Street (x1926), Ringwood
HEINS Nicholas & Co

(ca. 1839 - 1909)

 

OBITUARY

1909 - "Death of Mr. Nicholas Heins, we regret to announce the decease of this well known Hereford musician and music dealer last month. Deceased, who for some time bad been ailing, was in his seventieth year.
Nicholas Heins, the son of an old Broadwood man, was born in London. Articled to Mr. R. G. Wesley for the organ; chorister in Chapel Royal ; at fifteen entered Broadwood's for pianoforte making but did not relinquish music, being organist successively of several churches and chapels. Mr. Heins was also organist to the Tonic Sol-fa Choral Society, meeting under Mr. Thomas Gardner, in Tottenham Court Road in the sixties; in this official capacity he frequently played on the great organs in Exeter Hall, St. James's Hall, the then fashionable St. Martin's Hall and the Royal Albert Hall. In 1863, he married Miss Donaldson, youngest sister of Mr. (now Sir) George Donaldson. It was in 1871 that Mr. Heins settled down in Hereford; he had purcbased Ebenezer Child's old music business on the latter's decease. That the new proprietor, fresh from London, made many innovations in the sleepy old shop may be imagined. The aim of the newcomer was to supply none but the best class music and musical instruments. Acting on this policy with plenty of tact and industry, Mr. Heins soon acquired an enviable reputation. He was appoipied organist of St. Nicholas Church, in Hereford, in 1872, - an office which he held so about thirty years. During the temporary absence of late Dr. Langdon Colborne, Mr. Heins many times deputised at the organ in Hereford Cathedral. As is well known to all his acquaintances, Mr. Heins was gifted with the bump of melody and he also had the advantage of hereditary talent in music and in languages. His musical compositions are numerous, comprising both sacred and secular works. As an instrumentalist, he once seriously took up the violoncello; he was a facile and a brilliant player of the pianoforte, a very good extempore player and a sympathetic accompanist. It goes without saying that these gifts were invaluable in his business. A firm friend, Mr. Heins will be greatly missed." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 33, 1909, p. 393

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1926 [since 1830 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

Hereford

HEINS & Co Ltd. (y1907)(x1912)(x1926)

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Harmonium-Handlung, Orgelbauer' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Sprechm.-Handlung, auch Konzert-Agentur' (x1912)(x1926) ------- 'Instrument dealers' (*1921)

Leominster

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

Ross

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Händler, auch -Stimmer' (x1912)

SEE ALSO ...

HEINS in Wales

 

 

MAIN FIRM : 53, Broad Street (xx1890)(x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(*1921)(x1926), Beethoven Hall (x1912)(x1926), Hereford

BRANCH : 16, Broad Street (x1912), Leominster

BRANCH : Ross (x1912)

BRANCH : Abergavenny, Wales

BRANCH : Brecon, Wales

 

HEINS Edmund & Son  

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

 

London
HELBY Charles & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1914

HELBY Charles & Co (xx1890)

 'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)

HELBY & DUNKLEY (x1906)

HELBY C[harles] (x1912)(y1914)

 

6, Lower Seymour Street, W. (xx1890), 61, Victoria Street, S.W. (x1906)(y1907), 108, Victoria Street, S.W. (x1912)(y1914), London
HELLAWELL H.  

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1875 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

'Musiklehrer, Piano- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Musiklehrer, Musikal.-, Piano- u. Instr.-Händler' (x1906) ------- 'Musiklehrer, Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Händler' (x1912)

 

8, Commercial Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Brighouse
 

HELY A. A.

 

 

Patent of 1880 : "Oct. 5, 1880. - A. A. HELY. Improvements in case of pianofortes." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 229

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1880 London ?
HELBY Charles  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1891-1914

HELBY Charles & Co (**1891)(**1895)

HELBY Charles (*1914)

 

 

22, Baker Street, W. (**1891)(**1895), 6, Lower Seymour Street, W.C. (*1893), 108, Victoria Street, S.W. (*1914)(*1915), London

 

HEMINGWAY & THOMAS

 

 

Music Trades Review, 15/06/1889, p. 24

 

PARIS - "Hemingway & Thomas ; Fabricants de pianos ; 27, Victoria Road, Kentish Town, London.
Un piano, classe 4, modèle anglais, en bois de rose.
 
Un piano, classe 4a, modele allemand, en bois de noyer.  
Un piano, classe 6a, modele parisien, en bois de noyer.  
Tous sont enregistrés, et ont de nouveaux ornements." Catalogue officiel de la section anglaise, 1878, p. 66 (archive.org)

PARIS - "Hemingway and Thomas ; Pianoforte Manufacturers ; 27, Victoria Road, Kentish Town, London.
Piano, Class 4, English Model in Rosewood.
Piano, Class 4a, German Model in Walnut.
Piano, Class 6a, Parisian Model in Walnut. All newly designed and registered." Official Catalogue of the British Section, Paris Exhibirion, 1878, p. 63

LONDON - "At 3,649. Messrs. HEMINGWAY & THOMAS, Victoria-road, show an ebonised case with mouldings in white wood, and dead silvered sconces." The Furniture Gazette, 01/07/1885, p. 311

 

 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1878-1926 [since 1862 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

London

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

1904 -  KEITH, PROWSE & Co, successors

"HEMINGWAY & THOMAS . are informed that the programme takes the place of the Viessrs . KEITH , PROWSE & Co. , who bought the factory and stock." Musical News, Volume 27, 1904, p. 523

Halifax

HEMINGWAY W. (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926), branch in Halifax

 'Pianofabr. in London' (xx1890) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- [Musik]instr.-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 Exhibitors list Paris, 1878 | Exhibitors list London, 1885

 

 

[27], Victoria Road, Kentish Town (**1878)(**1885)(y1889), Lewis Street, Victoria Road, Kentish Town, N.W. (**1882)(**1884)(**1891)(**1895), [27], Victoria Road, Kentish town, N.W. (xx1890)(*1893)(*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903), 15, Victoria Road, Kentish Town, N.W. (**1895)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909), 10, Lewis Street, Kentish Town, N.W. (x1906), London

BRANCH : 11-13, Northgate (xx1890)(x1906), 10, Silver Street (x1912), Cheapside (x1926), Halifax

HEMINGWAY & WILLIAMS  

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1910

 

 

11-13, Northgate Street (*1910), London

 

HEMMINGS J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

1, Fortnum Terrace, High Road, North Finchley, N. (x1906), London
HEMSTOCK A.  

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

'Organist u. Piano-Händler' (x1906) ------- 'Organist, handelt nebenbei mit Pianos' (x1912)

 

Mere Street (x1906)(x1912), Diss (Norfolk)
HENCHER H. C.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

134, Lower Road, Rotherhithe, S.E. (x1906), London
HENDERSON George 'Pianoforte-manufacturer and instrument tuner and repairer' ca. 1827 25, High Bridge (xx1827), Gateshead, Newcastle-upon-tyne
HENDERSON James  

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1862-93

HENDERSON James (*1862)

HENDERSON James & Sons (**1870)

HENDERSON James & Son (**1882)

HENDERSON James & Sons (*1893)

 

 

7, Grafton Street, Fitzroy Square, W. (*1862)(**1870)(**1882)(*1893), 230, Marylebone Road, W. (**1882), London

 

HENDERSON Samuel

 

Upright grand pianoforte combined with barrel ca. 1825, Chris Maene Collection, Ruiselede, Belgium

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1825 8, Little James Street (x1825), London
HENRY Edward & Co  

Nameplate on a KIRKMAN pianoforte, hammerfluegel.info

 

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1855  London & Manchester
HENSHAW C.  

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

'Piano- u. Harmonium-Import' (x1906) ------- 'Piano- u. Orgel-Händler' (x1912)

 

13, Lorne Street, Upper Brook Street (x1906)(x1912), Manchester
HENSHAW & LOEBELL

MANCHESTER - "Henshaw & Loebell, Limited, 20 and 22, Swan Street, Manchester. The Steinhard (registered) upright grand piano, with all the latest improvements, and of exquisite design; the Steinhard (registered) cottage piano, with all the latest improvements and exquisite design; varied selection of musical instruments, of ancient and modern designs; also, special selection of fittings for musical instruments." Music Trades Review, 15/05/1887, p. 19

 

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1890-1926 [since 1860 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912) or since 1863 (x1926)]

HENSHAW & LOEBEL Ltd. (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926)

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Händler' (xx1890) ------- 'Saiten-Fabrik, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Import u. -Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

1912-26 - Manager : J. SMITH (x1912)(x1926)

Exhibitors list Manchester, 1887

 

20-22, Swan Street (xx1890)(*1895)(*1906)(*1909), 9, Amber Street (x1906)(*1910), 8, Thorniley Brow, Shudehill (x1912)(x1926), Manchester
HENSTOCK W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

Station Road (x1912), Forest Street (x1926), Sutton-in-Ashfield
HEPPELL W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-Händler' (x1926)

 

607, Abbeydale Road (x1926), Sheffield
 

HEPWORTH J.

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1926)

 

 

St. John's Road (x1926), Huddersfield

 

 

HEPWORTH ORGAN & PIANO Co

 

 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1895

 

 

45, Hampstead Road, N.W. (**1895), London

 

HERBERT & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907

 

St. James Street, Lynn (y1907), Norfolk
HERBERT E. E.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

 

13, Stratford Road (x1926), Wolverton
HERBERT & Son  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

50, Glenarm Road, Clapton, N.E. (x1906)(x1912), 199, Upper Dale Road, Derby (x1912), London
HERBERT'S PIANOS  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-Händler u. -Reparateur' (x1926)

 

6, Chertsey Road (x1926), Bristol
HERMITAGE Stephen & Sons
| HEREMITAGE
 

INFO EXTRA

Piano hire receipt of 1883 (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

 

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1883-1926 [since 1861 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

Hastings

HERMITAGE [Stephen] & Sons (1883)(xx1890)(**1901)(**1904)(x1906)

'Late S. MORLEY' (x1906)(x1912)

HERMITAGE S. & Sons Ltd. (y1907)(x1912)(y1914)

'Musikal.- u. Pianohandlung' (xx1890) -------  'Piano merchants' (**1901)(**1904) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

Bexhill

HERMITAGE S. & Sons Ltd. (x1926), 'Piano- u. Musikal.-Handlung' (x1926)

Eastbourne

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

HERMITAGE S. & Sons Ltd. (x1926)

London

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

St. Leonards-on-Sea

Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

Tunbridge-Wells

HERMITAGE & Sons (x1906)

 'Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikinstr.- u. Saiten-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

HERMITAGE Lindsey Ltd. (y1914)(x1926)

 

 

MAIN FIRM : 9, York Buildings (1883)(xx1890)(x1906), 30, Robertson Street (y1907)(x1912)(y1914), Hastings

BRANCH : 26-18, St. Leonard's Road (x1926), Bexhill

BRANCH : Beethoven Palace (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), 56, Terminus Road (y1907), Terminus Road (y1914), 'Hermitage Hall' (x1926), Eastbourne

BRANCH : 258, Clapham Road, [Stockwell Station], S.W. (**1901)(**1904)(x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914), 23, Knight's Hill Road, W. Norwood, S.E. (**1904), 56, High Street, Clapham, S.W. (y1907), London

BRANCH : 18, Grand Parade (1883)(xx1890)(x1906)(y1907)(x1912), 22, Grand Parade (y1914), St. Leonards-on-Sea

BRANCH : 53, High Street (x1906)(x1912)(y1914)(x1926), Tunbridge-Wells

HERNE BAY PIANO Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

97, Mortimer Street (x1912), Herne Bay
HERON W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-Händler u. Reparateur' (x1926)

 

Battle (x1926), near Hastings
HERRBURGER-BROOKS  

'Pianoforte-action-manufacturers' ca. 1920-21

 In 1920 BROOKS merged with HERRBURGER in Paris.

"HERRBURGER BROOKS (Lim.), 31 Lyme St, Camden Town, N.W. — Piano actions, keys, hammers, stools and mouldings." The Music Trade Directory, 1921, p. 207

 

 

Nottingham

31, Lyme Street, Camden Town, N.W. (*1921), London

 

HERRMANN Hans & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

87, Finsbury Pavement, E.C. (x1906), London
HESKETH T. E. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1895-1910 57, Lower Mosley Street (*1895)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), Manchester
HEWETT J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano- u. Möbel-Handlung' (x1906)

7a, New Crosss Street (x1906), Margate
HEWITT Daniel Chandler

(1789 - 1869)

 

Pianino with curved keyboard ca. 1840, The Piano Museum, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Upright pianoforte ca. ?, St. Fagan’s Museum of National History - National Museum of Wales, U.K.

Patent of 1838 : "Daniel Chandler Hewitt, of Store-Street, Bedford-Square, professor of music, for certain improvements in musical instruments. Sealed December 6, 1838. - (six months)." Repertory of patent inventions and other discoveries and ..., Volume 11, 1839, p. 61 - Read more here : Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications Relating to Paints, 1871, p. 127

Patent of 1844 : "Hewitt, Daniel Chandler, of Hanover-street, Hanover-square, musical instrument maker, for improvements in certain stringed and wind musical instruments. Sealed 9th November." A list of all patents for inventions granted in England during the year, 1845, p. 17 - Read more here : Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications Relating to Paints, 1871, p. 146 - or - "Nov. 9, 1844. — DANIEL HEWITT. Striking simultaneously in different parts of the string, etc." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 207

Patent of 1854 : "HEWITT, DANIEL CHANDLER, of Richmond, Surrey, professor of music. Improvements in the construction of pianofortes. Patent dated December 16, 1854. (No. 2647.) Claims.-1. Applying pianoforte-strings to walls or fixed partitions as a substitute for the strong portable wooden frames and metal bracings at present employed for taking the strain of such strings. 2. The application to pianofortes generally of a certain lever arrangement for holding the strings at tension and facilitating the tuning of the same. 3. Arranging the strings of the several notes in different planes. 4. A method of raising the level of the bearing point of the keys." Mechanic's Magazine, 1855, p. 39  - Read more here : Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications Relating to Paints, 1871, p. 215

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' and prodessor of music, ca. 1838-55

Born in Scotland in 1789 and died in London 1869. (Musical Scotland, 1894, p. 80)

A pianoforte-maker GUNTHER had the same address in 1841 as HEWITT : 6, High Street, Camden Town

HALL William, her above, worked in 1843 for him. And also BONNEY Edward worked in the years 1841-43 for him.

"Daniel Hewitt, for instance, lost twelve thousand pounds in a few years through attempting to introduce a down-striking grand piano, known as the "camel-back" from its peculiarly ungainly appearance in a patent dated December 16, 1854, neproposed affixing a wrest-plank and bent side (the two parts that together carry the strings) to the brickor stonewall of an apartment, so as to avoid the necessity for constructing costly framework, with strong bracing to resist the tension of the strings, between which and the wall he placed his sounding-board." History of the Pianoforte, Edgar Brinsmead, 1879, p. 137

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"About fifty years ago there appeared two curious works on the theory of music; one by an Englishman, Mr. Daniel Chandler Hewitt, a professor resident in London, and the other by a Spaniard, also resident in London. Mr. Hewitt's book passed out of sight, for his engraver ran off to America with the rare and expensive plates, and thus the dissemination of his theory was stayed until the production of a new and enlarged edition, which came out in 1864. [...]" The natural and universal principles of harmony and modulation, 1872, p. 72

Book of HEWITT : The True Science of Music, D. C. Hewitt, 1864

 

Store Street, Bedford Square (1838)(*1839), [6], High Street, Camden Town (***1843), [16], Hanover Street, Hanover Square (*1845)(*1847), London

 Richmond, Surrey (**1855)

HEWITT Edward  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1850-83

 

25 Judd Street, St. Pancras (1883)(³), London
HEWITT Ernest Hugh  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1914-15

 

73, Haverstock Hill, N.W. (*1914)(*1915), London
HEY Edmund  

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

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

 

5, Whitehall Street (xx1890), Rochdale
HEY J. P.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26

Colne

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)

Barnoldswick

'Piano-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

30, Albert Road (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Colne

BRANCH : 31, Rainhall Road (x926), Barnoldswick

HEYES G.  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

 

BRANCH : 601, Commercial Road, E. (x1906)(x1912), London

 

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

 'Musiklehrer u. Piano-Händler' (x1906)(x1912)

Kidderminster (Worcester)
HEYS J. B.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1884

 

5, Horse Fair (**1884), Kidderminster
HEYS J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

 

2, Lord Street (x1906), Colne
HEYWOOD  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1900

HEYWOOD & Sons (19??)

 

London
HEYWOOD Edward Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

95, Brakenbury Road (x1906), Preston
HEYWOOD J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926 [since 1912 (x1926)]

'Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Händler' (x1926)

9-11, Library Street (x1926), Wigan
HEYWOOD J. & G.  

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

HEYWOOD J. & G. (x1906), 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung'

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

READ FRANKLIN & HEYWOOD LTD (19??) - see also READ FRANKLIN

 

39, Manchester Road (x1906), 2a, Henry Street (x1912), Bury
HEYWOOD R.  

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

'The West Kirby Music Depot' (x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Harmonium- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

Grange Road (x1906)(x1912), West Kirby
HEYWOOD & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

 

Market Place (x1906), Bideford
HIBBS & Co  

'Pianoforte-maker'ca. 1890-1926 [since 1876 (x1906)]

HIBBS J. (xx1890)

 'Pianobauer' (xx1890) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Orgelbauer, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

HIBBS J. Ltd. (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)

 

818, Ashton Old Road, Higher Openshaw (xx1890), 726, Ashton Old Road, Openshaw (*1906)(x1906)(*1909)(*1910), 726-728, Ashton Old Road, Openshaw (x1912), 1284, Ashton Old Road (x1926), Manchester
HICKERS  'Pianoforte-manufacturer' [since 1902] London
HICKEY Arthur P.  

Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 33, 01/01/1910, p. 219

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1910-14

'Beresford Pianoforte Works' (y1910) ------- 'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer'  (x1912) & 'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

126a, Effingham Road, Harringay (y1910), 8a, Willow Walk, West Green, Harringay, N. (x1912), 1a, Lansdowne Road, Tottenham, N. (y1914), London
HICKEY T. J. & Co  

BRAND

WARWICK PIANO CO

 

 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1904-14 [since 1901 (x1912)(x1926)]

HICKEY & Co (x1906), 'Piano-Handlung'

HICKEY T. J. & Co (**1904)(y1907)(y1910)(x1912)

'Piano-Fabrik - Piano-Manufacturer'(x1912)(x1926) & 'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

HICKEY T. J. & Son (x1926), see also WARWICK PIANO Co

 

113, Cottenham Road, Upper Holloway, N. (**1904)(x1906), [88, Shernhall Street], Warwick [Piano] Works, Shernhall Street, Walthamstow, N.E. (y1907)(y1910)(x1912)(y1914), London
HICKIE & HICKIE  

'Pianoforte-manufacturers' [since 1864]

HICKIE Brothers (?)

 

Tiverton, Devon
HICKIE & HICKIE  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1875 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

'Musikal.- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Musikinstr.- u. Saiten-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

153, Friar Street (x1906)(yy1911)(x1912)(x1926), Reading
HICKIE & HICKIE Ltd.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

30, Bell Street (x1926), Henley-upon-Thames
HICKIE William 'Pianoforte-manufacturer' ca. 19?? 38, Broad Street (??), Reading
HICKLING Richard

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1841-47

43, Great Tichfield Street (**1841)(*1843)(*1847), London
HICKMAN Alfred E.  

Worrall's directory of Warrington, Wigan, St. Helens, 1876, p. 89

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1876

 

71, Bridge Street (y1876), Warrington
HICKMAN Charles  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1842-62

 

15, Carburton, Fitzroy Square (x1842), 47, Upper Northon Street, Fitzroy Square (**1852), 47, Bolsover Street, Fitzroy Square, W. (*1862), London
HICKMAN D. J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1926)

 

Charles Street (x1926), Tonypandy
HICKMAN O. H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

Gregories Road (x1926), Beaconsfield
HICKS George  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1845-47; (²)

 

17, Bryan Street, Pentonville (*1847), London
HICKS Henry  

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-1926; [since 1845 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926) or since 1875 (x1906)(x1912)]

HICKS Henry (**1882)(**1884)(**1891)(**1895)

HICKS Henry & Son Ltd. (x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919)(x1926)

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer' (x1906)(x1912)(x1926) - and - 'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Manufacturers of german & english pianofortes; agents for Schiedmayer & Sons, Stuttgart; Gebr. Niendorf, Eberhardt & Rinnermann Pianos; Springfield & Packard Organs' (y1914) ------- 'Piano-Fabrik u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1926)

 

53, New Kent Road, S.E. (**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(**1895), 49, 53-55, New Kent Road, S.E. (x1906), Factory : Falmouth Road, S.E. (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), 53-[55-57]-59, New Kent Road, S.E. (y1907)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915)(x1926), 158 [258] to 262, Borough High Street, S.E. (*1914)(*1915), New Cross Street, S.E. (x1912)(x1926), 2a, Lewisham, High Road, New Cross, S.E. (y1907)(y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), New Cross, S.E. (x1926), 53-55, New Kent Road, S.E. (x1926), London
HICKS Joseph  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1836

 

16, Lower Park Row (x1836), Bristol
HIDER A. E.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

137, Earl's Court, S.W. (x1926), London
HIGEL & Co Ltd. 'Player-pianoforte-maker' ca. 1917 149, Albion Road (*1917), 146-148, Church Walk, Stoke, Newington (*1917), London
HIGGINS G.  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Auch Nähmasch.' (x1912)

 

309, Old Kent Road, S.E. (x1906)(x1912), London
HIGGINS John  

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

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

 

18, Castle Street (y1907)(x1912), Hertford
HIGGINS John Steele  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1890-1926 [since 1850 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (xx1890) -------  'Piano-Händler u. -Reparateur'  (xx1890)(x1906) -------  'Piano- u. Orgel-Händler u. -Reparateur'  (x1912)(x1926)

HIGGINS J. S. (xx1890)(x1906)(y1907)(x1926)

 

7, Green Street, Market Street (xx1890)(*1893)(*1895)(*1897)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), 7-9, Green Street, Tib Street (x1906)(y1907)(y1914), 5, Green Street, Tib Street (x1912), 7, Green Street, Tib Street (x1926), Manchester
HIGGINS Steele  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

 'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung'  (x1912)

 

7, Green Street, High Street (x1912), Manchester
HIGGINSON C. H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

 'Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

 

24, School Road (x1926), Sale
HIGHAM B.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1926)

 

21, Memorial Road (x1906), 6, Memorial Road (x1926), Walkden near Manchester
HIGHAM Joseph  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1846

 

105, Chapel Street, Salford (y1846), Manchester
HIGHAM Joseph  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1880-1906 [since 1842 (x1906)]

'Messing-Blasinstr.-Fabr.' (x1906)

 

127, Great Ducie Street, Strangeways (**1880)(x1906), Manchester
HIGHBURY MACHINE Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1874 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Führt auch Wringmaschinen' (x1912)

 

45, Holloway Road, Highbury Station, Wood Green  (x1906)(x1912), 11, Broadway Parade, Crouch End, N. (x1912)Tottenham, N. (x1912), London
HIGHWAY James  

'Piano forte maker' ca. 1845-47; (²)

 

4, Cadogan Street, Chesea (*1847), London
HILDRED 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. ? London
HILDRED Brothers

 

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1890-1926 [since 1866 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Harmonium u. Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Harmonium u. Instrumenten-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

6-6 ½, Market Place (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), 6, Market Place (y1907)(y1914), West Street (x1926), Boston
HILEY Charles J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

HILEY Charles J. & Sons (x1926)

 

6, The Pavement (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Todmorden
HILL & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1926)

 

69, Conduit Street, London Road (x1926), Leicester
HILL & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

372, Grays Inn Road, Kings Cross (x1906), London
HILL E.  

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

'Organist u. Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)

 

Doncaster
HILL & HILL  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

 

459-461, London Road (x1926), Isleworth
HILL James Walter  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907 711, Oldham Road, Newton Heath (y1907), Manchester
HILL J. M.  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-, Orgel- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

43, Hopetown Street (x1926), Bathgate
HILL John
| HILLS
 

'Piano-forte-manufactory' ca. 1808-43

 

 

9, London Road, Surry (*1808)(*1814), 9, London Road, St. George's Fields, [Surry] (*1816)(*1818)(*1820)(**1822), 5, Harleyford Place Kennington common (*1843), London

 

HILL Robert Frederick
| HILLS
 

'Pianoforte-manufactory' ca. 1814-52

HILL Robert F. (*1847)

HILL Robert F. & Co (1849)

HILL Robert Fred. (**1852)

 

 

8, Oakley Terrace, Old Kent Road (*1847)(**1852), London

 

HILL & Sons Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

High Street (x1906), Eton
HILL U. C.  

Patent of 1873 : "July 31, 1873. - U. C. Hill. Cellulated bell, or tuning-fork piano." 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. 1873 London ?
HILL W. D.  

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

'Piano-, Harmonium- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musiklehrer, handelt auch mit Pianos, Orgeln u. Geigen' (x1912)

 

11, Hind Hill Street (x1906)(x1912), Heywood
HILLBACK C. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1895-1909 Jackson Street, Hulme (*1895)(*1906)(*1909), Manchester
HILLER J. F. & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1875 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

'Piano- u. Musikwaren-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

71, Sadler Street (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Durham
HILLIER James  

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1870-1907 [since 1855 (x1906)]

HILLIER James (*1862), 'Pianoforte manufacturer'

HILLIER ORGAN Co (xx1890), 'Pianohandlung'

HILLIER PIANO & ORGAN Co (x1906)

1906 - Owner : E. S. HILLIER (x1906)

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

 

130, Oxford Terrace, King's Road, N.W. (*1862), King's Road, Camden Town, N.W. (**1870), 288, York Road, Cattle Market, Camden Road, N. (xx1890)(x1906), 288-290, York Road, N. (y1907), London
HILLMAN F. & Son Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

303-305, Barking Road, East Ham, E. (x1926), London

 

HILLMANN J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1884 (x1906)]

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

 

11, Keyford (x1906), Frome (Somerset)

 

HILLMAR  'Pianoforte-manufacturer' ca. ? London ?
HILLS John  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1825-41

 

9, London Road (x1825), 5, Harleyford Place, Kennington (*1841), London
HILLS M. L. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907-09 24, Harley Street, Row Road (*1907)(*1909), London
HILLS William  'Piano forte maker' ca. 1847 5, Harleyford Place, Kennington (*1847), London
HILTON & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

Branch of WILSON, PECK & Co Ltd. (x1912)

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912) ------- 'Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

 

194, London Road (x1912)(x1926), Sheffield
HILTON & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1901 (x1906)]

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

84, Briggate (x1906), Leeds
HILTON & HILTON  

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Yorkshire Piano Makers (pianotuninginyork.blogspot.com)

 

 

'Pianoforte-manufactory' ca. 1875-1929 [since 1880 (x1912)]

See also NEWSOME Brothers (x1912)

1909 - "DURING a storm last month, lightning struck the premises of Messrs. Newsome Bros. at Ravensthorpe, causing damage to the factory by fire. But we would particularly inform customers and the trade that the Hilton & Hilton factory (which adjoins the building alluded to) was not damaged either by fire or by water, the flames being confined to Messrs. Newsome's veneer room, drying room, back making and bellying room. The large stock in the Hilton factory of finished pianofortes (including all models) was entirely untouched, so this will enable the firm to execute all orders as usual. Further, their seasoning sheds are fully stocked with dry materials and the this will enable them to carry on business with little or no delay. Mr. H. Cottam is the proprietor of both the Hilton & Hilton and the Newsome Bros. businesses, but they are carried on in separate factories." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 33, 07/10/1909, p. 732

1909-21 - Owner : H. COTTAM (y1909)(x1912)(*1921)

'Pianobauer, sowie Musikinstr.- u. Saiten-Händler' (x1912) ------- 'Piano-Fabrik' (x1926) ------- 'Manufaturer of Pianos and Player Pianos' (*1929)

1929 - Owners : COTTAM H. & Sons (*1929),

 

Ravensthorpe, Mirfield (*1875), North Road (x1912), Ravensthorpe (y1914), Victoria Works, [Victoria Street] (*1921)(x1926)(*1929), Ravensthorpe near Dewsbury
HILTON & HILTON 'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1890-1910 [since 1864 (xx1890)(x1906)]

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

 

Hartley near Halifax (xx1890)

Castle Street (xx1890), Saville Street (xx1890)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909), Winker Green Mills, Stanningley Road (y1907), Armley Street (*1910), Armley, near Leeds

 

HILTON & Son Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

29, Market Street (x1912), Atherton
HILYE Charles Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

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

8, The Pavement (xx1890), Todmorden
HIME & ADDISON

 

"PIANOFORTES, By Broadwood, Collard, Erard, Nutting, Addison, Oetzman and Plumber, Kirkman, and other esteemed makers, in grant variety, for Sale or Hire. Also Parisienne Model Three-String Oblique Pianos.
Pianofortes, Harmoniums, and Harps returned from Hire are oflered a! yreaf'y Reduced Prices.
TWENTY-FIVE GUINEA PIANOFORTES, Made expressly for this Establishment, by Nutting and Addison, waranted. New Music at Half-Price, sent per Post, on receiving Stamps in advance. ALEXANDRE’S AND EVAN ’S HARMONIUMS,
NEW AND SECOND HAND, FIVE GUINEAS AND UP WARDS. Tuner and Finishers, of tried ability, from the first Houses in London. Orders from any distance promptly attended to. 19, ST. ANN’S PLACE, MANCHESTER. HIME & ADDISON, N0. 19. ST. ANN’S SQUARE, MANCHESTER." The Official Illustrated Guide to the North-Eastern; North British ..., 1861, p. 102

  

 

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1846-1926 [since 1815 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1926)]

HIME, BEALE & Co (y1846)

'Late F. MILLER' (x1906)

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Harmonium- u. Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Harmonium u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) & 'Musikal.-Verlag' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-Verlag,  sowie Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

1912-26 - Owners : James & J. ADDISON & R. E. Lowe (x1912)(x1926)


(continuation)

"HIME and ADDISON, 30, Victoria Street (Late 19, ST. Ann's Square). - Pianofortes and Harmoniums in every variety, by the best makers. Cabinet Organs by Mason and Hamlin, New York. Pianofortes Tuned and Repaired by experienced London Artisans. Instruments taken in exchange. New Music at half-price. Manchester. 30, Victoria Street. Manchester." Monthly Musical Record, 1872, p. 154

 

19, St. Anna Square (y1846), 19, St. Ann's Place, St. Ann's Square (x1861), 30, Victoria Street (**1872)(xx1872), 30-32, Victoria Street (xx1890)(*1895)(*1906)(x1906)(*1909)(*1910), 195-197, Deansgate (y1914)(x1926), Manchester
HIME James W. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1884-90 [since 1878 (xx1890)]

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

2, Elm Park Terrace, Fulham Road, S.E. (**1884)(xx1890), London
HIME Humphrey & Son  

"HIME and Son, English and Foreign Music Sellers. Daily Parcels from London and the Continent. Music forwarded to all parts of the Kingdom on receipt of postage stamps with Order. Pianofortes, Harmoniums, and Harps for hire on the three-years' system of purchase. Hime and Son. Liverpool : 57, Church Street  - Birkenhead : 18, Hamilton Square." Monthly Musical Record, 1872, p. 154

 

 

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1818-90 [since 1784 (xx1890)]

HIME & Son (y1846)

HIME & Sons (y1870), 'Pianoforte workshops'

HIME & Son (y1871), 'Pianoforte maker'

HIME W[illiam] H[enry] (yy1879)(xx1890)

'Pianoforte Manufacturer' (yy1879) -------  'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (xx1890) in Birkenhead

 

33, Castle Street (***1818), 28, Church Street (***1818), 56, Castle Street (**1828), 32, Church Street (**1828), 3, Old Post Office Place (y1870), 75, Church Street W. (y1871), 57, Church Street (y1846)(**1872), Liverpool

18, Hamilton Square (**1872)(yy1879), 8, Grange Road West (xx1890), Birkenhead

HINCHCLIFFE Jos. W.  

Eyre brothers', Eyre's post office Plymouth and Devonport ..., 1882, p. 181

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1882  

9, Stoke Road (y1882), Plymouth

 

HINCHCLIFFE J. W. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Händler u. -Stimmer' (x1906)

 

71a, Neswick Street (x1906), Nottingham

 

HIND Albert  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1906-26 [since 1879 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

'Piano-, Harmonium- u. Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Piano-Fabrik, Musikal.-, Piano-, Harmonium- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-Verleger, sowie Fahrrad- u. Nähm.-Händler, führt auch Pianos, Orgeln u. Musikinstr.' (x1912)(x1926)

HIND Albert Ltd. (x1926)

 

16-18, Waterhouse Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Halifax
HINDENBERG F. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

133, Manfield Road (x1912), Nottingham

 

HINDLEY A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1862 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

'Musikal.-, Piano- und Zonophone-Händler, Druckerei' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung, auch Buchdrückerei' (x1912)(x1926)

 

 

21, Clumber Street (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Nottingham

 

HINE Frederick  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Auch Möbel-Händler' (x1912)

 

Blanche House, Wiesbaden Road, Stoke Newington Road, N. (x1906)(x1912), London
HINES J. & A. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884 38-40, Great College Street, Camden Town, N.W. (**1884), London
HINGLEY C. R. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

101, Upper High Street (x1906), Stourbridge
HINGSTON John  

1823 - "Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the under signed; Jno. Hingston and Jno. Dixon, Organ-Builders, Piano-Forte-Makers, &c. of 41, Cirencester-Place, Parish of St. Mary-le-Bone., in the County of Middlesex, is this day dissolved by mutual consent; and that all debts due and owning to and from the said late Partnership concer?? will be received and paid by the said Jno. Hingston, who will continue to carr on the Piano Forte making, &c. business as usual, at the aforesaid 41, Cirencester-Place ; the Organ-Building business will be carried on by Mr. Dixon, , as per future notice-Witness our hands this 8th day of August 1823." The London Gazette, 09/08/1823, p. 1327


'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1820-25; (²)

HINGSTON & DIXON (**1823)

HINGSTON John (x1825)

41, Cirencester Place (***1823), 1, Cirencester Place, Fitzroy Square (x1825), London
HINTON & Co 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1890

'Pianofabrik' (xx1890)

1, Belmont Street (xx1890), 77, Chalk Farm Road, N. W. (xx1890), London
HINTON J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1875 (xx1890)]

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

25, Smitfield Street (xx1890), Birmingham
HIRSCH Emil & Co

 

 

Advertsisement in Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 35, 1911, p. 139

 

"Value. When found make a note of ! Hence the House of E. Hirsch & Co. (Established 1885) is universally noted ! What has been done can be done. We have given satisfection during the past Quarter of a Century and we are able to do so NOW- better able than ever before. Note the variety in our all-good stock. Our stock is never less then Six Hundred Instruments. Pianos - Niendorf, Schiedmayr & Soehne, Eberhardt, Holling & Spangenberg, Rinnermann, Hirsch (London), Hirsch (Berlin) - Organs : Packard, Lee, Springfield - Player Pianos :  Simplex-Niendorf, Simplex-Schiedmayer, Simplex-Eberhardt, Simplex, Sympletta - 244, Tottenham Court Rd., London, W." Musical Opinion and Music Trade, 01/10/1909, p. 871

 

 

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1891-1915 [since 1885 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

1890- Owner : E. HIRSCH & F. S. HEIDEN-HEIMER (xx1890)

1906-12 - Owner : F. S. HEIDEN-HEIMER (x1906)(x1912)

'Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Import u. Grosshandlung' (x1912)

1911 - "Messrs E. HIRSCH & Co. - having obtained additional premises connecting with their factory at 113, Cottenham Road, Holloway, N. - have removed their showrooms from Tottenham Court to that address." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 35, 1911, p. 140

Representative for Representative for SCHIEDMAYER & Söhne, Hofpianofortefabrik, Stuttgart, Germany (x1906)(x1912) ------- Representative for PACKARD ORGAN Co, Fort Wayne, U.S. (x1912)

 

 

59-[60]-61, Hatton Garden, E.C. (xx1890)(**1891)(**1895)(x1906)(y1907)(x1912), 244, Tottenham Court Road, W. (y1909), 113, Cottenham Road, Holloway, N. (x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), London

 

HIRSCH Martin & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1885 (x1906)]

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

43, Hillmarton Road, Camden Road, Wholesale (x1906), London
HIRSCHMANN A. & Co  

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1880 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

Newcastle-on-Tyne

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

1912 - Owner : A. HIRSCHMANN (x1912)

South-Shields

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906) ------- 'Händler mit Musikal., Pianos, Musikinstr. u. Sprechm.' (x1912)

 

153, Pilgrim Street (x1906)(x1912), Newcastle-on-Tyne

Fowler Street (xx1890), Victoria buildings, Fowler Street (x1906)(x1912), South-Shields

HIRST Charles  

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

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

 

63, Commercial Street (xx1890), Brighouse
HIRST Frank  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

13, Greenfield Road (x1926), Holmfirth
HITCHEN & Sons 'Pianoforte-manufacturers' ca. 1866-69 Gibbet Street (y1866), Pellon Lane (y1866), 19, Clarence Works, Pellon Lane (**1869), Halifax
HOARE Peter

ADVERT

Music Trades Review, 15/08/1892, p. 6

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-1909 [since 1878 (xx1890)]

HOARE P[eter] & Co (**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(z1892)

'Pianofabrik' (xx1890)

HOARE P. (*1893)

HOARE & Co (*1895)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)

 

54, Queen Street, Camden Town, N.W. (**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(*1893), Worchester Yard, Charles Street, N. (z1892)(*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909), London
HOBART John  

'Harp and Musical Instrument Maker' ca. 1802

1802 - Bankrupt 9th March 1802, Cobbett's Annual Register, 1802, p. 561 - and - A list of bankrupts ... from Jan. 1, 1786, to June 24, 1806, p. 23

 

Warwick Street, Golden Square (*1802), London
HOBBS H. & Co 'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1884 49, Scovell Road, Southwark, S.E. (**1884), London
HOBDAY A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-Händler' (x1926)

 

Woodbridge Road, Moseley (x1926), Birmingham
HOBDAY A. H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

268, London Road, Thornton Heath (x1912), 298, London Road, Thornton Heath (x1926), Croydon
HOBDAY C.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1865 (xx1890)]

HOBDAY C. D. (xx1890), 'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' in Faversham

HOBDAY Charles (xx1890), 'Musikal.- u. Pianohandlung' in Sittingbourne

 

13-14, West Street (xx1890), Faversham

63, High Street (xx1890), Sittingbourne

HOBDAY R. E.  

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

Successor of SMYTH & HOBDAY (xx1890), see SMYTH

HOBDAY R. E. (xx1890), 'Pianohandlung u. Reparat.-Werstatt'

HOBDAY R. A. junior' (x1906), 'Piano-Hdlg. u. -Rep.-Werstatt'

 

19, Islington Row (xx1890), 273a, Soho Road, Handsworth (x1906), Birmingham
HOCKING A.  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

City Arcade (x1906), Birmingham
HOCKING Charles Frederick  

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-29 [since 1880 (nameplate)]

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912) ------- 'Music and instruments' (*1921) ------- 'Piano- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926) ------- 'Pianos, Org., Inst., Gramo., Music' (*1929)

1910 - "Mr. C. F. Hocking has been returned as a conservative (in the recent Devonport municipal elections) for the Princes Ward." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 34, 1910, p. 215

INFO EXTRA

Charles Frederick Hocking, in Old Devonport (olddevonport.uk)

117, Fore Street (x1906)(x1912), 114-115, Fore Street (*1921)(x1926)(*1929), Devonport near Plymouth
HODDER W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

 

1, Holderness Road (x1906), Hull
HODGE & ESSEX  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1884-1912

'Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Vertreter der Estey Organ Co' (x1912)

 

42, Holborn Viaduct, E.C. (**1884), 6 ½, Rathbone Place, W. (xx1890), 12, Rathbone Place, Oxford Street, W. (x1906)(x1912), London
HODGES C.

 

Upright pianoforte ca. 1830, Museu de la Música, Barcelona, Spain

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1820-30; (²)

 

London
HODGES C. & Son Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1836-46

HODGES Brothers (y1846), 'Music & Musical Instrument Seller'

28, Claire Street (x1836), 28, Clare Stand, Clifton (y1846), Bristol
HODGES H. P.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1887 (x1906)(x1912)]

Southampton

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

Eastleigh

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

 

1, Highfield Kane (x1906), 102, St. Mary's Street, Upper Canal Walk (x1906), 117, Above Bar Street, Upper Cnal Walk (x1906)(x1912), 19, Bridge Street (x1912), Southampton

14, Station Hill (x1912), 18, High Street Shirley (x1912), Eastleigh

Shirley (x1912)

HODGES S. & FLOYD R.  

'Pianoforte-manufacturers' ca. 1853

1853 - "Partnerships dissolved. Nov. 15 [...] Hodges, S. and Floyd, R. pianoforte manufacturers, Egremont-place, New-road, Nov. 8. Debts paid by Floyd." The Law Times, 26/11/1853, p. 99

 

Egremont Place, New Road (**1853), London
HODGKINSON J. W. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

73, Radford Boulevard (x1912)(x1926), Nottingham
HODGKINSON J. W. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1880 (xx1890)]

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

50, Willoughby Street (xx1890), Lenton
HODGKISS Enoch  

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

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

 

Green Heath, Music Saloons, Blewitt Street (x1906)(x1912), Hednesford
HODGSON Charles  

CHALLEN, DUFF & HODGSON

Upright pianoforte ca. 1862, Powerhouse Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Sydney, Australia

"Duff & Hodgson, music sellers & publishers, 65 Oxford Street, & patent pianoforte makers, & 3 Berners Street." The Post Office London Directory, 1843, p. 165

 

'Pianoforte-maker' and publisher ca. 1843-72

DUFF & HODGSON (*1839)(*1843)(**1852), see also DUFF

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

Exhibitors list London, 1872

 

Oxford Street (**1839), 3, Berner Street (*1843)(**1852), 65, Oxford Street (**1852), 20, Oxford Street (x1862), 20, Oxford Street (*1870), London
HODGSON I. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1910

'Musikal.- u. Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

127, Market Street (xx1890)(*1895)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), Manchester
HODGSON John 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 18?? London
HODKINSON T. J.  

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

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

 

173, Park Lane (x1906)(x1912), Macclesfield
HODSOLL William

 

Signature of an cabinet pianoforte ca. 1830, (destroyed during World War II) Musikhistorisches Museum von Wilhelm Heyer, Cöln, Germany

 
Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer and music publisher ca. 1798-1824

He had also a 'Music Warehouse' (y1810)

Probably a pianoforte-re-seller, because there written in the sound post of the mentionned cabinet pianoforte was written "R. WALES  MAKER" - see Robert WALES

Followed by PURDAY Z. T. (y1835)

[45], High Holborn (y1798)(y1800)(y1810)(y1815)(**1822)(y1824)(y1835), London
HODSON Charles 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1855-90 [since 1817 (xx1890)]

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

Grove Street (xxx1855), 8, Market Place (xx1890), East Retford, Nottingham
HOFFMANN J. F.  

"J. F. HOFFMAN, Engelsch Forte-Pianomaker, adverteerd, dat hy alhier aangekomen is met nieuwe FORTE-PIANO’S, die, aan Kenneren, alom hebben behaagd, en dus geene aanpryzing behoeven. Met betrekking der Pryzen zyn dezelve, om byzondere redenen, zeer matig gesteld. Deze INSTRUMENTEN zyn daaglyks te zien en te Koop by J. Meedenbach, wonende in ’t Vorstelyk Wapen naast de Castelenye in ’s Gravenhage, en by Sr. N. Steyger in de Goude Leeuw op de Hoogstraat, het derde Huis van de Weste Wagestraat, te Rotterdam. Gemelde J.F. Hoffman gedenkt alhier eenige dagen te vertoeven." s-Gravenhaagsche Courant 30/10/1791 (Muzikale advertenties in Nederlandse kranten 1621-1794, p. 20)

 

Pianoforte-maker ca. 1791 London ?
HOFFMANN V. Jens Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1900 South Shields
HÖFLER W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906) ------- Representative for Friedrich EHRBAR, Wien (x1906)

 

30, Wigmore Street (x1906), London
HOGBIN J.
| HOGBEN
 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912) ------- 'Piano- u. Möbel-Handlung' (x1926)

HOGBIN Brothers Ltd. (x1926)

 

William Street (x1906)(x1912), Victoria House, William Street (x1926), Herne Bay
HOGG, BUTT & Co 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862 11, Lamb Place, Kingsland Road, N.E. (*1862), London
HOGG W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

137, Derbyshire Lane, Stretford (x1912), Manchester
HOGGARD Brothers  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1906

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

 

107, Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff-on-Sea (x1906), Southend-on-Sea
HOGGETT Christopher  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1879-1912 [since 1850 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Pianoforte Warehouse, music seller & professor of music' (y1879) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

34, Church Street (y1879), 95, Musgrave Street (x1906), 9, Lynn Street (x1912), 15, Northgate, Hartlepool (x1912), West Hartlepool, Durham
HOGGETT Christopher junior Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1871 (xx1890)]

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

6, Bridge Road (xx1890), Stockton-on-Tees
HOGGETT George  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1879

'Pianoforte Warehouse' (y1879)

 

15, Northgate Street (y1879), Hartlepool, Durham
HOGGETT James
| HOGGET
 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1862 (x1906)]

'Piano-, Musikal.- u. Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906)

 

Northgate (xx1890)(x1906), Darlington
HOGGETT & Sons  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1879-1926 [since 1862 (xx1890) or since 1850 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

HOGGETT H. & Sons (y1879), 'Pianoforte Warehouse'

HOGGETT H[enry] & Son (xx1890)

 'Piano-, Musikal.- u. Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890) -------  'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

HOGGETT & Sons (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)

 

Grange Road (y1879)(xx1890), 11-13, Grange Street [or Road], Northumberland House (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Darlington, Durham
HOGGINS Francis & Co  

'Pianoforte-manufacturers' ca. 1880-1926

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

HOGGINS Francis & Co (x1906)(x1912)

HOGGINS Francis (x1926)

 

296, Globe Road, Bethnal Green, E. (x1906), 256, Globe Road, Bethnal Green, E. (y1907)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915)(x1926), London
HOLBROOK Charles William Oliver Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer and repairer ca. 1916-19 24, Thornbury Road, Brixton, S.W. (*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London
HOLCOMBE Philip George  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862-91 [since 1838 (xx1890)]

'Harp- & Pianoforte Maker' (*1862) ------- 'Pianohandlung' & 'Auch Harfen' (xx1890)

 

38, Berners Street, W. (*1862), 43, Berners Street, Oxford Street, W. (**1882)(xx1890)(**1891), London
HOLDEN J. A.   

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

'Piano- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

17, Stafford Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Walsall
HOLDEN John  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

Central Buildings (x1912), Stackheads
HOLDEN T. W. S.  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

 

33, The Pavement, Turnpike Lane, Green Lane, Hornsey (x1906)(x1912), London
HOLDER

 

 

View in Whitefriargate, The Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Northern Railway, 1857, p. 69

 

 

"ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PIANO-FORTES
By the best Makers, for Sale or Hire on the most Advantageous Terms, AT J. W. HOLDER’S
EXTENSIVE PIANO-FORTE and general Music Warehouse. No. 1, WHITEFRIARGATE, HULL.
NEW COTTAGE AND PICCOLO PIANO-FORTES, FROM SIXTEEN TO ONE HUNDRED GUINEAS.
Second-hand Piano-fortes, drim forty shillings to forty pounds. Harmoniums at 6£, 7£, 9£, 14£, 18£, 24£, 25£, 32£, 42£, and 50£. Non-copyright music at half-price.
ALL NEW MUSIC AT THE REDUCED PRICE. Every Article in the Music Trade in great variety at the Lowest Prices.
J. W. HOLDER, N0. 1, WHITEFRIARGATE, HULL." The Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Northern Railway, 1857, p. 59

 

 

'Pianoforte-manufacturers' ca. 1857-1926  [since 1837 (xx1890)(x1906) or since 1847 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

Hull
[since 1847 (xx1890) or since 1837 (x1912)(x1926)]

HOLDER J. W. (x1857)(x1861)

HOLDER Fred. W. (xx1890)

HOLDER Brothers (x1906)(x1912)

HOLDER Brothers Ltd. (y1914)(x1926)

'Piano- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Piano- und Harmonium-Fabrik und -Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Piano- u. Orgel-Fabrik u. -Handlung. Auch Import' (x1912)(x1926)

Bridlington Quay
[since 1847 (x1912)]

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

Goole

HOLDER Brothers Ltd. (x1926), 'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

Great-Grimsby
[since
1847 (xx1890)(x1912)
(x1926)]

'Piano-, Harmonium- u. Orgel-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906) ------- 'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

HOLDER Brothers Ltd. (x1912)

Pocklington

HOLDER Brothers Ltd. (x1926), 'Piano- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

End : 1928

 "The visitor to Hull cannot fail to be impressed with the size of the wholesale and retail places of business, conspicuous among which may be mentioned the establishment of MR. J. W. HOLDER, in Whitefriargate. Upon entering the premises we were startled at seeing the enormous stock of musical instruments. Fiddles for 10,000 performers; pianofortes for all Yorkshire. Orpheus would seem to have made Hull his head-quarters. We have alluded to violins and pianos only, but every kind of musical instrument may be found in this temple of the muses, which is eminently worthy a place among our pictorial embellishments of what may be seen and appreciated at Hull." The Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Northern Railway, 1857, p. 70

 

MAIN FIRM : 1, Whitefriargate (x1857)(xx1890), 1-2, Whitefriargate (x1906)(x1912)(y1914)(x1926), Hull

BRANCH : 5, Promenade (x1906)(x1912), Bridlington Quay

BRANCH : 66, Boothferry Road (x1926), Goole

BRANCH : 24, Victoria Street (xx1890), 25, Victoria Street (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), 147-152, Cleethorpes Road (x1926), Great-Grimsby

BRANCH : 13, Market Place (x1926), Pocklington

BRANCH : Scunthorpe (x1912)

HOLDER & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912) ------- 'Piano- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

16, Victoria Road, Surbiton (x1912)(x1926), London
HOLDER Lawrence John & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1901-12

HOLDER Lawrence John & Co (x1906), 'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung'

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

 

1, Queen's Terrace, Surbiton Road (**1901), Surbiton Road (x1906), 46, Surbiton Road (x1912), Kingston-on-Thames
HOLDERNESSE Charles

 

HOLDERNESSE & HOLDERNESSE

Upright pianoforte ca. 1856-80, Powerhouse Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, Australia

LONDON - "482 Holdernesse, Charles, 444 New Oxford Street - Manufacturer. Cottage grand pianoforte, 6 7/8-octave, in carved walnut-tree wood case (the design registered); with repeating check action." Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition, 1851, p. 466

LONDON - "482 Holdernesse, C., Fabr., New Oxford Street. – Grosses Pianoforte." Amtlicher Catalog der Ausstellung der Industrie-Erzeugnisse aller Völker, 1851, p. 66

LONDON - "3409 Holdernesse, W. 444, Oxford-st. W.C. — Cottage piano." International exhibition, 1862 : Official catalogue of the industrial department, 1862, p. 54

LONDON - "Messrs. Holdernesse (3409) have Honourable Mention for good work in an upright piano." Reports by the Juries on the subjects in the thirty-six classes into which ..., 1862, p. 148

"Holdernesse and Holdernesse, Pianoforte Manufacturers (for extreme climates), 444, New Oxford-st., Bloomsbury." The British Colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources, 1851, p. 7 (archive.org)

 

 

'Pianoforte-manufacturers' ca. 1850-1915

HOLDERNESSE  & HOLDERNESSE (*1850)(y1851)(y1854)(y1857), 'Pianoforte Manufacturers for extreme climates'

HOLDERNESSE Charles (**1851) - HOLDERNESSE & Co.

HOLDERNESSE W. (x1862)

HOLDERNESSE & HOLDERNESSE   (**1882)(**1884)(**1891)(**1895)

HOLDERNESSE & Co (xx1890),

HOLDERNESSE C. (xx1890)(*1906)(x1906)

'Pianofabrik' (xx1890) & 'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

HOLDERNESSE & HOLD (*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)

HOLDERNESSE & Co (*1910)

HOLDERNESSE Charles & Co (y1907)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915)


(continuation)

"PIANOFORTES at MANUFACTURING - PRICES. - Messrs. HOLDERNESSE and Co., 444, New Oxford-street, London, beg to inform their friends and the public that they have reduced the price of their Piccolo Pianofortes, in rose, zebra, or walnut-tree wood cases to 25 guineas each. These beautiful instruments are 6 7/8 octaves (C to A) in compass, combine all the latest improvements, are possessed of amazing power, combined with sweetness of tone, and finished with the same care and attention that have hitherto distinguished their manufacture. Warranted for three years, and exchanged if not approved of. - A variety of second-hand, by Broadwood, Collard, Erard, and other makers, from £10 ; and double and single action Harps, by Erard from £10 - N.B. Every description of musical instruments tuned, repaired, and taken in exchange." The Illustrated London News, Volume 18, 1851, p. 183

Exhibitors List London, 1851 | Exhibitors list London 1862

 

444, New Oxford Street, Bloomsbury, W.C. (*1850)(**1851)(y1854)(y1857)(*1862)(x1862)(**1882), 6, Lawrence Street, Bloomsbury, W.C. (*1862)(**1882)(**1884)(**1891)(**1895), Blackhorse Yard, Rathbone Place, W. (**1882)(**1884)(**1891), 7-8, Maynard Street, W.C. (**1891), 7-8, Maynard Street, W.C. (**1895), 105, New Oxford Street, W. [C.] (**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(*1895)(**1895)(*1(*1899)897)(*1903)(*1906)(x1906)(*1907)(y1907)(*1909)(*1910)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), London
HOLDERNESSE Mrs. E.
| HOLDERNESS
'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1847 3, Church Row, Islington (*1847),  London
HOLDERNESSE George William & Co
| HOLDERNESS
'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1847-52 57, Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square (*1847), London
HOLDERNESSE Robert L.
| HOLDERNESS
'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1847-52 1, Newman Street, Oxford Street (*1847), 12, Bath Place, New Road (**1852), London
HOLDOM Arthur  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1911

'Pianoforte dealer' (yy1911)

 

Drayton Parslow (yy1911), Bletchley
HOLDSWORTH A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

31, Wellgate (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Rotherham
HOLEY Smith  

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

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

 

5, Terrace, Gilleygate (xx1890), York
HOLLAND C. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

11, Wagg Street (x1912)(x1926), Congleton
HOLLAND Henri 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1780-92 Bedford Row (ca. 1780-92), London
HOLLAND J. A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1875 (x1906)]

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

HOLLAND J. A. & H. W. (x1912)(x1926)

 

95, Barmston Street (x1906)(x1912), 80, Fountain Road (x1926), Hull
HOLLAND J. A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26 [since 1883 (x1912)(x1926)]

'Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Saiten-Handlung' (x1912) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Saiten-Handlung' (x1926)

 

King Street (x1912)(x1926), Knutsford
HOLLAND W. T. junior  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

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

 

15, New Walk (xx1890), Leicester
HOLLAS Brothers  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1926

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

31, Union Street (xx1890), 31, Market Street (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Halifax
HOLLEYOAKE William Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1926)

40, Durham Road, Holloway, N. (x1926), London
HOLLINGWORTH Frank Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Gross-Handlung' (x1912)

White Lodge (x1912), Thornton-le-Fylde
HOLLINS J. A. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1870 (x1906)]

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

101, Osmaston Road (x1906), Derby
HOLLINSHED & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906; (x1906)

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

Burslem
HOLLINSHED J. M.
| HOLLINSHEAD
 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1885 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

78, Liverpool Road (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Newcastle-under-Lyme
HOLLIS B. & Co Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1890

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

63, Ebury Street, S.W. (xx1890), London
HOLLIS Charles  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1843-52

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

 

41, Great Tichfield Street (*1843)(*1847)(**1852), London
HOLLOWAY  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1890-1906 [since 1818 (xx1890)or since 1856 (x1906)]

HOLLOWAY Arthur Dixon (xx1890), 'Organist, Piano- u. Harmonium-Händler'

HOLLOWAY G. Hamilton & Son (x1906), 'Organist, Musikal.-, Piano- u. Harmonium-Händler'

HOLLOWAY & Son (x1912), 'Organist, Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Händler'

 

Bulle House (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), St. Ives (Huntingdon)
HOLMAN Charles Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1916-17 17, Trinity Road, Wandsworth, S.W. (*1916)(*1917), London
HOLMAN C. G. B.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

Ashford

'Piano-Händler u. -Stimmer' (x1912)

Tenderden

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

 

51, Beaver Road (x1912), Ashford

High Street (x1912), Tenderden

HOLMAN Edward Walter  

"HOLMAN, E. W., Pianoforte Maker for Home use or Exportation to extreme Climates, 10, Grafton-st., Fitzroy-sq." The British Colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources, 1851, p. 7 (archive.org)

 
 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1851-72

HOLMAN E. W. (y1851)(**1852)(y1854)(y1857)

HOLMAN John Chapell & HOLMAN Edward Walter (*1858), see here below

HOLMAN E. W. (xx1872)

 

[10], Grafton Street, Fitzroy Square (y1851)(**1852)(y1854)(y1857), 14, Russell Street, Fitzroy Square, W. (*1862), 23, Fitzroy Street (xx1872), London
 

HOLMAN Edward Walter

&

HOLMAN John Chapell

 

LONDON - "3410 Holman, J. N. & E. 43, London-st. Fitzroy-sq. — Patent model action of piano." International exhibition, 1862 : Official catalogue of the industrial department, 1862, p. 54

LONDON - "18. Mr. Holman is a maker who has evidenly received a suggestion from early instruments. His octavo piano reminds one of the quality in tone of that of the harpsichord, excepting that, in the latter instrument, the strings were set in vibration by the catch of a quill, and in Mr. Holman's piano they are struck by a hammer. The action of the pedals enables a performer to procure the ordinary tones of the piano, or to add the octave throughout á voluntáte. Some years since, Messrs. Kirkman made a few octave pianofortes." Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, 1872, p. 890-891

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1858-72

HOLMAN John Chapell & HOLMAN Edward Walter (*1858)

HOLMAN J. N. & E. (x1862)

HOLMAN J[ohn] (*1862)(**1870)

HOLMAN J. C. (*1872)

Patent of 1858 : "2198. John Chappell Holman, of London-street, Fitzroy-square, and Edward Walter Holman, of Graftonstreet, Fitzroy-square, for an improved pianoforte action." Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, 1858, p. 316- or - "Oct. 2, 1858. - J. and E. HOLMAN. Upright pianoforte action." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 212

Exhibitors List London, 1862 | Prize medal London, 1872

[10], Grafton Street, Fitzroy Square (*1858), 43, London Street, Fitzroy Square, W. (*1858)(*1862)(x1862), 301, Euston Road, N.W. (**1870), London
HOLMAN John 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862 28, St. James's Terrace, Clarendon Road North, Notting Hill, W. (*1862), London
HOLMES E.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

20, Lilford Road, Coldharbour Lane, S.E. (x1906), London
HOLMES Frank G. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

168, Bolgrave Road, Walthamstow, N.E. (x1912), London
HOLMES James Walter & Son 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862 2, Little Union Place, Lisson Grove North, N.W. (*1862), London
HOLMES John & Son Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer and repairers ca. 1914-15 28, Wallwood Street, Burdett Road, E. (*1914)(*1915), London
HOLMES T.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26

'Organist u. Piano-Händler' (x1906) ------- 'Organist, nebenbei Piano- u. Orgel-Händler' (x1912)(x1926-

 

38, Westgate (x1906)(x1912), 44, Westgate (x1926), Shipley
HOLMES W. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

20, William Street (xx1890), Nottingham
HOLMYARD Thomas Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1810-41

Successor of Ludwig LEUKFELD

28, New Street, Horseferry Road, (**1841)(*1843), London
HOLMYARD T. J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907-09 1, Beauchamp Road, Clapham Junction (*1907)(*1909), London
HOLST T. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1822 126, Great Portland Street (**1822), London
HOLT Ernest Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907 Wolverhampton Street (y1907), Walsall
HOLT F.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1882

'Pianoforte & Music warehouse; Importer of foreign instruments, Italian string, & &c. All kinds of musical instruments repaired.' (yy1882)

 

104, Fore Street, Devonport (yy1882), Plymouth
HOLT George Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907-14 13, Baltic Buildings, Waterfoot (y1907), 13, Burnley Road, Waterfoot (y1914),  Manchester
HOLT J.  

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

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

13, Moor Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Ormskirk
HOLT John Pianoforte-maker and  Harmonium builder ca. 1906-07 [since 1875 (x1906)]

'Verfertiger von Harmoniums u. Pianos' (x1906)

Pioneer Works, Station Road and Clarence Road, Harborne (x1906), 12, Station Road, Harborne (y1907), Birmingham
HOLT R. & M.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

 

9, Hare Hill Road (x1926), Littleborough
HOLT & Son  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1906-12 [since 1876 (x1906)(x1912)]

Manchester

HOLT & Son (x1906), 'Pianobauer'

HOLT G. (*1906)(*1910)

HOLT & Son (x1912)

'Pianobauer u. Musikinstr.-Händler' (x1906)(x1912)

Rossendale Waterfood near Manchester (x1906), Waterfoot near Bacup (*1906)(x1906)(*1910), Heaton Place (x1912), Manchester

Waterfood near Bacup (x1912)

HOLT'S PIANO AND MUSIC STORES Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1926)

Perrhyn avenue (x1926), Rhos-on-Sea
HOLT W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1887 (xx1890)]

Harrogate

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

Ravensthorpe

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

 

4, Montpeller Buildings, Parliament Street (xx1890), Harrogate

Huddersfield Road (xx1890), Ravensthorpe

HOMAN R. A. & Sons  

 

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

HOMAN & Sons (x1912), 'Piano-Handlung'

Park Terrace, Willesden Green, N.W. (x1906), 8, Mansfield Road, Gospel Oak, N.W. (x1906)(x1912), 21, High Road, Willesden Green, N.W. (y1907)(x1912), London
HONESS W. T. & Co 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1893 43-45, Beresford Street, Walworth, S.E. (*1893), London
HONEYWELL Francis Tycho Vincent  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1901-26 [since 1862 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

Kingston-on-Thames

HONEYWELL F. T. V. & Son (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)

'Piano-Handlung und -Import, -Stimmer und -Reparateur' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung u. -Import' (x1912)(x1926)

Walton-on-Thames

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

Weybridge

HONEYWELL F. T. V. & Sons (x1912),

'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

HONEYWELL F. T. V. & Son (x1926)

 

5, Surbiton Park Terrace, Surbiton Road (**1901)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Kingston-on-Thames, near London

Broadway, High Street (x1912)(x1926), Walton-on-Thames

High Street (x1912), Holstein Parade (x1926), Weybridge

HONIG L.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

Representative for SEILER, Berlin (x1906)

 

Waterford Lodge (x1906), Richmond (Surrey)
HONOUR G.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1866

 

15, Preston Street (**1866), Brighton
HONOUR R. H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

115, Alexandra Road (x1926), Sheerness-on-Sea
HONOUR T. W. & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

46, King Street (x1926), Maidstone
HOOKER Charles 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1852 126, Goswell Street (**1852), London 
HOOKER William 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1841-47 85, Martin's Place, Old Street (**1841)(x1842)(*1843), 92, Old Street (*1847), London 
HOOPER Frederick  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1855

 

St. James Place West (xx1855), Winchester
HOPE & JAMES 'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1906-12

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

25, Bucklersnury, E.C. (x1906)(x1912), London 
HOPKINS F.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

45, Effingham Street (x1926), Rotherham
HOPKINS J. D.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1926 [since 1870 (xx1890)(x1906)or since 1865 (x1926)]

'Musikal.- und Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906) ------- 'Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

1906 - Owner : J. M. JACKSON (x1906)

HOPKINS J. W. (x1926)

 

39, Freeman Street (xx1890), 115, Cleethorpe Road (x1906), 28, Wellowgate (x1926), Great-Grimsby
HOPKINS R. G.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

St. James Place West (xx1855), 12, West Street (x1912)(x1926), Newport (Isle of Wight)
HOPKINSON John  

Patent of 1851 : "John Hopkinson, of Oxford-street, in the county of Middlesex, pianoforte-manufacturer, for Improvements in pianofortes. — Sealed June 3, 1851. — (Six months.) — (Communication.)" Repertory of patent inventions and other discoveries and ..., Volume 18, 1851, p. 62

 

'Pianoforte-manufacturer' ca. 1851 Oxford Street, Middlesex (*1851), London 
HOPKINSON John & James

(? - 1886)

 

 

Cottage Grand Pianoforte, Exhibition London, 1861, Cassell's Illustrated Exhibitor: Containing about Three Hundred, 1862, p. 208

 

 

Patent Concert Grand Pianoforte, Cassell's Illustrated Exhibitor: Containing about Three Hundred, 1862, p. 208

 

 

"N°. 15 Iron Upright Grand, Height 4 ft. 1 in., Width 4 ft. 9 in., seven octaves, Full trichord, check action, complete iron frame, in rosewood or walnut, 60 guineas in black and gold, 65 guineas", Music Trades Review, 15/09/1892, p. 12

 

 

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

 

LONDON - "Mr. Hopkinson exhibits a grand, with a new action, called “the patent repetition and tremolo check action 5” but as the mechanism is not shewn, we can merely remark that it is intended to give such an extreme degree of repeating power, that a kind of tremolo may be produced by slightly agitating the key when down. The dampers consist of wedges of soft cloth, on the German plan." Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, 1851, p. 34

LONDON - "500. HOPKINSON, JOHN and JAMES, 18 Soho Square — Manufacturers. Horizontal grand pianoforte with patent action, on an entirely new principle, giving increased power and certainty to the touch, and adding the tremolo similar in effect to that produced by the voice. Mata, inventor. Rosewood boudoir pianoforte, 6 and 3/4 octaves." Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition, 1851, p. 469

LONDON - "Mr. Hopkinson exhibited a grand pianoforte, to which is applied his repetition action recently patented." Crystal Palace, and its contents : being an illustrated cyclopaedia of the great exhibition of the industry of all nations, 1851, p. 202 (archive.org)

LONDON - "500 Hopkinson, J. & J., Fabr., 27, Oxford Street. – Grosses Pianoforte mit Patent." Amtlicher Catalog der Ausstellung der Industrie-Erzeugnisse aller Völker, 1851, p. 67

PARIS - "1997 Hopkinson, J. et J., à Londres, A. — Pianos ordinaires; grand piano perfectionné.
1997 Hopkinson, J. and J., 18 Soho-square, London. Pianofortes."
Paris universal exhibition, 1855, p. 70

LONDON - "Nous devons citer encore MM. Hopkinson et MM. Collard et Collard. Toutes ces maisons ont des pianos de qualité supérieure, avec mécaniques à double échappement. Nous avons pu constater que leurs pianos droits sont relativement inférieurs à leurs pianos à queue. Quant à leur fabrication, elle est on ne peut mieux conditionnée." Rapports des délégués facteurs de pianos des délégués facteurs d'orgues-harmoniums et des délégués facteurs d'instruments en cuivre et en bois..., Délégations ouvrières à l'exposition universelle de Londres en 1862, p. 5 (gallica.bnf.fr)

LONDON - "The display of musical instruments on the British side of the building and the second shows a patent concert grand, with all the modern is very complete. Having already referred to these, however, we now merely introduce representations of two fine pianos, manufactured by   Messrs. John and James Hopkinson, of Regent Street. The first engraving is of a cottage grand, with carvings in the Italian style;  and the second shows a patent concert grand with all improvements. This is inclosed in a case- of admirable workmanship walnut, inlaid with ivory, tulip, box, and king woods, exquisitely carved. But it is not to their cases that pianos owe their chief excellence. "Without tho interior mechanism be of the liret oUfig, all the decoration in the world would render them but boxes of worthless discord. In the pianos of Messrs. Hopkinson — who has not heard them at the Exhibition discoursing "most excellent music," under the guidance of highly-educated fingers ? — the outside ornament forms but the least part of their value. True, they are fine pieces of furniture; but they possess a far higher value, for they are famous musical instruments. To hear them well played is a treat for a professor, much less a mere musical amateur like the writer. In tone, touch, and all the requisites of first-rate pianos, they are perfect — fitted alike for the concert-room or the cottage parlour — brilliant, full, and at the same time delicate, and calculated in every respect to sustain the high reputation their makers have so long had with the musical world. The valuable improvements in the manufacture of pianofortes lately introduced have all been taken advantage of by the Messrs. Hopkinson, the resources of whose establishment enable them to compete, not only in excellence, but also in economy of production, with the best makers in the trade. To go to the Exhibition on a Saturday, and to hear a fantasia on one of these instruments, is a treat indeed; and when we come to consider what a complicated piece of work is the interior of a piano — the strings stretched to a tension equal to a pressure of several tons, and yet one faulty wire putting the whole machine out of order — when we think what ingenious appliances arc necessary before these strings can answer to the light touch of a woman's finger — when we see that all the ends for which such an instrument are fully answered, and we find the English piano a highly-finished and complete box of harmony, our wonder and admiration may well be excited. To say that these instruments are as perfect as they can be made, is to say all that can be said of any piano yet manufactured: to compare them with the instruments of other eminent makers is simply futile. Among the best there can be no better." Cassell's Illustrated Exhibitor: Containing about Three Hundred, 1862, p. 208-209

LONDON - "3412 Hopkinson, J. & J. 235, Regent-st. — Piano fortes and models." International exhibition, 1862 : Official catalogue of the industrial department, 1862, p. 54

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

LONDON - "To Messrs. Hopkinson (United Kingdom, 8412) the Jury award a Medal for great excellence of tone and invention of a pedal for producing the harmonic octave.
Messrs. Hopkinson  xhibit seven pianos, namely :—
1. A full-sized concert grand, in elegantly inlaid walnut case. The action of this instrument is on a peculiar construction originally patented by this firm in 1850, and since considerably improved; the last patent bcing dated in the present year. The ordinary hopper is dispensed with, and its place supplied by a kind of knee-joint. Messrs. Hopkinson have found this action work well, and it gives a good touch, but it has not yet been adopted by any other makers. Models of the new action are exhibited in its original form, and its various stages of improvement.
2. A similar grand, but in plainer case.
3. A boudoir, or short grand.
4. A rosewood boudoir grand, having a highly novel feature in the shape of a harmonic pedal. This contrivance is so arranged as to allow a frame to descend over the strings, and to drop a light knife-edge of felt exactly in the middle of their length, by which, when the hammer strikes, the tone of the harmonic octave is produced, instead of the fundamental note of the string. The effect is pleasing, and the arrangement so ingenious as to justify favourable notice; but it is necessarily expensive, and must be of doubtful general utility.
5. An upright in elegantly carved case.
6 and 7. Two upright pianos; one of which is constructed to sell at a moderate price, and the other with a new arrangement of the hammer-shaft, compensating for difference between horizontal and upright pianos." Reports by the Juries on the subjects in the thirty-six classes into which ..., 1862, p. 147

DUBLIN - "804 Hopkinson, J. & J., 235 Regent St. London, W. — Boudoir grand, and patent grand pianofortes; cottage, and grand cottage pianofortes." The illustrated record and descriptive catalogue of the Dublin international exhibition, 1865, p. 239-240

LONDON - "7. Messrs. Hopkinson's grand pianoforte is fitted with a new action, termed “Hopkinson's patent grand pianoforte action.” It is considerably less elaborate than that of Messrs. Erards, and, in the present instance, the touch is well balanced, and secures an instantaneous response. 8. One of the first necessities for obtaining an evenly toned piano, seems to be that the frame-work shall be of such construction and strength that the various degrees of thestrings' tensions shall not unequally affect it. Perhaps the next necessity is that there shall be a firmness at the point whence the vibrating portion of the string starts. To. obtain this, makers fit the brass studs over which the strings pass on to the iron frame-work. This operation requires much care, and makers —particularly German and American makers — are liable to permit the strings to be too closely connected with the unyielding and comparatively non-communicative iron framing. Hence the tone of the strings becomes hard and metallic. Some may consider such tone a desideratum. In Messrs. Hopkinson's iron bijou grand the higher notes have rather a uality of tone similar to that above referred to. Messrs. Hopkinson show other instruments; one, an upright piano, made for tropical climates. The weight of this instrument is inconvenient, and the price (200 guineas) unnecessarily made high by ornament, which is called the style of Louis XVI. The framework seems well adapted to insure an inappreciable affection by rapid variations of temperature. The bijou pianoforte, £25, by. Messrs. Hopkinson, is fitted with an unchecked action, and the hammers are apt to rattle. The tone of this instrument is somewhat weak and uneven." Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, 1872, p. 890-891

LONDON - "An upright grand, inlaid with ivory and ornamental wood, exhibited by Messrs. J. Hopkinson, was placed in the Fine Arts Gallery, in virtue of its excellence of design and workmanship." The British Almanac, 1872, p. 124

YORKSHIRE - "HOPKINSON BROTHERS & Co., Leeds.
a FULL CONCERT GRAND PIANOFORTE, PATENT ACTION.
b BLACK AND GOLD BIJOU GRAND PIANOFORTE.
c BLACK AND GOLD IRON COTTAGE PIANOFORTE.
d WALNUT INCISED OR GILT PIANOFORTE.
e INLAID IRON COTTAGE PIANOFORTE.
f ELEGANT WALNUT-WOOD BICHORD PICCOLO PIANOFORTE.
g, h, i HARMONIUMS. " Official catalogue, Yorkshire exhibition of arts and manufactures, 1875, p. 30

PARIS - "Hopkinson, J. & J. ; Fabricants de pianos et Inventeurs ; 235, Regent Street, London. Fabrique, Fitzroy Road, Regent's Park, London.
Piano a queue en fer, grand format pour concert, mecanisme brevete, caisse de chène.
Piano à queue en fer pour salon mecanisme brevets, caisse en bois de noyer.
Piano à queue en fer pour boudoir, mecanisme brevete, caisse noircie et doree, mecanisme brevete.
Piano «Cottage» en fer, caisse noircie et dorée." Catalogue officiel de la section anglaise, 1878, p. 67 (archive.org)

PARIS - "Hopkinson, J. & J.; Manufacturers of Pianofortes and Inventors ; 235, Regent St., London. Factory, Fitzroy Road, Regent's Park, London.
Iron Concert Grand Pianoforte, in oak case, with patent action.
Iron Drawing-room Grand Pianoforte, in walnut, with patent action.
Iron Boudoir Grand Pianoforte, in ebonised and gilt case, with patent action.
Iron Cottage Pianoforte in ebonised and gilt case. " Official Catalogue of the British Section, Paris Exhibirion, 1878, p. 64

LONDON - "At 3,574, Messrs. J. & J. HOPKINSON, New Bond-street, exhibit a Chippendale case in rosewood, with tulip panels. Good designs are shown in open fretwork. The carved legs to some of the walnut-wood grand cases, are worthy of notice. There is also a pianette case in maple wood, with gilt mouldings, and folding keyboard." The Furniture Gazette, 01/07/1885, p. 311

LONDON - "HOPKINSON, J. & J. - Horizontal and Upright [overstrung and vertical] Iron Grand Pianofortes ; Pianofortes for extreme climates; Pianofortes with patent organ-pedal attachment; Patent Organ Pedal ; Models of Actions ; Designs for pianoforte cases." The Musical Standard: A Newspaper for Musicians, Professional and Amateur, 08/08/1885, p. 82

BRUSSELS - Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau, 11/11/1910, p. 154-155 (daten.digitale-sammlungen.de)

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'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1846-1926 [since 1835 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

According Mario Pizzi and Alfred Dolge, the firm began in Leeds before their establishement in London, in 1835. (¹) It was John HOPKINSON who began the firm.

James HOPKINSON came in the firm in 1846, according M. Pizzi and A. Dolge. He retired in 1869. Read more in Pianos and their makers, Alfred Dolge, 1911, p. 247 (archive.org)

London

HOPKINSON J[ohn] & J[ames] (y1846)(*1847)(**1851)(*1855)(x1862)(*1865)(xx1872)(**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(*1893)(*1897)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910)(*1914)(*1915) in London, see John HOPKINSON, just above

HOPKINSON Brothers & Co (**1875)

1850 - 2100 pianos (¹)

FIRE - "London Fires in 1856 [...] Saturday, January 12th. The extensive pianoforte manufactory of Messrs. Hopkinsons in Diana-place, New-road, St. Marylebone." The Mechanics' Magazine, 1857, p. 198 - Read more below.

HOPKINSON & Co (xx1890), 'Pianofabrik u. Handlung'

1900 - 55200 pianos (¹)

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer' (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)

HOPKINSON J. & J. Ltd. (y1907)(x1912)(y1914)

Succeeded by George ROGERS & Son in 1924

Succeeded by WHELPDALE, MAXWELL & CODD in 2001

Leeds
[since 1800 (x1912)(x1926)]

HOPKINSON Successors (x1906), 'Piano-Fabrik u. -Handlung' in Leeds

HOPKINSON Successors Ltd. (x1912)(x1926)

 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

1912-26 - Manager : A. H. DOBSON (x1912)(x1926)

HOPKINSON J. & J. Ltd. (x1926)

End : 2003

Patent of 1862 : "Hopkinson. 21th May 1862. - 1530. JOHN HOPKINSON, Piano Forte Manufacturer, 235, Regent Street, London, for an invention for Improvements in piano-fortes and in the hammer rails of piano-fortes. Provisional protection only." Chronological and Descriptive Index of Patents Applied for and Patents, 1863, p. 105 

FIRE

1856 - "Fire at Hopkinson's pianoforte factory. Fire At Messrs. J. And J. Hopkinson's Pianoforte Manufactory. — A most extensive conflagration occurred on Saturday night, and lasted till Sunday evening, in the manufactory of Messrs. J. and J. Hopkinson, situate in Diana-place, Newroad. The origin of the fire could not be ascertained. The premises were partially insured in the North of England and County fire-offices. Messrs. Gray and Davison's organ factory narrowly escaped. The end of the Gothic roof of their organ loft having caught the flames, several engines were at once directed to the spot, and, luckily, the building, which was full of organs, in various stages of completion, was saved." The Musical World, 19/01/1856, p. 38

"The Fire At Messrs. J. And J. Hopkinson's. In our last week's impression we mentioned the extensive fire that took place at the pianoforte manufactory of Messrs. Hopkinson, when nothing was left standing but the walls. These on the eastern and western sides were of great height, and, being unsupported by the walls on the north and south sides, in consequence of the ravages made by the fire, presented a most threatening appearance to the neighbouring houses. On Thursday morning the wind blew so strongly that the wall at the eastern end of the premises fell, and crushed in its fall three small houses and buried the inmates in the ruins. They were rescued, however, though some of their injuries were of a fatal, and several were of a serious character." The Musical World, 26/01/1856, p. 58

"J. & J. HOPKINSON'S Wholesale and retail MUDIC WAREHOUSE, PIANO FORTE MANUFACTORY, No. 6, Commercial Street, Leeds. Messrs. HOPKINSON respectfully inform their Friends and the Public, that they have always For SALE a large and well-selected Stock of PIANO FORTES of every Description, by the best Makers, and at their lowest Cash Prices. * Messrs. H. also invite Attention to the Microchordon, Cottage, Semi-Cabinet and Cabinet PIANO FORTES of their own Manufacture, which are made of the best seasoned Materials, upon improved Principles, and which for power and richness of Tone, elasticity of Touch, and durability of Structure, they can most confidently recommend. Pianos let out on hire, tuned, regulated, and properly repaired." Williams's Directory of the Borough of Leeds: Giving an Entirely New ..., 1845, p. 11

"HOPKINSON'S PIANOFORTE. - AND GENERAL MUSIC ESTABLISHMENT, Removed from 70, Mortimer Street, to 27, Oxford Street. - Where may be seen for Sale or Hirb a Superior Stock of the Pianofortes by J. and J. H., so highly approved by the celebrated Pianist THALBERG, and the most eminent Musicians of the day; —Also A cheaper Class of Instruments, warranted of well seasoned materials and sound workmanship, and Much Superior In Touch and Tone to the generality of Cheap Pianofortes. [...]" The Musical World, Volume 22, 1847, p. 825

"Pianofortes. — To the Trade. — Bankrupts' Stock. — A number of Allison and Allison's new elegant Cottage, Cabinet, and Microcordon Pianofortes, may be had below the Makers' prices, for Cash only, of J. Hopkinson, Pianoforte Makers, and Music-sellers, Publishers, &c., 27, Oxford-street.
Also, a fine-toned 6¾ Octave Grand, by Collard, in perfect order, with brass bridge, repetition action, &cc., price £75."
The Musical Times, 01/11/1848, p. 65

"PRIZE MEDAL FOR PIANOFORTES. HOPKINSONS, of 18, Soho Square, invite Merchants, Dealers, Professors, and the Public, to inspect their extensive collection of PIANOS for SALE or HIRE. These Instruments obtained the award of the Great Exhibition PrizeMedal, and are pronounced by Thalberg, Benedict, Szekely, Madame Dulcken, and other eminent Pianists, "unsurpassed in tone and touch." Prices varying from 25 to 180 Guineas each." The Musical Times, 01/06/1854, p. 88

"PIANOFORTES. — PARIS EXHIBITION. — THE FIRST-CLASS PRIZE MEDAL for Pianofortes the only one awarded to English exhibitors). has been given to Messrs. Hopkinson, of 18. Soho-square. By the unanimous decision of the Musical Jury, they were also entitled to the award of a GOLD MEDAL OF HONOUR. Messrs. Hopkinson received the GREAT EXHIBITION PRIZE MEDAL in 1851 ; and their Pianofortes hare been pronounced by Thalberg, Benedict, Szekely, Madme. Dulcken, and other eminent Pianists, "unsurpassed by those of any other maker." Grands, Boudoirgrands, Cottages, and Semi-cottages, in great variety, at strictly economical prices. To be seen at most of the principal music warehouses in England. Ireland, and Scotland. Price Lists post free. Warerooms, 18, Soho-square, London." The Musical World, 05/01/1856, p. 1

"HOPKINSON'S PIANOFORTES. — By Royal Letters Patent. — These Instruments obtained FIRST CLASS PRIZE MEDALS at the Universal Exhibitions of Londuu in 1861, and Paris in 1855. An entirely now stock now ready for selection. None can surpass them, and the prices are moderate. Lists and drawings free. Warerooms, 235, Regent Street, and 18, Soho Square, London." The Musical World, 06/09/1856, p. 561

"J. & J. Hopkinson. By Royal letters patent. Fitrst Prize, Paris, 1855. First Prize, London, 1851.
Piano-forte Manufacturers, 235, REGENT STREET, & 18, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON Manufactary—Diana-place, New-road, Regent's Park.
The PIANO-FORTES manufactured by Masses. HOPKINSON are alike remarkable for their Exquisite Tone, Perfect Touch, and Lasting Qualities. A large circulation abroad has proved that they stand well in extreme climates. At the Universal Exhibition in Paris, 1855, Messrs Horrrnvson received the FIRST-CLASS PRIZE MEDAL for Piano-Fortes (the only one awarded to English Exhibitors), and by the unanimous decision of the Musical Jury they were awarded a GOLD MEDAL OF HONOUR. THEY ALSO OBTAINED THE GREAT EXHIBITION PRIZE MEDAL IN 1851. Their Piano-Fortes have been pronounced by the first Pianists of the age — S. THALBERG, J. BENEDICT, E. SZÉKELY, MADME, DULCKEN, and others, unsurpassed in tone and touch by those of any other maker.
“It telleth its own story, Wave may not leap, Nor wild wind sweep, But spread abroad its glory.”
TRIUMPHS shall by the Muse be won, Singing of Messrs. Hopkinson ; Among the sons of Art they shone, And took the prize in ’51 ;
And the FIRST~CLASS MEDAL did obtain, In ’55 upon the banks of Seine.
Why wonder, when their Piano-fortes engage Th’ attention of the first pianists of this a