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LA CABRA Joseph
| LACABRA
 

Patent of 1856 : "2611. Joseph La Cabra, of Albany-street, for improvements in the action of piano-fortes." The London journal of arts and sciences (and repertory of patent inventions, 1856, p. 381

 
'Piano forte maker' ca. 1847-55 41, University Street (*1847), Albany Street (***1856), London
LACEY J. & Sons 'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1906 Enfield, London
LACEY & Sons  

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

LACEY & Sons (x1906), 'Piano-Handlung'

LACEY J. & Son (y1907)

 

4, The Parade, Town Hall, Lower Edmonton, N. (x1906), 460, Fore Street, Lower Edmonton, N. (y1907), London
LACEY W. H.  

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

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Piano-Händler u. -Stimmer' (x1906)

 

65, Clarendon Road (xx1890), 74, Parsons Mead (x1906), Croydon
LAFLEUR & Son Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-10 16, Green Street, Leicester Square (*1906)(*1907)(*1910), London
LAITHWAITE J. J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

 

280, Ormskirk Road, Pemberton (x1926), Wigan
LAKE W. R.  

Patent of 1884 : "Feb. 9, 1884. — W. R. LAKE. Mechanism for sustaining tone." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 236

 
Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer or inventor ca. 1884 London ?
LAKIN F. H.  

Patent of 1865 : "Jan. 17, 1865. - F. H. LAKIN. Tuning by means of levers on metal plate over wrest-plank." 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 ?
LAMB George Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926; (x1926)

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

Holbeach
LAMBERT Francis Burrwood  

 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1890-1926 [since 1881 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1926)]

LAMBERT F[rancis B[urrwood] (xx1890)(*1893)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(y1907)(*1909)(*1910), successor of Thomas LAMBERT

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

 

11, Whitfield Street, Fitzroy Square, Tottenham Court Road, W.C. (xx1890)(**1891)(*1893), [Cressy Road], [Fleet Road], [Gospel Oak], [Hampstead, N.W.] (*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906(x1906))(*1907)(y1907)(*1909)(*1910)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915)(x1926), London

 

LAMBERT Thomas

 

 

Image of a patent of 1843, The London journal of arts and sciences and repertory of patent inventions ..., 1844, p. 477

 

Patent of 1842 : "THOMAS LAMBERT, of Regent's-park, musical instrument maker, for improvements in the action of cabinet piano-fortes. - Jan. 15." Repertory of patent inventions and other discoveries and ..., Volume 17, 1842, p. 127

Patent of 1843 : "To James Stewart, of Gloucester Crescent, Gloucester Gate, St. Pancras, piano-forte maker, and Thomas Lambert, of Albanystreet, St. Pancras, piano-forte maker, for improvements in the action of piano-fortes.—Sealed 29th April—6 months for inrolment." The London Journal of Arts and Sciences, and Repertory of Patent Inventions, 1843, p. 412, see also James STEWART - or - "A.D. 1843, April 29. — N° 9716. STEWART, James, and LAMBERT, Thomas. — Improvements in the action of pianofortes. The first three improvements relate to the production in upright pianofortes of a good repeat and improvement in the tones.
1. The drawings represent a repeating check action cabinet pianoforte. The action is composed principally of a lever to the under part of which the top of the sticker is attached, a crank mounted on the lever, a check, a spring, and an escapement. When the key is pressed down the crank rises and throws the hammer to the string; at the same time a horizontal arm of the crank comes in contact with a button of the escapement, bringing the crank out of a notch in the hammer butt. At the same time a spring acting on the hammer butt brings back the hammer and its check.
2. An improved constructi on for upright pianofortes : — The improvement consists in a new combination of an elongated under hammer, with a block attached to the front of the back sticker, a wire spring attached to the front of the back sticker, and a block at the extremity of the latter extending under the former block.
3. A piece of wood faced with leather is attached to the fly of the jack, and from the under hammer is projected a wire spring with a block of wood at its extremity, which hangs down before the first-mentioned block. By means of the two blocks coming in contact the hammer is kept near the strings.
4. A mode of constructing grand square pianofortes : — By elongating the under surface of the under hammer head to an inclined plane it rests upon the jack at various points according to the force of the blow struck. The heel of the upper hammer is hollowed out and the upper surface of the under hammer made convex, a combination of form which increases the momentum of the hammer as it rises to the string.
5. In square pianofortes without a check we apply the im"proved form of the under hammer and the heel of the upper hammer as above described, by which means we obtain an improvement in the touch." Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications Relating to Paints, 1871, p. 142

Patent of 1852 : "To Thomas Lambert, of Hampstead-road, pianoforte-manufacturer. For certain improvements in pianofortes. Patent dated January 27, 1852." Mechanics' Magazine and Journal of Science, Arts, and Manufactures, Volume 57, 1852, p. 118 - or - "Jan. 27, 1852. -T. LAMBERT. Bevelled lever." The history of the pianoforte, 1870, p. 78

Patent of 1855 : "983. Thomas Lambert, of Harrington-square, for improvements in piano-fortes." Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, 1855, p. 50

Patent of 1870 : "Nov. 29, 1870. - T. LAMBERT. India-rubber springs for action." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 222

Patent of 1871 : "Feb. 16, 1871. - T. LAMBERT. Improved action, with · zinc, lead, or tin slates on top of hoppers." The History of the Pianoforte: With an Account of the Theory of Sound and ..., Edgar Brinsmead, 1889, p. 222

SEE ALSO ...

LAMBERT. G. in Le Havre, France

 

 

'Musical Instrument Maker' (**1842); 'Pianoforte-maker' (**1843)

STEWART & LAMBERT (**1843), see also STEWART James

LAMBERT & Co (x1851)

LAMBERT F. B., successor since 1881, see here above

LONDON - "In the mediaeval court, Messrs. Lambert and Co. exhibit an upright cottage, for its decorative qualities. The white keys are inlaid with an ornamental device, and the sharps are of tortoiseshell. We have already stated an objection to this kind of decoration." Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, 1851, p. 35

"GREAT DECORATIVR AND MUSICAL ATTRACTION. - LAMBERT'S PRIZE PIANOFORTE. — To be Disposed of by Ticket, 220 Subscribers at One Guinea each, the splendid CARVED and GILT COTTAGE PIANOFORTE, exhibited by Messrs. Lambert and Co. in the Crystal Palace. - This Piano — so universally admired at the time as a unique and highly-wrought specimen of art, and which, after a lengthened examination by the Jury, among whom were Sir H. R. Bishop, Sir G. Smart, &c, gained the only Prize-Medal awarded to a Cottage Pianoforte, among the large number exhibited — has since been regilt and more highly decorated; and will, it is believed, be found the most beautiful instrument ever produced. It is constructed on the "Patent Repeater-Action" principle (of which Mr. Lambert was the inventor), and has been pronounced, by competent authorities, to be one of the most successful instances of the application of that principle.
Tickets, price One Guinea each; and any person taking Ten Tickets, or procuring Ten Subscribers, will be presented with an additional Ticket as a bonus. Tickets forwarded on the receipt of a Post-Office Order, made payable to Messrs. Lambert and Co., 17, Portman Street, Portman Square, at the Office, Old Cavendish Street. The Piano may be seen at the Makers' Rooms, as above." Publishers' circular and booksellers' record, 15/10/1852, p. 364

"LAMBERT And Co., PATENT PIANOFORTE MANUFACTURERS, Warehouses, 314, Oxford-street, two doors from entrance to Hanover-square. Lambert and Co.'s Pianos have become so celebrated, both at home and abroad, that they need only call the attention of all who wish for a first-rate Pianoforte to their late improvements in the "Patent Repetition Check Action" Pianofortes and "Patent Regulating Hoppers." These instruments are warranted, for touch, tone, and durability, as not to be surpassed, if equalled, by any maker in London; while the cost is much under other first-rate houses. They have only to be tried to be approved, and are especially adapted for export. Lists supplied gratis. The "Check Action" advertised by other houses was Mr. Lambert's solo invention, but is now greatly improved, and am only be applied by him in its perfection. It is necessary to mention this, as disappointment has often been the consequents of applying to other parties, "We recommend these instruments from personal experience of their character, and a knowledge of the admirable principles upon which they are constructed, the my best materials and worlmanship alone being employed." — Court Journal Pianofortes let on hire, tuned, and repaired, also taken in exchange. Alexandre's Harmoniums from Six guineas upwards, of which a list may be had on application." The Musical World, Volume 35, 21/03/1857, p. 192

Prize medal London, 1851

Regent's Park (**1842), Albanystreet, St. Pancras (**1843), Hamstead Road (*1852), 17, Portman Street, Portman Square (*1852), Harrington Square (**1855), 314, Oxford Street (x1857), London
LAMBOURN C. W.  

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

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Lambourn's Pianoforte and Music Stores' - 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

LAMBOURN L. E. (x1926)

 

Orwell Road (x1906)(x1912), 35, Hamilton Road (x1926), Felixstowe
LAMIS  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1872

Exhibitors list London, 1872

 

London
LAMPARD S. F.  

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

'Händler mit Musikal.-, Pianos, Musikinstr. u. Bestandteilen' (x1912)(x1926)

 

78, Park Street (x1912), 21, North Street (x1926), Horsham (Sussex)
LAMPERT N. & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

22, Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, E.C. (x1912), London
LANCASTER Charles 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884 82, Mildmay Park, N. (**1884), London
LANCASTER E. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1910 [since 1878 (xx1890)]

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

Hunslet Road (xx1890), 72, Hunslet Road (*1893), 263, Hunslet Road (*1895)(*1897)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), Leeds
LANCASTER E. J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1879-1909 [since 1850 (xx1890)]

'Pianoforte Manufacturer' (yy1879) ------- 'Musikal.- u. Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890)

 

17, Irlam Road, Bootle, N. (yy1879), 57, Oriel Road, Bootle (xx1890), 157, Oriel Road, Bootle (*1895)(*1906)(*1909), Liverpool
LANCASTER John  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1887 (x1906) or since 1881 (x1912)(x1926)]

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

 

27, Sultan Street (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Accrington
LANCASTER Walter Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

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

29, Whetley Hill (x1912), 84, West Gate, Manningham (x1926), Bradford
LANDRETH John  

Patent of 1787 : "March 31, 1787. — JOHN Landreth. (¹) Centring the jack in square piano with cork. (²) The same, or some woolly substance manufactured after the manner of a hat, is introduced in the upright pianoforte." The History of the Pianoforte, Edgar Brinsmead, 1879, p. 195 (archive.org)

 
'Pianoforte-maker' ? ca. 1787 London ?
LANE Fred. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

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

95-97, St. Ann's Well Road (x1912)(x1926), Nottingham
LANE, PEGG & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

8, The Avenue, West Ealing, W. (x1906)(x1912), London
LANE William Henry  

 

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

«From Broadwood & Sons»

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

211, South Lambeth Road, S.W. (**1904)(x1906)(x1912)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London
LANGE H. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907-09 13-14, Camomile Street, E.C. (*1907)(*1909), London
LANGE H.  

SEE ALSO ...

LANGE in Berlin, Germany

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1851 (x1906)]

LANGE H. (xx1890), 'Pianohandlung'

LANGE H. Successors (x1906), 'Piano-Handlung'

Representative for HAGSPIEL & Co, Dresden and Carl HARDT, Stuttgart (x1906)

 

13-14, Camomile, E.C. (xx1890), 21, Little Portland Street, Oxford Circus, W. (x1906), London
LANGHAM A. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

204, Battersea Park Road (x1906), London
LANGHAM Jackson Henry Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1904-19 204a, Battersea Park Road, S.W. (**1901)(**1904), 429, Battersea Park Road, S.W. (*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London
LANGHAUS Justus
| LANGHANS | KANGHANS
 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1840-41

Insolvent debtor, in debtors prison in 1840, The London Gazette, 15/05/1840, p. 1220

 

20, Wardour Street, Soho, Middlesex (xx1840)(**1841), London
LANGLOTS K. Y.  

Patent of 1884 : "Sep. 5, 1884. - K. Y. LANGLOTS. Paper soundingboards." 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 ?
LANGSTON L. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

285, High Street (x1926), Chatham
LANGTON J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1884 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

High Holborn (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Codnor
LAREINE & Co Ltd. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

11, Newman Street, Oxford Street, W. (x1926), London
LARG & Sons

SEE ALSO ...

LARG & Sons, Dundee, Scotland

 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1909-12 [since 1877 (x1912)]

'Piano-Fabrik' & 'Piano-Manufacturer' & 'Auch Geigenbauer u. Händler mit Musikinstr. aller Art, sowie Sprechm.' (x1912)

 

 

MAIN FIRM : 16, New Oxford Street, W.C. (*1909)(x1912), London

BRANCH : Dundee

BRANCH : Montrose

 

LARKINS Matthew  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1910 [since 1878 (xx1890)]

LARKINS M. (xx1890), 'Pianohandlung'

LARKINS Matthew & Sons (**1895)

 

13, New North Road, Hoxton Ch., N. (xx1890)(**1891)(*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1907)(*1909)(*1910), London
LARNDER J. H. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

High Street (x1926), Stalham
LARWAY J. H. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-10 14, Wells Street, W. (*1906)(*1907)(*1910), London
LAST J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Händler u. -Stimmer' (x1912)

 

3, Clarkson Street (x1912), Ipswick
LAST James Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1886 (x1906)]

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

15, Hatter Street (x1906), Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
LATCHFORD W. J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-18

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

LATCHFORD Frederick (*1916)(*1917)(*1918)

 

64, Windsor Road, Holloway, N. (x1912), 48, Windsor Road, Hollyway, N. (*1916)(*1917)(*1918), London
LATHAM E.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

 

47, Rice Lane, Anfield (x1926), Liverpool
LATHAM John  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1870-94 [since 1856 (xx1890)]

'Pianoforte maker and tuner' (y1870) ------- 'Pianobauer' (xx1890) ------- 'Pianoforte manufacturer' (y1894)

 

74, Myrtle Street (y1870), [125], Islington Street (xx1890)(y1894), Liverpool
LATHAM J.

 

"LATHAM, J., Wholesale and Export Pianoforte Manufacturer, 28, Howland-street, Fitzroy-square." The British Colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources, 1851, p. 8 (archive.org)

 

 

'Wholesale and Export Pianoforte Manufacturer' ca. 1850-57

1850 - "LATHAM, J., Wholesale and Export Pianoforte Manufacturer, 28, Howland-street, Fitzroy-square." The British Colonies: Their History, Extent, Condition and Resources, Volume 10, 1850, p. 156

1851 - Bankrupt - "Latham John of Howland-street, Fitroy-squere, in the county of Middlesex, pianoforte-manufacturer, d.c.; surr. June 21 at 11, Aug. 2 at 1. Court, Basinghall-street. Com Goulburn. Official assignee, Pennell. Sol. F. Paxon, Bloomsbury-square. - Petition. June 11. Pet. Cr. Alfred Daniel Wesson, of Howland-street, Fitzroy-square, piano-forte key manufacturer." History of George Heriot's HospitThe Law Journal for the Year 1851, p. 24

 

28, Howland Street, Fitzroy Square (*1850)(y1851)(y1854)(y1857), London
LATHAM P.  

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

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

LATHAM & SHERRAT (x1926)

 

48a, Stoke Road, Shelton (x1906)(x1912), Ashford Street (x1926), Stoke-on-Trent
LATOUR Francis Tatton

(? - 1845)

 

OBITUARY

1845 - "Mr. Latour. —  Last week, in Paris, died, at an advanced age, Mr. Latour, once a popular teacher of and writer for the pianoforte; also pianist to the Prince Regent, and for some years partner with Mr. Chappell, music publisher, New Bond Street. Mr. Latour had realized a handsome fortune, which, however, was greatly reduced of late, owing to imprudent speculations." The Musical World, 08/05/1845, p. 220

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker', composer, pianiste and publisher ca. 1811-26

CHAPPELL & LATOUR (**1820), see also CHAPPELL, were probably the successors of GOULDING, see British music publishers, printers and engravers, Frank Kidson, 1900, p. 25

 

Bond Street (**1820), 50, Bond Street (**1826), London
LAURENCE A. M.  

'Pianoforte-maker' and Harmonium maker ca. 1890-1912 [since 1869 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Piano- u. Harmoniumbauer u. [Musik]instr.-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906) ------- 'Piano- u. Orgelbauer u. Musikinstr.-Händler' (x1912)

 

 

53, Queen Street (xx1890), 270, High Street (x1906), 269, High Street (x1912), Exeter

 

LAURENCE Alexander

 

'Pianoforte-manufacturers' ca. 1890-1927 [since 1867 (xx1890) or since 1864 (x1912)(x1926)]

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

LAURENCE Alex & Sons (x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914)(x1926)

 'Piano-Fabrik u. Instrumenten-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Piano-Fabrik u. -Import, sowie Musikal.-, Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926) ------- 'Piano makers, trade repairers' (*1921)

End : ca. 1927

 

2, King Street (xx1890)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914)(*1921), Factory : 18, Grasmere Street (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), 4, King Street (x1926), Leicester
LAURENCE Henry W. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1914 Little Bedford Bond Street (y1914), Leicester
LAURENCE & NASH  

'Pianoforte-manufacturers' ca. 1982

End : 1991

 

Ortley
LAURINAT & Co 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1895 41, Berners Street, W. (**1895), London
LAURENT C. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1893

See also  F. MESNAGE

London
LAVENU E. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1822 28, New Bond Street (**1822), London
LAVENU Lewis 'Music-seller' ca. 1818 28, New Bond Street (*1818), London
LAVERICK Thomas 'Music-seller' ca. 1818 44, Great Coram Street, Brunswick Square (*1818), London
LAW George A. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1874 bd. Mrs. E. H. Law (*1874), Woburn
LAWES J. T. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

103, Westminster Bridge Road (x1906)(x1912), London
LAWES Thomas & Co  

ADVERT

Advert from Thomas Lawes & Co. (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

 
Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1876 65, City Road, E.C. (1876), London
LAWLER E.  

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

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

 

148, High Street (x1906)(x1912), Tewkesbury
LAWLER L. W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-Fabrik - Piano-Manufacturer' (x1926)

 

10, Church Walk, Newington Green, N. (x1926), London
LAWRANCE F. & Co 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1906

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

Rectory Road, Station, N. (x1906),  Heatherley Street (x1906), London
LAWRENCE Brothers Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Buch- u. Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

28, High Street (xx1890), Weston-super-Mare
LAWRENCE Claude William Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1918-19 78, Leathwaite Road, Battersea Rise, S.W. (*1918)(*1919), London
LAWRENCE & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Händler' (x1912)

81, Jawell Place (x1912), Portsmouth
LAWRENCE & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1896-1917 [since 1887 (x1906)(x1912)]

LAWRENCE & Co (**1896)

LAWRENCE E. (x1906)

 'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)-

LAWRENCE [E.] & Co (**1901)(**1904)(y1907)(y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919)

 

Rye Lane, Peckham, S.E. (**1896), 227, Rye Lane, Peckham, S.E. (**1901)(**1904)(x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London
LAWRENCE J. B.  

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

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

 

26, Dansom Lane (x1906)(x1912), 2, Dansom Lane (x1926), Hull
LAWRENCE John Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1882-95 [since 1851 (xx1890)]

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

9, Barnsbury Street, Upper Street, Islington, N. (**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(*1893)(**1895), London
LAWRENCE John F. J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 18??

Worked '18 years with Rogers & Priestley' (nameboard)

 

260, Wheeler Street (18??), Birmingham
LAWRENCE'S STORE Ltd. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

Bracknell
LAWRENCE William 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1849-57 3, Bailgate (*1849), 258, High Street (*1857), Lincoln
LAWRENSON & DAVIS Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers  ca. 1880

Excrs. of John WHEELER

27, Low Hill Street S. (**1880), 67, Erskine Street E. (**1880), Liverpool
LAWSON Henry  

1827 - "Pursuant to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause Bachhoffner v. Bachhoffner, the Creditors of William Bachhoffner and Henry Lawson, late of John-Street, Tottenham-Court-Road, in the County of Middlesex, Piano-Forte-Makers (under the trusts of an indenture of the 12th day of January 1813, in the pleadings in the said cause mentioned), are, by their Solicitors, forthwith to come in and prove their debts before John Edmund Dowdeswell, Esq. one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Office, in Southampton-Buildings, Chancery-Lane, London, or in default thereof they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree." The London Gazette, 1827, p. 248

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1796-1827

BACHHOFFNER William & LAWSON Henry (**1827), see also BACHHOFFNER William

Bankrupt in 15 november 1796, The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, 1796, p. 382 - and -  A list of bankrupts ... from Jan. 1, 1786, to June 24, 1806, p. 92

Edward Street, Soho (*1796), John Street, Fitzroy Square (*1803), 5, Nassau Street, Middlesex Hospital (**1822), 15, Nassau Street, Middlesex Hospital (x1825), John Street, Tottenham Court Road, Middlesex (**1827), London
LAWSON Joseph 'Musical Instrument maker' ca. 1822 198, Tottenham Court Road (**1822), London
LAWTON W. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912 [since 1880 (x1912)]

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

290, Middleton Street (x1912), Oldham
LAYLAND & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

33, Mortimer Street, W. (xx1890), London
LAYMAN Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

322, High Street, Stratford, E. (x1926), London
LAYTON Edward

Upright pianoforte of 1879, in an advertisement in Spiritual notes, 05/1879, p. 152

 

"LAYTON, E., Patent Pianoforte Manufacturer, 121, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, and 18, Goulden-terrace, Islington."The British Colonies: Their History, Extent, Condition and Resources, Volume 10, 1850, p. 156 - and -  The British Colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources, 1851, p. 8 (archive.org)

"Established 1840. - EDWARD LAYTON, PIANOFORTE MANUFACTURER. SHOW ROOMS : — 309, Upper Street, Islington, London. 
PIANOFORTES LENT on Hire for THREE YEARS, from Two and Half Guineas per Quarter, to become the property of the Hirer at the end of that term. Also a great variety of New and Second-hand Instruments always in stock, at all prices.
Pianos Tuned, Repaired, and Regulated in a superior manner, in Town or Country, by Yearly Contract or otherwise.
INSTRUMENTS TAKEN IN EXCHANGE.
Further particulars, and specimen instrument to be seen at the Show Rooms, 309, Upper Street, Islington, London, N.; Madame Ourry’s Musical Repository, 74, Dalston Lane, London E.; and T. Blyton, 53, Sigdon Road Dalston Lane, Hackney Downs London, E.
SPECIALITIES — Best Workmanship and Finish. Brilliant Tone and Easy Touch, Moderate Prices." Iapsop, spiritual Notes, 27/09/1880, p. 15 (archive.org)

 
'Patent Pianoforte Manufacturer' ca. 1850-84 [since 1840 (y1864)(z1880)]

'Instruments tuned, repaired, and lent on hire; terms made for three years or otherwise' (xx1872)

"First-class Pianofortes. - E. LAYTON, PIANOFORTE MAKER, UPPER STREET, ISLINGTON, (CORNER OF CHURCH STREET,)
BEGS to call the attention of Ladies and Gentlemen to his large STOCK of PIANOFORTES, New and Second-hand, of the best Materials and Workmanship, for Sale or Hire. Warranted to stand in any Climate. Pianofortes can be purchased at this Establishment on terms of easy re-payment. Instruments tuned by the year for One Guinea; repaired and regulated in a superior manner, or taken in exchange on reasonable terms. Established 1840. The Trade Supplied. Arrangements for Three Years' Purchase or otherwise." Cassell's Illustrated Shakespeare. The Plays of Shakespeare. Edited and ..., 1864, p. 144

121, St. John Street, Clerkenwell (*1850)(y1851)(**1852)(y1854)(y1857), 18, Goulden Terrace, Islington (*1850)(y1851)(y1854)(y1857), 12, Church Row Corner of Church Street, Upper Street Islington, N. (*1862), Islington Place, Park Road, N. (*1862), Church Street, Islington, N. (*1862), Upper Street Islington (y1864), 309, Upper Street, [Islington], N. (z1879)(z1880)(**1882)(**1884), [Islington Place], Corner of Church Street, Upper Street, N. (xx1872), Cloudesley Road, N. (**1882)(**1884), Church Street, Islington, N. (**1882), London
LAYTON J. B. & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1837 (x1906)(x1912)]; (x1926)

LAYTON J. B. & Son (x1906)

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

1906-12 - Owner : George LAYTON (x1906)(x1912)

LAYTON J. B. (x1912)(x1926)

 

Market Hill (x1906)(x1912), Bicester
LEA E.  

Patent of 1864 : "July 19, 1864. - E. LEA. Combined piano and harmonium." 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. 1864

 

London ?
LEA William

SEE ALSO ...

LEA W. & Son in Douglas, Isle of Man

 
 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1880-1926 [since 1852 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

LEA William Ltd. (x1912)(x1926)

Liverpool

'Pianoforte Manufacturer' (yy1879) ------- 'Musikal.- u. Instr.-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Musikal.-Verlag, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

West Kirby

'Pianoforte maker' (xx1900) ------- 'Musikal.-Verlag, Piano-, Orgel- u. Instrumenten-Handlung' (x1906)

 

 

MAIN FIRM : 57, Church Street, W. (yy1879)(**1880), 50, Church Street (xx1890)*1895)(*1906)(*1909), 50-52, Church Street (x1906), 124, Bold Street (x1912)(x1926), Liverpool

BRANCH : 4, Meols Drive, Riverdale Road (xx1900), West Kirby

BRANCH : Seacombe (x1912)

BRANCH : Douglas, Isle of Man

 

LEACH F. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1893 157, Westgate (*1893), Birmingham
LEACH G. L. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

28, Clarendon Street, St. Giles (x1912)(*1921)(x1926), Oxford
LEACH J.  

"J. Leach - Piano-Forte and Music Seller, Teacher of Piano-Forte, Organ, and Singing. Piano-Fortes Tuned & Old ones taken in exchange. Top of Westgate, Bradford." Lunds' Bradford Directory; comprising the names, occupation, places of ..., 1856, p. 45

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1856 Top of Westgate (*1856), Bradford
LEADBEATER J. & Sons  

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

LEADBEATER J. & Sons (xx1890), 'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung'

LEADBEATER J. & Co (x1906), 'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung'

 

Corporation Street (xx1890), 5, Corporation Street (x1906), Manchester
LEAKEY John Arundel  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-1910

LEAKEY [J.] & Co (**1882)(xx1890)

'Pianofabrik' (xx1890)

LEAKEY John Arundel (**1891)(**1895)

LEAKEY J. & Co (*1893)(*1895)(*1897)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910)

 

183, Offord Road, N. (**1882), Lion Pf. Works, 10, Balmoral Grove, Brewery Road, Caledonian Road, N. (**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(*1893)(**1895), 18, Balmoral gro Brewery Road, Caledonian Road(*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), London

 

LEAVIS H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1887 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

'Handlung mit alten und neuen Musikinstr.' (x1906) ------- 'Handlung mit alten und neuen Pianos u. Musikinstr.' (x1912) ------- 'Handlung mit Pianos u. Musikinstr.' (x1926)

 

 

14, Mill Road (x1906)(x1912), 19-21, Regent House, Regent Street (x1906), 19-23, Regent House, Regent Street (x1912)(x1926), Cambridge

 

LE BLOND F.  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1850 ?

 

 

London

 

LE BLOND William

(ca. 1735 - 1808)

 

Square pianoforte ca. 1789, Musikinstrumenten Museum, Berlin, Germany
PSquare pianoforte 'G. Le Blond London' ca. 1789, Private Collection
Square pianoforte ca. 1792,  Gruuthusemuseum, Brugge, Belgium

 

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1800

Worked probably only in France, but used "London" mentionned on his pianofortes only for commercial reasons.

SEE ALSO ...

  LE BLOND in Dunkerque, France 

 

 

London ?

Dunkerque, France

 

LE COUTEUR C. C. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

42-44, High Street (x1926), Crewe
LEDGARD & LEDGARD  

'Pianoforte-maker'r ca. 1926

'Pianobauer' (x1926)

 

Princess Works (x1926), Mirfield
LEE A. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

32, Beech Hill Terrace (xx1890), Halifax
LEE Alfred M. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884-90

LEE A. M. & Co (xx1890), 'Pianofabrik'

48, Globe Road, E. (**1884)(xx1890), 210, Mile End Road, E. (xx1890), London
LEE Charles Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-10 61, Burlington Street (*1906)(*1909)(*1910), Manchester
LEE & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

41, Oxford Street (x1906), Manchester
LEE David & Son  

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

London

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

Watford

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

 

 

173, Pentonville Road, King's Cross, N. (x1906)(x1912), London

258, St Albans Road (x1912), 244, St. Albans Road (x1926), Watford

 

LEE E. J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1893 341, Glossop Road (*1893), Sheffield
LEE Edward  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1890-1912 [since 1850 (x1906) or since 1878 (x1912)]

Jersey

LEE Edward (xx1890)

 'Pianobauer u. Händler' (xx1890) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung. Saitenspinnerei' (x1906) -------  'Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr. u. Sprechm.-Handlung, auch  Saiten-Spinnerei' (x1906)

LEE E[dward] & Son (x1906)(x1912)

St. Helens

LEE Edward (xx1890)

'Pianobauer u. Händler' (xx1890) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Saiten-Handlung' (x1906)

LEE Edward & Son (x1906)

 

22, New Street, St. Heliers (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Jersey
LEE James Henry 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1891-1910 13, Hall Street, City Road, E.C. (**1891)(*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), London
LEE J. & Sons Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

Machester House (x1926), Guiseley
LEE L. G. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Musikal.- u. Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

5, West Bars (xx1890), Chesterfield
LEEDS PIANO HOUSE Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

15, Priory Place (x1926), Doncaster
LEEMAN Frederick 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1890 3, Warwick Place, Bedford Row (**1852), 4, Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square (**1852), London
LEEPER T. G. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

10, Eade Road, Finsbury Park, N. (x1906), London
LEER Albert 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1914-15 Hanover Road [Yard], Hanover Street, Islington, N. (*1914)(y1914)(*1915), London
LEES Alex Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

St. Peter's Road (x1912), Broadstairs
LEES Joseph Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

Handel House, 190, Union Street (x1926), Oldham
LEES & Son  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1890-1926 [since 1865 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

LEES & Son (xx1890)(x1906)

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

LEES J. & Sons (x1912)(x1926)

 

Opposite the Town Hall (xx1890), [7], Church Terrace (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Oldham
LEFEVER A. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

228-230, Ols Street, City Road, E.C. (x1906)(x1912), London
LEFFLER Sidney H. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1894

'Pianoforte dealer' (y1894), worked by LEFFLER  Sydney H. & Co, here below

62, Armdale avenue, Sefton Park (y1894), Liverpool
LEFFLER Sidney H. & Co Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1894

'Pianoforte dealers' (y1894)

16, Colquitt Street (y1894), Liverpool
LE FRANÇOIS Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

12, Belmont Road (x1926), Jersey
LEGG John 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862-93 40, Robert Street, Hampstead Road, N.W. (*1862)(**1882)(**1884), 13, Robert Street, Hampstead Road, N.W. (*1893), London
LEGGOTT Thomas & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1845-46 35, Upperhead Row (*1845)(*1846), Leeds
LEIGH Arthur George  

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1866 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

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

 

2-4, Hollinshead Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Chorley
LEMARE F.  

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

LEMARE F. (x1906)

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

LEMARE F. G. (x1912)(x1926)

 

13, Chertsey Street (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Guildford
LENGNICK Alfred & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-93

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

Representative for WOLFFRAMM Hermann, Dresden, Germany (yy1891)(*1893)

 

151, Oxford Street, W. (xx1890)(yy1891)(*1893), London
LENY Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

3, St. Georges Road, Holloway, N. (xx1890), London
LEONARD & Co Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1906-26

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

311, Oxford Street, W. (*1906)(*1907)(*1910), 688, High Road, Leyton, E. (x1926), London
LE PLASTRIER Fraser 'Pianoforte- and cabinet-maker' ca. 1852 18, Cursitor Street (**1852), London
LESLIE John

1827 - "The Matters of the Petitions and schedules of the Prisoners [...][...] Leslie, John (sued and committed with Samuel Jacobs), heretofore of No. 38, Foley-Street, Middlesex-Hospital, Middlesex, afterwards of Duke-Street, Stamford-Street, Blackfriars, Surrey, Journeyman Piano-Forte-Maker, then of No. 108, Broadwall, Blackfriars, Surrey (carrying on business with Samuel Jacobs, as Piano-Forte-Makers), and late of No. 108, Broadwall aforesaid, Piano-Forte-Maker." The London Gazette, 08/06/1827, p. 1266

 

 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1827

LESLIE & JACOBS (y1827)

 

108, Broadwall, Blackfriars, Surrey  (y1827), London
LESLIE, KING & Co  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1926 [since 1900]

LESLIE & Co (x1926), 'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1926)

 

14, College Parade, Streatham, S.W. (x1926), London
LESSER & Sons Ltd. Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1926

'Piano-Grosshandlung' (x1926)

23-27, Houndsditch, E. (x1926), London
LESTER James Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

14, Firs Parade, Muswell Hill, N. (x1926), London
L'ESTRANGE Walter Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Flöten-Macher u. -Händler, auch Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

21, Boundary Street, W. (x1912), Manchester
LESWEIN

 

BRANDS

CLASSIC
GRANDE
HEALY
LESWEIN
REGENT

 
 

'Pianoforte-manufacturers' ca. 1920

End : ca. 1962

 

London
LETHBRIDGE Thomas  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1818-25

 

2, Upper John Street, Golden Square (*1818)(x1825), London
LETTS John  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1926 [since 1867 (x1912)(x1926)]

'Musikal.- u. Pianohandlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Harmonium- und Instrumenten-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- und Musikinstr.-Händler, -Stimmer u. -Reparateur' (x1912)(x1926)

 

6, Wharf Road (xx1890), 3, Wharf Road (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Grantham
LEUKFELD Ludewig Augustus
| Lendevig | LIEUKFIELD | LEUKENFELD |  LENKFELD

(? - 1810)

 

Nameplate of a square pianoforte n° 314, hammerfluegel.info

Click on the photo to enlarge

Square pianoforte ca. 1790, Sold by Sotheby's, Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte ca. 1805, Monart Piano Collection, Ireland, U.K.
Square pianoforte n° 314, (>more photos), hammerfluegel.info
Square pianoforte of 1806, Nigel Barns Collection, Ireland, U.K.
Square pianoforte of ??; Beurmann Collection, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1790-1810

LEUKFELD worked in occasional partnership until 1796 with GEIB (⁵)

Succeeded by HOLMYARD "Foreman and successor to the late Mr Leukfeld, 7 Grefse St. Rathbone Place, London".

NECROLOGY

1810 - "Deaths. Nov. 30 [...] Mr. A. Leukfeld, of Mill-hill, Hendon, and Tottenham-street." The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England), Volume 108, 1810, p. 662 - and - "DIED. [...] In Tottenham-street, Fitzroy-square, Mr. Augustus Leukfeld, well known as one of the must eminent piano-forte manufacturers of the present day." The Monthly Magazine, 1810, p. 572

1814 - "Pursuant to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, bearino date the 2d day of August 1814, made in a cause whorrin William Gordon and others are plaintiffs, and Charles Bertram is defendant, the Creditors of Leudevig August. Leukfeld, late of Tottenham-Street, Tottenham-Court-Road, in the County of Middlesex, Musical Instrument-Maker, deceased, (who died on or about the 22d day of November is 10,) are forthwith to come in and prove their debts before John Simeon, Esq. one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-Buildings, Chancery-Lane, London, or in default the cof they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree." The London Gazette, 17/12/1814, p. 2473

1822 - "Court of Chancery, bearing date the 2d day of August 1814, made in two several Causes, Gordon against Bartram and Bartran against Gordon, the Creditors of Lendevig August Leukfeld, late of Tottenham-Street, in the Parish of St. Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, Piano-Forte-Maker, deceased, the testator in the said Decree named (who died on or about the 22d day of November 1810), are forthwith to come in and prove their debts before Sir John Simeon, Bart. one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-Build. ings, Chancery-Lane, London, or in default thereof they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree." The London Gazette, 09/02/1822, p. 245

1830 - "PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in two several causes, Gordon against Bertram and fortram against Gordon, the Creditors of Loudewig August Leukfeld, late of Tottenham-Street, in the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, Piano-Forte-Maker, deceased, the testator in the said Decree named (who died on or about the 22d day of November 1810), are, on or before the 7th day of August 1830, to come in and prove their debts before James william Farrer, Esq. one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-Lane, London, or in default thereof they will be peretoptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree." The London Gazette, 13/07/1830, p. 1448

 

27, Tottenham (Road) Street (*1808), Mill-hill, Hendon (*1810), Tottenham Street, in the Parish of St. Pancras (*1810), London
LEVEQUE J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

Cantley Avenue, Clapham Common, S.W. (xx1890), London
 

LEVER A. C.

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

 

1, Paradise Parade (x1926), Kings-Lynn
LEVESQUE  

"Messrs. Levesque, Edmeads, and Co., Pianoforte Manufacturers, 40, Cheapside, respectfully inform their friends and the public, that in addition to their establishment at Pitfield-street, Hoxton, they have taken the above premises, where they intend supplying, cither for sale or hire, the same description of instrument that has gained them so liberal a share of public and professional patronage during the last sixteen years. Instruments tuned, repaired, and taken in exchange. Second-hand instruments by various makers.
N.B. An assortment of concertinas, new and second-hand, for sale or hire." The Musical Times, 01/11/1848, p. 65

"Levesque, Edmeades, & Co., Patent Pianoforte Makers. 40, Cheapside." The British Colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources, 1851, p. 8 (archive.org)


 

'Patent Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1841-72

LEVESQUE Mrs. E. (**1841)

LEVESQUE E. (x1842)

LEVESQUE, EDMEADES & Co (*1847)(x1848)(*1850)(**1852)(*1862)(xx1872), see also EDMEADES

PARIS - "1993 Levesque, Edmeades et Cie, à Londres, A. — Piano.
1993 Levesque, Edmeades, and Company, 40 Cheapside, London. Pianofortes."
Paris universal exhibition, 1855, p. 70

Exhibitors list Paris, 1855

8, Haberdasher's Walk, Hoxton (**1841)(x1842)(*1847)(**1852), Pitfield Street, Hoxton (x1848), 40, Cheapside (x1848)(*1850)(y1851)(**1852)(*1855), 63, Fleet Street, E.C. (*1862), Manufactory : 55, Essex Street, Kingsland Road, . (*1862), 8, Soho Square, W. (xx1872), London

 

LEVETTE & DAVIES Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1906 [since 1895 (x1906)]

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

12, Broad Street, Station, E.C. (x1906), London
 

LEVICK W.

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

 

46, Petre Street (x1906), Sheffield
LEVY A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

 

589, Stratford Road (x1926), Birmingham
LEWIN A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

12, Myrtle Road, Leyton, E. (x1912), London
 

LEWIN A. junior

 

 

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

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

 

High Street, [Measham] (x1906)(x1912), Atherstone
LEWIN & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

 

London Road (x1906), Leicester
LEWIN James D.  

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

'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung, Vertreter von Grotrian, Steinweg Nachf. in Braunschweig' (x1912)

Representative for STEINWEG Nachf. in Braunschweig (x1906)

 

22, Highfield Street (x1906)(x1912), Leicester
LEWIS Charles  

'Piano forte maker' ca. 1828-34

 

14, Shaw's Brow (**1828), [21, shop], 15, Shaw's Brow (**1829)(z1834), Liverpool
LEWIS C. J. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1895-1909 3, Jeffrey's place, Pr. Street (*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909), London
LEWIS E. J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

69, Chalk Farm Road (x1912), London
 

LEWIS, HOUSTON & CO

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1796-98

Successor of BLAND John

LEWIS, HOUSTON & HYDE (1796)

"LEWIS, HOUSTON & HYDE. Succeeded J. BLAND at 45, Holborn, sometime near the year 1796. The HYDE was probably Fredk. Aug. HYDE who, with COLLARD and DAVIS, went into partnership with CLEMENTI about 1798. They published sheet music, and either followed or preceded F. LINLEY, In 1794 there was a firm of pianoforte makers named HOUSTON & Co. at 54, Great Marlborough Street." British music publishers, printers and engravers: London, Provincial, Scottish, and Irish, 1900, p. 71 (archive.org) - see also HOUSTON

 

London
LEWIS J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1836 14, Upper Arcade (x1836), Bristol
LEWIS James Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1858 (xx1890)]

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

13, High Street (xx1890), Selkirk
LEWIS J. R.  

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

LEWIS J. R. (x1906), 'Piano-Handlung'

LEWIS R. (x1912), 'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung'

 

8, Portrack Lane (x1906)(x1912), Stockton-on-Tees
LEWIS Thomas C. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

10, Stockwell Park, Walk, S.W. (x1906), London
 

LEWIS Thomas Christopher

 

 

Patent of 1866 : "Lewis. 11th September 1866. - 2335. Thomas Christopher Lewis, of Brixton, in the County of Surrey, Pianoforte Maker, for an invention for Improvements in the construction of pianofortes. Provisional protection only." Chronological index of patents applied for and patents, 1867, p. 162

 
 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1866

 

Brixton, in the County of Surrey
 

LEWIS William

 

 

"Patent Piano Fortes, WITH EXTRA ADDITIONAL KEYS, MANUFACTURED BY W. LEWIS, NO. 76, ST. MARTIN'S LANE.
W. LEWIS has the honour to inform the Musical World, that he has on Sale Horizontal Grand, Cabinet, and Cottage Piano Fortes, with his new improvements, which render them superior to all others. These improvements consist in the Instrument being strung with a tempered steel wire, and in a simple apparatus for fixing on the wire and for tuning.
In other Piano Fortes the wire used is an iron mire imported from Germany — that used by W. Lewis (for which a Patent has been obtained) is made in this country from the purest cast steel, properly hardened and tempered. It is well known that the tone produced from steel is purer and more liquid than that from iron, and accordingly the Piano Fortes manufactured by W. Lewis will be found to possess a remarkably pure tone. This is not the only advantage that steel wire possesses: from its extreme tenacity, W. Lewis is enabled to add seven additional Notes to the Treble, increasing the compass from FF (the highest notes in other Pianos) to CCC. These notes are extremely brilliant, and may be introduced with great advantage in duets, &c. and will no doubt soon become general.
The method of tuning is by means of a screw, and combines great facility with extreme precision. It is so superior to the common mode,; that a lady, or even a child, can tune the instrument with the most perfect ease. This will be found an improvement of no small importance, particularly in the Country, where good tuners are rarely met with, or must be sought at a considerable distance.
The superiority of the wire used by W. Lewis has induced him to make Cottage Pianos with one string only to each note' They are admirably adapted for small rooms, or as an accompaniment to the voice. The power of these Pianos is far greater than might be supposed from one string, and in purity and sweetness of tone they surpass all others. The price of these little exceeds that of a good Square Piano.
All the Piano Fortes manufactured by W. Lewis are of the best workmanship, and warranted to stand well in tune, the wire being much less affected by a change of climate than the ordinary wire.
It will naturally be supposed that these instruments are more expensive than others; such is not, however, the case, no charge mhateverbeing made for the above improvements." Chess Problems: Being a Selection of Original Positions,to which are Added ..., 1827, p. 101

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' 1827-29

Bankrupt in 24 October 1828, The Bankrupt Directory: Being a Complete Register of All the Bankrupts, with ..., 1843, p. 256


(continuation)

"NEW PATENT HORIZONTAL GRAND, CABINET- AND COTTAGE
PIANO-FORTES, Manufactured by W. LEWIS, 103, St. MARTIN'S LANE.
W. LEWIS has the honour to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that he has yeccntly made considerable improvements in the Manufacture of Piano-fortes, which he begs leavo to submit to their notice.
These improvements consist in using a tempered Steel Wire (for which a Patent has been obtained) instead of the German Iron Wire used by other makers; the advantages of the Patent Wire over that in common use, consist in giving a purer and more liquid tone, standing better in tune, and being less acted upon by changes in the weather.
The common method of tuning Piano-fortes is laborious and difficult to be acquired; W. L. has applied to his a new mode, which combines what has so long been wished for, extreme facility with the greatest precision: such, indeed, is the ease with which they are tuned, that a Lady, or even a Child, will find no difficulty in'tuning these Pianos. This advantage will be most particularly felt in the Country, where good Tunerg are rare, and must often be procured from a considerable distance.
The method of fixing on a Wire is also new and very easy, and as it always moves in a straight line, it very rarely breaks or produces false tunes.
The superior quality of Tone and tenacity of the Patent Wire has enabled W. L. to add Seven additional Treble Notes to his Pianos, extending the Compass to
Seven Octaves; these extra notes have a peculiar quality and brilliancy of Tone. The superior quality of Tone and tenacity of the Patent Wire has enabled W. L. to add Seven additional Treble Notes to his Pianos, extending the Compass to Seven Octaves; these extra notes have a peculiar quality and brilliancy of Tone.
It will naturally be supposed that these Instruments are more expensive than others : much is not, however, the case, as W. L. makes no Additional Charge whatever for the above-mentioned Improvements." The Harmonicon, Volumes 4-10, 03/1828, p. 150

"PATENT SEVEN-OCTAVE PIANO-FORTES, WITH THE NEW METHOD OF TUNING. W. LEWIS begs leave to inform the Musical World, that being about to quit his present residence. No. 113, St. Martin's Lane, he offers his Stock of HORIZONTAL, GRAND, CABINET, and COTTAGE PIANO-FORTES, at extremely Low Prices, for Ready Money. These Instruments can be Tuned with the greatest ease and precision, will continue longer in Tune than any others, and are at the least equal in Touch and Tone to those of the most esteemed Makers." The Harmonicon, Volumes 4-10, 01/1829, p. 201

 

76, Saint Martins Lane (*1827), 103, Saint Martins Lane (*1828), 113, Saint Martin's Lane (*1829), London
LICENCE W. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

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

22, High Street (x1912)(x1926), Dover
LIDDINGTON Charles 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1842 38, Newman Street, Oxford Street (x1842), London
 

LIDEL Joseph

 

 

Images of the patent of 1836, The London journal of arts and sciences, 1837, p. 395

 

 

Patent of 1836 : "To Joseph Lidel, of Arundel-street, Panton-square, in the county of Middlesex, professor of music, for certain improvements in piano-fortes, being a communication from a foreigner residing abroad.—Sealed 17th February —6 months for inrolment." The London journal of arts and sciences and repertory of patent inventions ..., 1836, p. 70 - More info about this patent : The London journal of arts and sciences, 1837, p. 134-141

 

'Professor of Music' ca. 1836

Images of the patent of 1836, The London journal of arts and sciences, 1837, p. 395

Arundel Street, Panton Square, Middlesex (*1836), London
LIEDER & LIEDER Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 19?? London
LIGHT C. & R. Ltd.  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

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

 

134-148, Curtain Road, E.C. (x1906)(x1912), London
LIGHT Samuel T. 1909 - "At BISHOP AUCKLAND, the pianoforte warehouse of Mr. Samuel Light presented an inviting aspect with its well displayed stock of pianofortes in recent designs. Expectations ran high that the winter trade would be good, for the ship building industry had taken a turn for the better." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, 11/09/1909, p. 143  

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

'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Händler' (x1906) ------- 'Musiklehrer, auch Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Händler' (x1912)(x1926)

 

41, South Road (x1906), Wear Valley Buildings (x1912), 223, Newgate Street (x1926), Bishop-Auckland
LIMB Geo & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-Händler' (x1926)

 

81, Narborough Road (x1926), Leicester
LIMMING F. C. ,  

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

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

 

17, Carre Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Sleaford
LINCOLN John 'Organ builder' ca. 1812 196, High Holborn (*1812), London
LINCOLN LYMAN W. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1874 h. Railroad (*1874), Woburn
LINDRIDGE George

 

Upright pianoforte n° 16338 ca. 1895, Geelvinck Collection, Geelvinck Muziek Musea, Heerde, The Netherlands

"TO ORGAN BUILDERS and OTHERS. WANTED, for a Church about sixty miles from London, an ORGAN. Price not to exceed £100.-Full particulars, stating height, width, name of maker, number and names of stops, may be addressed to Mr. GEORGE LINDRIDGE, Trinity House, Hastings, Sussex." The Musical Standard, 11/1869, p. 228

"TO TUNERS. - LINDRIDGE & SONS (LIM.), HASTINGS, want a thoroughly Experienced Tuner with Knowledge of Player Planos. - Cyclist preferred - age 25 to 35 - permanency. - Send photo, state salary, give references and say if free to come at once." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, 05/1913, p. 428

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1869-1926 [since 1858 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

Hastings

LINDRIDGE George (y1869)

LINDRIDGE & Son (*1888)(xx1890)(x1906)

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

1892 - "Lindridge & Son, Limited," was last month registered by Waterlow Brothers & Layton, Birchin Lane, E. C., with a capital of 5,000 l. in 5 l. shares. to carry into effect an
agreement made between E. S. Lindridge, C. J. Lindridge, and A. Lindridge of the one part and his company of the other part, for the acquisition of the undertaking of a musicseller and music instrument dealer, now carried on at Hastings and St. Leonards by Lindridge & Son, and to develope and extend the same." Music Trades Review, 15/04/1892, p. 29

LINDRIDGE & Son Ltd. (x1912)(*1921)(x1921)(x1926)

 LINDRIDGE & Sons (y1913)

Bexhill

LINDRIDGE & Son Ltd. (x1921)(x1926)

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

 

Trinity House (y1869), 44, Robertson Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(*1921)(x1926), 9, Claremont (x1912)(x1921), Hastings

69, Devonshire Road (x1921)(x1926), Bexhill

St. Leonards

LINDSELL  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1926

'Piano-Fabrik - Piano-Manufacturer' (x1926)

LINDSELL PIANOS Ltd. (x1926)

 

16, Croston Street, Hackney, E. (x1926), London
LINDSEY & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

26, Rundon Street, Elthorne Road, Holloway (x1912), London
LINDSEY Frederick Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1914-15 2, Ellington Street, Liverpool Road, N. (*1914)(*1915), London
LING James 'Pianoforte-manufacturer' ca. 1848 High Street (**1848), Taunton
LING W. S. Mrs. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1825 (x1906)]

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

15, Kings Parade (x1906), Cambridge
LINNEY William  

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

'Piano-, Harmonium- u. [Musik]instr.-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

 

71-72a, Westgate (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Mansfield
LINSTEAD George  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-93 [since 1874 (xx1890)]

'Pianofabrik' & 'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

He was also manager in 1882, and later successor of the COBDEN PIANOFORTE & HARMONIUM Co in London

 

297, Upper Street, N. (**1891), 2, Oseney Crescent, Camden Road, N.W. (xx1890)(*1893), London
LINTER William  

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1848 Triangle Place (**1848), Teignmouth
LINWOOD A.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1895 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

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

 

Nothingham Road (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Eastwood
LINWOOD MUSIC PUBLISHING Co Ltd.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

1926 - Director : A. LINWOOD (x1926)

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

Probably the same as here above

 

Eastwood
LINWOOD, READ & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1900 [since 1865 (logo)] London
LION PIANOFORTE Co  

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1906

1906 - Owners : F. & L. SHENSTONE (x1906)

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

Lion Mills, Claremont Street, N.E. (x1906), , London
LIPP Richard & Sohn  

Music Trades Review, 15/04/1894, p. 33

SEE ALSO ...

LIPP Richard & Sohn, Stuttgart, Germany

 

 

German 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1894-1914 from Stuttgart [since 1831 (x1906)]

1894-1912 - Representaive : Fritz WILLERINGHAUS (yy1894)(x1906)(x1912)

But brand taken over by BENTLEY in 1971

In 2001 Succeeded by WHELPDALE, MAXWELL & CODD

 

13, Hamsell Street, E.C. (**1891)(yy1894)(**1895), 56, Berners Street, W. (x1906)(y1907)(*1914)(y1914), London
LISSACK Aaron & Co  

 

 

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912) ------- 'Pianos, Music' (*1929)

 

261, Cummercial Road, E. (x1912), 185, Commercial Road, East, E. (*1914)(y1914)(*1915)(*1921)(*1929), London
LIST Albert  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26 [since 1895 (x1926)]

'Nähm.-Händler, führt nebenbei Pianos u. Musikinstr.' (x1912) ------- 'Nähm.-Händler, führt nebenbei Pianos, Orgeln u. Musikinstr.' (x1926)

 

45a, Carr Street (x1912), 45a,-47-64, Carr Street (x1926), Ipswick
LISTER Georg Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1858 (xx1890)]

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

Market Place (xx1890), Birstal
LISTER L. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1881

'Pianoforte dealer' (y1881)

3, Freetown (y1881), Glossop, Manchester
LISTER Samuel & Son Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1881

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

15, Lower Lichfield Street (x1926), Willenhall
LISTER & Sons  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1890-1929 [since 1878 (x1912)]

THE WEST LONDON PIANO and ORGAN Co (x1906)(x1912)(*1921)(x1926)

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Auch Sprechm.' (x1912) ------- 'Piano and harmonium warehouse' (*1921) -------  'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1926) ------- 'Pianos, Organs, Gramo., Radio' (*1929)

LISTER & Sons (*1921)(x1926)

 

246, Harrow Road, Royal Oak Station, W. (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(*1921)(x1926)(*1929), London
LITCHFIELD A.  

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

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

 

13, Nether Hall Road (x1906)(x1912), Doncaster
LITHERLAND Peter  

Patent of 1800 : "July 31, 1800. — Peter Litherland. A method of keeping [pianos, etc.] in tune by means of" helical and other springs." The History of the Pianoforte, Edgard Brinsmead, 1879, p. 198

Patent of 1802 : "March 24, 1802. — Peter Litherland. Helical, spiral, or straight springs, for keeping the strings to their tension and the piano in tune." The History of the Pianoforte, Edgard Brinsmead, 1879, p. 199 (archive.org)

 
'Pianoforte-maker' ? ca. 1800-02 London ?
LITOLFF Charles  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1912 [since 1858 (xx1890)]

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

 

Stanley Grove (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Sale (Cheshire)
 

LITTLE Charles Edwin

Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, 01/09/1890, p. 9

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

 

 

Advertisement in Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 35, 1911, p. 148

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884-1929 [since 1878 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912) or since 1876 (y1910)(y1911)]

'Piano-Fabrik' or 'Piano-Manufacturer' (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)(x1926) ------- 'Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912) ------- 'Piano-Fabrik u. Piano- u. Orgel-Grosshandlung' (x1926)

LITTLE C[harles] E[dward] (y1890)(y1910)(x1912)

LITTLE C. E. & Sons (y1914)(x1926)

 

 

6, Chalgrove Road, Morning Lane, Hackney, N.E. (**1884)(xx1890)(*1893)(*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)((*1906)(x1906)(y1907)(*1909)(*1910), Whitley Road, Elmhurst Road, Bruce Grove Station, Tottenham, Malt Street (y1910)(y1911)(x1912)(y1914), 496, Old Kent Road, S.E. (x1906)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), 6, Chalgrove Road, Hackney, N.E. (x1912), 116a, West Green Road, South Tottenham, N. (y1914), 328, Essex Road, N. (x1912)(*1914)(*1915)(x1926), High Road, Leyton; E. (Midland) (x1912), [116a], West Green Road, N. (x1912)(x1926), [647], High Road, Leytonstone, N.E. (y1914)(x1926), Factory : Witley Road, Elmhurst Road, [Bruce Grove], [Tottenham], [Kentish Town Street] (*1921)(x1926)(*1929), London

 

LITTLE John George  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1894

'Pianoforte dealer' (y1894)

 

114, West Derby Road (y1894), Liverpool
LIVESEY John H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

Cudworth

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

South Emsall

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

 

254, Barnsley Road (x1926), Cudworth

Market Place (x1926), South Emsall

LIVIE Robert  

'Pianoforte-manufacturer' ca. 1862

 

 

34, Clayton Street, Caledonian Road, N. (*1862), London

 

LIVINGSTONE & COOK 'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1906-12 [since 1897 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

67, Poet's Road, Newington Green, N. (x1906)(x1912), 87, Poet's Road, Highbury, N. (y1907), London
LIVINGSTONE E. & J.  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Piano- u. Musikwaaren-Händler' (xx1890)

Camden Street (xx1890), North Shields
LLEWELLYN E. & EUNGBLUT  

1849 - "Tuesday, July 3. Partnerships Dissolved. [...][...] Llewellyn [E.] and Eungblut, Dean Street, Soho, Pianoforte makers."  The Economist: Weekly Commercial Times, Banker's Gazette and ..., 07/07/1849, p. 757 - "Llewellyn, E. and Eungblut, pianoforte makers, Dean-st. Soho, July 2. Debts paid by Llewellyn." The Law Times, Volume 13, 14/07/1849, p. 356

 

'Piano-Makers' ca. 1849 Dean Street, Soho (y1849), London
LLEWELLYN Evan  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862

 

 

23, Bolsover Street, Fitzroy Square, W. (*1862), London

 

LLOYD Edwin D.  

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

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

Representative for J. L. DUYSEN, Berlin (x1906)

LLOYD's MUSIC STORES (x1926)

 

 

83, Mortimer Street, Regent Street, W. (x1906), 43, Atlantic Road, Brixton, S.W. (x1926), London

 

LLOYD H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1897-1906 [since 1885 (x1906)]

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

 

 

10, Albany Road (z1897)(x1906), Wolverhampton

 

LOADES J. R.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1921-26

'Piano dealer' (*1921) ------- 'Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

 

 

24, Brunswick Road (*1921)(x1926), Norwich

 

LOAFER J.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

 

11, St. Peter's Road, Mile End Road, E.. (x1912), London

 

 

LOBL Oscar
| LOBLE | LOBB

Advertisement in Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, 1909, p. 889

 

 

MANCHESTER  - "The sixth annual Furniture Trades Exhibition was held at the City Exhibition Hall, Manchester, from September 27th to October 7th, and afforded a degree of representation to the musical instrument trade and to the trade in musical instrument dealers' sundries. Three exhibits of pianofortes appeared. [...][...] Third exhibit of pianofortes by English and continental makers was furnished by Mr. Oscar Lobl of Aldersgate Street, London. These instruments were shown as possessing special delicacy of tone and touch and as being of exceptional value at the prices quoted." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, 11/09/1909, p. 142

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-15 [since 1896 (nameboard)]

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

72, Aldersgate Street (x1906)(yy1909), 34, Hamsell Street, E.C. (x1912)(*1914)(y1914), 10, Bradford Avenue, E.C. (*1915), London
LOCK Edward Charles 'Piano forte maker' ca. 1847 95, Park Street, Camden Town (*1847), London
LOCK Horace  

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

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

LOCK & Co (x1912)

 

168, North End Road, West Kensington, W. (x1906)(x1912)(*1914)(*1915)(x1926), London
LOCKE  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1872-1912 [since 1888 (xx1890)]

Manchester

LOCKE & Co (xx1872), 'Makers, importers and dealers'

LOCKE'S PIANOFORTE- & ORGAN-DEPÔT (xx1890), 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Harmonium-Handlung'

LOCKE E. A. (x1906)(x1912)

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

Didsbury

LOCKE E[dward] A. (x1906)(x1912)

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Handlung mit Pianos, Orgeln u. kl. Musikinstr.' (x1912)

 

36, Great Ducie Street (xx1872), 9, Palatine Buildings, Victoria Street (xx1890), 9-10, Palatine Buildings, Victoria Street (*1895)(*1897), 65, Barlow Moor, Didsbury (x1906), 4, Lancaster Road, Yallowfield (x1912),  Manchester

95, Wilmslow Road (x1906)(x1912), Didsbury

LOCKE E. C.  

DUBLIN - "307 Locke, E. C. 36 Great Ducie st. Manchester. —Pianoforte; Peri campanula, or fairy bells, for solos or accompaniment; fairy pianettes (self-acting)." The illustrated record and descriptive catalogue of the Dublin international exhibition, 1865, p. 241

MANCHESTER - "Locke & Son, Mendelssohn House, Strangeways, Manchester. Semi-cabinet pianoforte, seven octaves; the Avenham pianoforte, composite design; ye Earlye Englishe pianoforte; artistic cased library organ; the Empress, an ebonized pianoforte in decorated case; saloon model pianoforte in English oak; models of actions, frames, timbers, &c., used in the manufacture of pianofortes. The seven-octaves semi cabinet was, it is understood, the first ever made in Manchester. It was manufactured in 1849 by Mr. Locke, sen., single handed, and is still a fine tone. All the others are Messrs. Locke's make on their own premises, and from original designs by E. A. Locke, to whom the business has recently been transferred." Music Trades Review, 15/05/1887, p. 19

  

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1865-1906

LOCKE & Co (**1880)

LOCKE & Son[s] (*1893)(*1895)(*1897)

LOCKE E. C. Senior & Co (xx1890)(x1906)

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1806)

Exhibitors list Dublin, 1865 | Exhibitors list Manchester, 1887

36, Great Ducie Street (*1865), 34-36, Great Ducie Street (**1880), 155, Stretford Road (xx1890)(x1906), Manchester
LOCKE George Lewis

 

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

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1863

LOCKE & CLARCK (**1863)

Hampstead New Road, Kentish Town (**1863), Middlesex, London
LOCKE John & Co 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1852 5, Charles Street, Drury Lane (**1852), London
LOCKTON & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

 

2, Grove Park, Bath Road, Brislington (x1912), Bristol
LOEBELL E.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926 [since 1877 (x1926)]

'Piano-, Saiten- u. Ersatzteile-Grosshandlung (x1926)

 

53, Burnage Hall Road, Levenshulme (x1926), Manchester
LOESCHMAN David  

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Cabinet pianoforte ca. 1820, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Square pianoforte ca. 1820, Private collection

"To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine.
AS your very valuable Miscellany is open to the investigation of scientific improvements, will you allow me to trouble you with the subsequent statement of particulars relative to a transaction of mine with Mr. Loeschman, piano. forte maker, in Newman-street?
In October 1808, Mr. Loeschman requested that I would call and examine a piano-forte at his house. I went, and found the instrument had two pedals, one of which, by moving the keys to the right, brought on D sharp, A sharp, and E sharp; and the other, by moving the keys to the left, brought on A flat, D flat, and G flat.
The D sharp and E sharp being brought on by one pedal, and the A flat and G flat being brought on by the other, it was impossible to have the extreme sharp sixth upon either F natural or A flat. The three additional sharps and flats made six more sounds within the octave than in the common instruments; and the eighteen strings were placed in the following order: C, D Hat, C sharp. -D, E flat, D sharp. E, F, E sharp. G flat, F sharp, G. A flat, G sharp, A. B flat, A sharp, B.
I then informed him that I could give him such instructions as would enable him to produce an instrument far superior to this, as it would have twelve more sounds within each octave than the common instruments; to effect which there must be six pedals, three on each side of the instrument.
The first pedal on the right side would produce D sharp and A sharp, the second E sharp and B sharp, and the third F double sharp and C double sharp; the first pedal on the left A flat and D flat, the second G flat and C flat, and the third F flat, and B double flat.
I also gave him the names of the twelve semitones, from C to B in the scale of each pedal, by which he would be enabled, on comparing the scale of each pedal with the general scale of keyed instruments, to know which two hammers in every octave of the instrument would be changed by each pedal.
To illustrate this I will give two examples; and for that purpose it will be necessary to give the names, with annexed numbers, of the twelve semitones from C to B, in the scale of the common keyed instruments: C No. 1. C sharp No. 2. D No. 3. E flat No. 4. E No. 5. F No. 6. F sharp No. 7. G No. 8. Gsharp No. 9. A No. 10. B flat No. 11. MONTHLY MAG., No. 223, and B No. 12.
The first example is as follows: the first pedal on the right would give D sharp No. 4. and A sharp No. 11. By comparing these two num bers with the same numbers in the general scale, it will be found, that this pedal must remove the hammers from the strings of E flat and B flat, unto those of D sharp and A sharp.
The second example will be as follows: the first pedal on the left will give A flat No. 9, and D flat No. 2. By comparing these two with the same numbers in the general scale, it will be found that the hammers will be removed, from the strings of G sharp and C sharp, to those of A flat and D flat. The second pedal on the right will give E sharp No. 6, and B sharp No. 1, in addition to the two sharps in the first pedal.
The third pedal will give F double sharp No. 8, and C double sharp No. 3, in addition to the four sharps of the second pedal. The second pedal on. the left will give G flat No. 7, and C flat No. 12, in addition to the two flats in the first pedal. The third pedal will give F flat No. 5, and B double flat No. 10, in addition to the four flats in the second pedal.
Thus, by comparing these other four pedals with the common scale, it will easily be found which hammers each pedal will remove.
This information, wholly scientific, was of such importance to Mr. Loeschman, that without it he could not possibly have produced the instrument for which he has lately obtained a patent.
The knowledge thus communicated was all that was necessary for Mr. Loeschman to receive from a professor; and there only remained for him to perform the mechanical part to produce an instrument far superior to any thing of the kind before invented; in effecting which he certainly has displayed great ingenuity, and executed in a very masterly manner the instructions which I afforded him.
This instrument is so superior to the common ones, that, instead of 9 perfect keys, it can be played upon in 33.
Should Mr. Loeschman deny that he received these instructions from me, I thus publicly call upon him to shew either that he possessed in himself the scientific knowledge, without which the instrument could never have been constructed, or to name the person from whom he derived the necessary information'; that such person and myself may assert our claim to the invention before B any any impartial judge.
But, I think I may venture to affirm, that there is not any person who will say, before me, that be gave the least instruction with respect to the instrument for which Mr. Loeschman has obtained his patent. Thomas Grenville, 12, Store-street, Bedford square, January 4, 1812." The Monthly Magazine, 01/02/1808, p. 9-10

"To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine,
Sir, The liberality which first induced you to afford me an opportunity of submitting to an impartial public, through the medium of your highly valuable publication, my claim to be considered the actual inventor of the improvements on the piano-forte, for which Mr. Loeschman obtained a patent, will, I trust, he extended, to allow me, for a moment, to trespass further on the patience of your numerous readers, whilst I briefly offer a few remarks on the conduct of the two gentlemen Mr. L. mentioned in his reply to mine of February last.
In these Mr. L. made a feeble attempt: to invalidate my statements, and to remove the impression they were calculated to make on the public mind, by endoavouring to establish two points.
- First, that he was under no obligation whatever for any assistance from me in the construction of his instrument, either scientific, original, or mechanical; for, at the period when he first requested my attention, though he had not one completed, yet he had many in hand with six pedals.
Secondly, That all the scientific knowledge I pretended to have afforded him, as something exclusively my own, was to he found in Kercher’s and Dr. Smith’s Harmonics; though be omitted to inform your readers at what; part of either of those authors' works, the knowledge in question is to be found; and stating that, “it was from repeated interviews with an Honourable Gentleman and Dr. Kemp, he was induced and enabled to perfect his invention.
My circumstantial refutation of all these particulars, by a full detail, of facts, dates, and an explicit statement of the information I actually aflforded Mr.
Loeschman, through, your kind indulgence, appeared in your Magazine for June last. And I flatter myself, I must have Fully substantiated my claim, and satisfied your readers of the veracity of all my respective statements. And, so conclusive, so unanswerable were these statements, that Mr. Loeschman has never since ventured the slightest animadversion on any one of my Charges or observations.
That Mr. Loeschman should introduce the name of Dr. Kemp, and allude to an Honourable Gentleman, in the hope of prejudicing the public by their united respectability against crediting my single assertion, is not at all surprising; but, that these gentlemen should seem by their tacit acquiescence to give currency to his misrepresentations, is Parlicularly, as soon as I had read Mr. Loeschman’s answer to my statements, and found their names implicated as supporting his misrepresentations, I waited upon Dr. Kemp and requested a few minutes‘ conversation with him; But received for answer, he was so much engaged, he could not see me. In consequence, I connnunicatcd my business by letter, requesting he would have the goodness to inform me what instructions he had afforded Mr. L. in the construction of his six-pedal instrument, and at what time. Though this was at the beginning of April, I have never yet received any answer.
About the same time, I also addressed a letter to the Honourable George Pomeroy, the gentleman to whom Mr. Loeschman alludes. It was delivered at his residence to a person who promised to give it him the moment he returned. The contents was similar to the one addressed to Dr. Kemp, but I have not been favoured with any reply.
I, therefore, thus publicly call upon the Hon. George Pomeroy and Dr. Kemp, either to disavow all participation in Mr. Loesclnnan's misrepresentations, or to substantiate by indubitable evidencé, that, previous to October 1308, they furnished Mr. Loesclnnan with the precise instructions which enabled him to construct his “six-pedal patent pianoforte.” Thomas Grenville
No. 24, Store-street, Dec. 2, 1812." The Monthly Magazine, Volume 35, 01/02/1812, p. 25-26

 

 

'Grand & Square Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1807-25

'Grand & Square Piano-forte-Manufacturer' (*1812)(*1814)

LOESCHMAN D. & Co (x1825)

Patent of 1809 : "LOESCHMAN'S Improved Scale, and Instruments of Music. Some time previous to the year 1809, Mr. David Loeschman, piano-forte maker, of Newman Street, London, set about contriving more convenient modes of carrying into effect the improvements in piano-fortes, as to extending their scale, which the late Dr. Robert Smith, of Cambridge, had attempted, and partially accomplished on his harpsichord, some years prior to 1758; and he has described them in the 2d edition of his Harmonics, and in a pamphlet soon after published, as a postscript to it. Mr. Loeschman having succeeded in his attempts, he took out a patent, dated 26th July 1809, for his improvements on piano-fortes and organs, which made them capable of a scale of 24 sounds in each octave, without requiring any additional finger keys to the 12 in each octave before in use, and without requiring the use of the hand for moving any of the stops during performance, as Dr. Smith's instruments for 21 sounds did; these latter changes being now effected by means of pedals or levers, to be pressed by the feet whenever changes of sound become necessary during the performance or otherwise." Second American edition of the new Edinburgh encyclopædia, 1819, p. 110

Patent of 1811 : "IX. Description of the Drawings of Mr. Loeschman's Patent Harmonic Piano-Forte. [...][...]" Philosophical Magazine, Volume 38, Alexander Tilloch, 1811, p. 47-51 or "Mr. David Loeschman's (Newman-street) for improvements in the musical scales of keyed instruments with fixed tones." The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year 1811, Volume 53, Edmund Burke, 1812, p. 267

Patent of 1822 : "2161. David Loescham, Middlesex, musical-instrument-maker, and Jas. Allwright, Little Newport-street, Middlesex, cheesemonger, for an improved keyed musical instrument, comprising in itself many qualities never hitherto produced in one instrument, and possessmg those qualities in clearness of sound, quality, distinctness, forte piano, delicacy of touch, and shake on the keys or notes, by increasing to forte and decreasing to piano, at the will of the performer; communicated by a foreigner.—Jan. 14." English patents, 1847, p. 155

 

82, Newman Street, Oxford Street (*1807)(1809)(*1812)(**1812)(*1814)(*1816)(*1818)(*1820)(*1823)(x1825), London
LOMAS W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-12 [since 1871 (x1906)]

LOMAS W. (x1906)

'Musiklehrer, Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Händler' (x1906) -------  'Musiklehrer, sowie Händler mit Musikal., Pianos, Orgeln u. Musikinstr.' (x1912)

LOMAS W. & Sons (y1907)(x1912)

 

4, Chester Square (x1906)(y1907)(x1912), Ashton-under-Lyne
LOMAX H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926 [since 1895 (x1926)]

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

 

14, Blackburn Road (x1926), Haslingden
LONDON & CONTINENTAL PIANO DEPOT Pianoforte dealers ca. 1906 [since 1858 (x1906)]

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

10, Bridge Street (x1906), Sunderland
LONDON & LIVERPOOL PIANOFORTE Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1894-1926

1894 - Manager : Henry Richmond JONES (y1894),

1912 - Director : D. R. JONES (x1912)

'Pianoforte makers' (y1894) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

 

43, Selborne Street S. (xx1900)(x1926), 30-32, Granby Street, Toxteth Park (y1894)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914)(x1921)(x1926), Liverpool
LONDON MUSIC Co  

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

 

54, Queen Street, N.W. (*1914)(*1915), London
LONDON MUSIC PUBLISHING Co  

"PIANOFORTES, High Class, for the Million, £10 10s. Full Compass, Seven Octaves. Warranted. The London Music Publishing and General Agency Company (Limited). Originators of the £10 10s. Pianoforte, 54, Great Marlborough-street, W. THE NEW PIANOFORTE, full Compass, £10 10s. Has a Sweet Quality ot Tone, and is admirably adapted for Yachts, Schools, small Rooms, etc. - THE MIDGET PIANOFORTE, £8 8s. Five Octaves. Specially adapted for Yachts, small Rooms, and Schools. The London Music Publishing Company (Limited), 54, Great Marlborough-street, W. [...]" Official Guide to the International Inventions Exhibition, London, 1885, p. 103 (archive.org)

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1885-95

1891-95 - Manager director : Thomas WARD (**1891)(**1895)

See W. DOWDING (x1912)

LONDON - "LONDON MUSIC PUBLISHING AND GENERAL AGENCY CO. - Pianoforte, fitted with Ward's Lamp." The Musical Standard: A Newspaper for Musicians, Professional and Amateur, 22/08/1885, p. 121

Exhibition list London, 1885

 

54, Great Marlborough-street, W. (xx1885), Great Marlborough Street (xx1890), 7, Great Marlborugh Street, W. (**1891)(**1895), London
LONDON MUSIC AGENCY Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-10 5, Clerkenwell Road, E. (*1906)(*1907), Hutton Garden (*1910), London
LONDON & NOTTINGHAM PIANOFORTE Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1881-90 [since 1868 (xx1890)]

'Pianoforte Manufacturer' (y1881) ------- 'Piano-Niederlage' (x1906)

1881-1906 - Owner ? : Joseph CAMPBEL (y1881)(x1906)

 

6, Mansfield Road (y1881)(xx1890), Nottingham
 

LONDON PIANOFORTE Co

or

LONDON PIANO & ORGAN Co

"Overstrung Model Iron Overstrung Frame, bronzed. Tape Check Action. Full Trichord. Height 4 Ft. 3in. Frieze Marqueterie, as design. £27." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, 01/10/1909, p. 870

"Full Trichord. Iron Frame. Check Action. Marqueterie panel. Pine Belly. Height 4 Ft. 1in. From £20." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, 01/10/1909, p. 870

Advertisement in Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 35, 1911, p. 149

 

 

1910 - "The London Piano and Organ Co. inform that they are quite busy with their new models, both cheap lines and overstrungs. As a consequence, in addition to having to enlarge their factory at Holmes Road, they have also had to take another large one in Fortess Road, Kentish Town. The new factory is being being used entirely for back making, bellying and marking off and the pianos are all finished as usual at Holmes Road. With their increased facilities, they will be able now to supply a very large number of pianos each week and they hope by this means that there will not be the delay in delivery which they experienced last year. Mr. Gray (proprietor of the London Piano and Organ Co.) also informs us that he has cancelled his contract with the Apollo Co., whose English pianos he had been manufacturing for the last eight years; and in consequence of this he is now at liberty to supply any of the customers with the models which they were previously purchasing from that company. He will be glad. if dealers will apply to him for the prices of these models." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 33, 01/01/1910, p. 221

"Pianos that sell. Overstrung Model Iron Overstrung Frame, bronzed. Tape Check Action. Full Trichord. Height 4 Ft. 3in. Frieze Marqueterie, as design. £27. Note the Price. Usual Discount. 1910 catalogue free.
Full Trichord. Iron Frame. Check Action. Marqueterie panel. Pine Belly. Height 4 Ft. 1in. From £20. Usual Discount. London Piano and Organ Co. 14, Holmes Road, Kentish Town, N.W."
Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, 01/10/1909, p. 870

Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, 01/10/1909, p. 309

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1870-1926 [since 1864 (xx1890)]

London

Managed by GEARY John (ca. 1870)

LONDON PIANOFORTE Co Ltd. (xx1872)(**1884)(xx1890)

1890 - Director : S. WADWORTH (xx1890)

LONDON PIANO & ORGAN Co (xx1890)(x1906)(y1909)

1906 - Owner ? : R. F. WILLIAM & Co (x1906)

'Pianofabrik' (xx1890) & 'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Piano-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Pianofabrik' & 'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

LONDON PIANO Co (x1912)(x1926)

Liverpool

LONDON & LIVERPOOL PIANO Co (xx1890)(x1906)

1890-1906 - Manager : H. R. JONES : 1890-1906)

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

 

 

Castle Road, Kentish Town, N.W. (xx1872), 79-81-83, Castle Road, Kentish Town, N. W. (**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909), 12, Kings Road (*1910), 14, Holmes Road, Kentish Town Station, Midland, N.W. (x1906)(y1907)(y1909)(y1911)(x1912)(*1914)(*1915), Factory : 61, Fortess Road, N.W. (x1912), 81a, Leighton Road, N.W. (*1914)(y1914), 84, Leighton Road, N.W. (y1914), 14, Holmes Road, Kentish Town, Midland, N.W. (x1906)(y1907)(y1909)(y1911)(*1914)(*1915)(x1926), London

Ninston Street (*1903)(*1906), Sheffield

182, Strand Road, Bootle (xx1890), 30-32, Granby Street (xx1890)(x1906), Liverpool

 

LONDON PIANO EXCHANGE Ltd. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1914-15 6, Ramillies Place, W. (*1914)(*1915), London
LONDON PIANO & MUSIC Co  

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

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

 

Victoria Arcade (x1906)(x1912), Lowestoft
LONDON PIANO TUNING & SUPPLY Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

 

5, Montpellier Street, S.W. (x1906), London
LONDON & PROVINCIAL MUSICAL SUPPLY Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

32, Gray's Inn Road, W.C. (xx1890), London
LONDON & PROVINCIAL PIANOFORTE Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

33a, High Road, Kilburn, N.W. (xx1890), London
LONDON SCHOLASTIC PIANO & ORGAN Co  

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

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912), by Mrs. M. A. JONES

 

11, Parkhurst Road, Camden Road, Holloway Road, N. (x1906)(x1912), London
LONG E. J.  

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

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

 

116, High Street (x1906), 51, Staines Road (x1912), 5, Lampton Road (x1926), Hounslow
LONG John  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1846

 

111, Piccadilly (y1846), 6, Back King Street (y1846), Manchester
LONGDIN & Co  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Handlung' (x1912)

399a, Stockport Road, Longsight (x1912), Manchester
LONGLEY George Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1880 Sheepridge (**1880), Huddersfield
LONGMAN George & BATES Charles Theodore  

"LONGMAN AND BATES, ORGAN AND PIANO-FORTE MANUFACTURERS, 6, LUDGATE HILL,
Solicit the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, to an inspection of their
IMPROVED SELF-PERFORMING CABINET PIANO-FORTES, possessing a greater extent of compass and power than has hitherto been attempted, with the addition of the Swell, giving that beautiful expression, to the piano, crescendo, and.forte passages, which is only heard from thescientific hand and taste of the Professor, which only a few years since it was supposed imp'ossiblc to accomplish by.mechanism. They perform a variety of pieces, with a precision and brilliancy of execution, and in a grandeur of style that lias excited the admiration of amateurs, and obtained the unqualified approbation of Professors of the higliest musical celebrity, particularly when accompanied by a player. Performers on the Piano-forte will find this a most desirable instrument, comprising, independent of its Self-performing Properties, an Elegant CABINET PIANO-FORTE, on the most appropriate principles, which, for richness of tone, and delicacy of touch, stands unrivalled. For QUADRILLE PARTIES, ASSEMBLY or BALL ROOMS, and in all situations where a performer is not present, it proves a valuable acquisition.
Cabinet Piano-fortes of the most superior description, in plain and elegant cases; improved Square Piano-fortes, with circular corners; Spanish Guitars, with the machine head; small finger Organs for private use; Second hand Organs for CHURCHES and CHAPELS, &c, from
£30.; Cabinet Pliino-fortes, from £20.; Square ditto from £10.
An ORGAN for CHURCH or CHAPEL, in an elegant OAK CASE, 16 feet high, 9 feet wide, long octaves, GG to P* in alt., two rows of kevs, octave of German Pedals, three shifting movements, &c. The great Organ contains eight stops; the swell to F below fiddle G contains four stops. This Instrument is offered to any PARISH or Committee of a CHAPEL. on hire, or an ANNUITY, or may be paid for by Instalments." The Harmonicon, Volumes 4-10, 01/1827, p. 85

 

 

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1825-29

LONGMAN & BATES (1826-29), see also BATES

 LONGMAN George (1834)

According M. Pizzi the firm become Thomas Charles BATES in 1834. Later Theodore BATES

6, Ludgate Hill (*1827), London
LONGMAN Giles & HERON
| HERRON
 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1815-22

LONGMAN & HERON [HERRON](1815)(1817)(¹)(**1822)

 

131, Cheapside (**1822), London
LONGMAN James  

Longman & Broderip, nameplate of a square pianoforte of 1785, hammerfluegel.info

Nameplate of a square pianoforte ca. 1786-87, Amato/Parisi Collection, Palermo, Sicily

Nameplate of a square pianoforte n° 3402 ca. 1794 (now writing desk), Collection Bartoccini, Italy

Nameplate of a square pianoforte ca. 1790, The Monart Collection, Wexford, Ireland

Nameplate of a square pianoforte n° 189, hammerfluegel.info

Click on the photos to enlarge

LONGMAN, LUKEY & Co

Square pianoforte of 1769-73, Eric Feller Early Keyboard Instruments Collection, Germany

LONGMAN & BRODERIP

Square pianoforte n° 189,
( more photos), hammerfluegel.info

Square pianoforte of 1776-82, Eric Feller Early Keyboard Instruments Collection, Germany
Square pianoforte
n° 12 ca. 1778, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 615 ca. 1780, Sweelinck Collection, Geelvinck Muziek Musea, Heerde, The Netherlands

Square pianoforte ca. 1780, Richard Burnett, Finchcocks, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte ca. 1782-98, Powerhouse Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, Australia
Square pianoforte ca. 1782-98, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Square pianoforte n° 107 ca. 1784, Private collection, Virum, Denmark

Square pianoforte n° 261 ca. 1784, Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte of 1785,
( more photos), hammerfluegel.info

Harpsichord ca. 1785, The Mobbs Keyboard Collection, Golden Bay, New Zealand

Square pianoforte ca. 1785, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
Square pianoforte n° 361 ca. 1785 [??], Present owners unknown

Square pianoforte n° 870 ca. 1785, Present owners unknown

Square pianoforte n° 55 [??] ca. 1786, Dr. Andreas Beurmann Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Square pianoforte n° 1299 ca. 1786/87, Collection Amato/Parisi, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Square pianoforte n° 1185 ca. 1787-88, Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte n° 1199 ca. 1787, Marsha and Tony Head, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte n° 1335 ca. 1788-89, Museo del Romaticismo, Madrid, Spain
Square pianoforte ca. 1786, The Beurmann Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Pianoforte-organ ca. 1787, Collectie Muziekinstrumentenmuseum, Brussels, Belgium

Square pianoforte n° 1478 ca. 1788-89, Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte n° 1846 ca. 1788, Private Collection, Chiddingfold, Surrey, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte n° 2093 ca. 1788-95, Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte n° 2361 ca. 1788, Pleshakov Piano Museum, Hudson, N.Y., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 1537 ca. 1788, Sweelinck Collection, Geelvinck Muziek Musea, Heerde, The Netherlands

Square pianoforte
of 1788-89, George Whythe House, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, V.A., U.S.
Square pianoforte ca. 1789, Pooya Radbon Collection, Allemagne
Square pianoforte  n° 2359 ca. 1789, Alec Cobbe Collection, Hatchlands Park, East Clandon, Surrey, England, U.K.
Signature of square pianoforte 18th century, (probably destroyed during World War II) Musikhistorisches Museum von Wilhelm Heyer, Cöln, Germany
Square pianoforte ca. 1789, Bartoccini Collection, Italy

Square pianoforte ca. 1790, Georg Ott Claviersammlung, Würzburg, Germany
Square pianoforte n° 166 ca. 1790 [??], Colonial Williamsburg Found, Williamsburg, V.A., U.S.

Square pianoforte n° 1464 ca. 1790 [??], Present owners unknown

Square pianoforte n° 1926 ca. 1790 [??], Thomas Strange, Easley, S.C., U.S.

Square pianoforte n° 2171 ca. 1790, Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte n° 3483/182 ca. 1790, Kolthoorn Collection, Geelvinck Muziek Musea, Heerde, The Netherlands

Square pianoforte ca. 1790, The Monart Collection, Wexford, Ireland, U.K.
Square pianoforte n° 2252 ca. 1791, Graham Walker, Dorchester, Dorset, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte n° 2283 ca. 1791 [??], Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte n° 2287 ca. 1791, Smith College Music Department, Northampaton, M.A., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 2310 ca. 1791, David Peebles, Ordinary, V.A., U.S.

Square pianoforte n° 2405 ca. 1791, present owners unknown
Square pianoforte n° 2435 ca. 1791, Winston-Salem, N.C., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 2446 ca. 1792-95, Glasgow Museums & Art Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
Square pianoforte n° 2693 of 1792,
Collection Wim Van Moerbeke, Belgium
Square pianoforte n° 2719 ca. 1792, Offered at auction, Christies, in 1987, Present owners unknown

Square pianoforte n° 2727 ca. 1788-93, Kirsten Beal, Seattle, W.A., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 293 [??] ca. 1792, Present owners unknown

Square pianoforte n° 2001 ca. 1792,
Alec Cobbe Collection, Hatchlands Park, East Clandon, Surrey, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte n° 15670 ca. 1794, Sweelinck Collection, Geelvinck Muziek Musea, Heerde, The Netherlands
Square pianoforte n° 34 ca. 1794-95 [??], Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte ca. 1795, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England, U.K.

Square pianoforte n° 606 ca. 1795 [??], Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England, U.K.

Square pianoforte n° 38 ca. 1795 [??], Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte n° 424 ca. 1796 [??], Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte n° 435 ca. 1796 [??], Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte n° 2553 ca. 1790,
General Henry Knox Museum, Montpelier, Thomaston, M.E., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 2744 ca. 1792, Private collection, Winchmore Hill, London, England, U.K.

Square pianoforte n° 2772 ca. 1792, Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte n° 3102 ca. 1794, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth, W.A., Australia
Square pianoforte n° 3402 ca. 1794 (now writing desk), Collection Bartoccini, Italy

Square pianoforte n° 3407 ca. 1794, Present owners unkown, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte n° 3563 ca. 1794
Grand pianoforte ca. 1794-95, The Alec Cobbe Piano Collection, Surrey, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte n° 3661 ca. 1795, Offered at auction, Sotheby's, London in 1994, Present owners unknown
Grand pianoforte ca. 1795, The Cobbe Piano Collection, Surrey, England, U.K

Square pianoforte n° 4036 ca. 1797, Jeanine Manley, Falls, Church, V.A., U.S.
Square pianoforte n° 4202 ca. 1796-98, Stiftelsen M, Stockholm, Sweden
Square pianoforte ca. 1797, The Monart Collection, Wexford, Ireland

LONGMAN, CLEMENTI & Co

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

PHOTOS EXTRA

Square pianoforte ca. 1789

    

Collection Bartoccini, Italy

 

'Pianoforte-makers', pianoforte-dealers, and music publishers ca. 1769-96

LONGMAN, LUKEY & Co (1767 or 1794 ?), Charles LUKEY [or LUCKEY]

"In 1779 Lukey is absent from the firm, which now remains as Longman & Broderip and exists till 1798, in which year it becomes bankrupt, and the original James Longman had given place to John Longman. Before 1785 Longman & Broderip had taken another branch shop at 13, Haymarket, and their business had grown to an enormous extent. At the dissolution of the firm John Longman entered into partnership with Clementi, the musician, retaining the shop at 26, Cheapside, and Broderip had combined with Wilkinson and continued the business at 13, Hay-market (for accounts of these later firms refer to their respective headings in the present volume)." British music publishers, printers and engravers: London, Provincial, Scottish, and Irish, 1900, p. 73 (archive.org) - see also WILKINSON

LONGMAN & BRODERIP (1775-98)(*1786)(*1794), see also BRODERIP

1796 - Bankrupt in 1796 -"Longman and Broderip and Others (their sameday. Assignees) v. Calliford [sic]. Longman and Broderip, the bankrupts, entered into an agreement with Calliford [sic] for fourteen years to be supplied by him with musical instruments, at a stipulated rate, to be sold in the name of Longman and Broderip, and at their risk; and Calliford [sic] stipulated not to sell any on his own account. After the bankruptcy, Calliford [sic] sold the instruments for himself, conceiving the agreement to be determined by the bankruptcy. The assignees had permitted Longman and Broderip to carry on the business for the benefit of the estate, and gave notice to Calliford of their intention to continue the contract, at the same time offering him security for the instruments to be furnished.
The bill, and affidavits in support of it, stated these facts, and that Longman and Broderip had at a great expence established the character of the musical instruments sold by them, so as materially to increase their value. The present was a motion before answer, (in the nature of an order to stay waste,) to restrain the defendant from selling these instruments to any persons but the plaintiffs, as being contrary to the agreement."
Reports of cases argued and determined in the Court of exchequer ..., Volume 1, 1796, p. 507 - See
CULLIFORD

LONGMAN, CLEMENTI & Co from 1789-1801, see also CLEMENTI (²)

"About 1801 or 1802 John Longman left the firm of Longman & Clementi, and set up for himself at 131, Cheapside (Directory for 1802). He here published "A Selection for the Present Season of the most popular Dances, Reels, Strathspeys with proper figures," in numbers, folio, and some sheet songs, one of which has the imprint "Longman & Co., 131, Cheapside, from 26." It is likely that he was not in business very long. James Longman & Co., before the entrance of Lukey into the firm, published in general small works for the guitar, violin, etc., and Country Dances. Longman, Lukey & Co. extended the business greatly and issued larger and more important works. In Longman & Broderip's time their publications were practically limitless, and include a very large number (about a hundred) of the English Operas then being produced, almost always in the oblong folio form. The sign "Harp and Crown" appears only to have been used in the very earliest period, before Longman & Lukey. In Longman & Broderip's it was changed to "The Apollo." At one time Longman & Lukey's names are found on some of John Johnson's issues, they afterwards bought his plates for the "Padlock," and other works. The following are a few characteristic publications of the 'different periods. J. Longman & Co., Harp and Crown, 26, Cheapside." British music publishers, printers and engravers: London, Provincial, Scottish, and Irish, 1900, p. 73 (archive.org)

1795 - Bankrupt in 26th may 1795, A list of bankrupts ... from Jan. 1, 1786, to June 24, 1806, p. 86

1801 - Bankrupt in 1801 : "Longman, J. and F. F. Broderip, Cheapside, musical Instrument makers, may 23." The Monthly Magazine, Volume 11, 1801, p. 449

1803 - Bancrupt in 1803 : "Longman, James, and Francis F. Broderip, Cheapside, &c. musical-instrument makers, June 23." Agricultural Magazine, Volume 8, june 1803, p. 472

Succeeded by CLEMENTI from 1803


"Neue englische Pental Forte piano von Longermann und Broderip in London verfertiget, sind in verschiedenen Sorten zu an nehmlichen Preißen abzustehen. Kauflustige können davon nähere Nachricht erhalten bey Unterzeichne tem in der Stadt Berlin." Allgemeiner anzeiger und nationalzeitung der Deutschen, 1791, p. 178

"LONGMAN and BRODERIP, Manufacturers of Musical Instruments, and Music-sellers to his Royal Highness The Prince of Wales; No. 26, Cheapside, and No. 13, Haymarket, London. Manufacture and Sell, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation, by the King's Royal Letters Patent,
PATENT PIANO FORTES.
The construction ofthese Instruments exceeds all others in respect to Touch and Simplicity of it, which can never fail in the Operation; and their Clearess and Brilliancy of Tone is far superior to Conception. Soon as the Hammer strikes the String, it immediately falls back; whereas, in other Instruments, the Hammer dances on the Jack, and occasions a jarring Noice in the Tone. They are enfily kept in Regulation, and have met the general Approbation of the most esteemed Masters.
PATENT GRAND PIANO FORTES.

By invention of the Patent Action (though simple in its Construction), these Instruments are now brought to the highest Perfection in respect to Touch and Tone, with this peculiar Advantage, that the Movements will neither rattle, stick, nor be the least affected by Change of Weather in any Climate.
A PATENT TUNING MACHINE, Со peculiarly continuated, that Ladies. and Gentlemen may tune their Harpsichords, Piano Fortes, Organs, Guitars, &с. with great Facility.
PATENT PIANO-FORTE GUITARS,
On an entire new Principle, difl'erent from any others, and divefìed of that aukward Appearance which the temporary Key-Box forms on the Belly of the Instrument : The Machinery is also so curiously constructed, that it acts with amazing Facility, and produces a Tone far beyond Conception, and nearly equal to that of a Piano Forte. The Machinery may be drawn out with Ease, to reflify any Impedimentin the Movement. The great Demand for them, in preference to others, plainly evinces their superlative Degree of Merit.
PORTABLE GRAND PIANO FORTES,
On a new Improvement, reduced in Size and Price conliderably under the original Grand Piano Fortes, and univerfally admired for their peculiar Brilliancy of Тоnе, and excellent quality of standing long in Tune.
PORTABLE CLAVECINS,
On two different Principles. Their Tones are remarkably fweet and delicate; and their Structure renders them agreeable for travelling with, as they may be conveyed, and even performed on, in a Coach.
CHURCH ORGANS,
Of every Dimension, Specimens of which may be seen at Hampstead Church; at St. Gregory's Church, Old Fifth-Street, пеаг St. Paul’s; at the Manufactory opposite the Tabernacle, Tottenham­Court-Road, and at their other Manufactories in the City.
N.В. Parishes and Proprietors of Chapels and Concert Rooms may be accommodated with au Organ of any Size and Price ; and, if not convenient to make immediate Purchase, may pay an annual Rent for the same; also, if required, an Organist will be appointed on such Terms.

MILITARY INSTRUMENTS.
Piano Fortes - Hautboys, Flutes, and Fifes - A large Assortment of second-hand Piano Fortes, of all Prices - Second­hand Finger and Barrel Organs - A large Assortment of Harpsichords by various Makers, from Eight to Thirty. - Piano Fortes in Commodes, Side Boards, and Drelling Tables, for Convenience of small Rooms
Guitars - Pedal Harps, of the nеw Improvement - Violins, Tenors, and Violoncellos - Balloons, Clarinets. [...]

To the Public. The Manufactories of Longman & Broderip are such an extensive Plan, that every Instrument, from the most trifling to the most superb and expensive, is finished under their immediate Inspection; and their large Stock of Timber and other Materials enables them to warrant theit Instruments thoroughly seasoned to stand in any Climate. Organs, Harpsichords, Piano Fortes, &c. lent out, conveyed, and tuned, in Town and Country, on the shortest Notice; and if purchased, and Payment made within Eight months, the Hire will be abated. Variety of second-hand Instruments and Music Books to be sold cheap. A liberal Price given for good old Instruments, or they will be taken in exchange. Old Instruments judiciously repaired. Music Masters of established Reputation recommended. Mahogany and every Kind of Wood bought and sold at their Timber-Yard and Manufactory in Tottenham-Court-Road." Longman and Broderip, manufacturers of musical instruments ..., 1788, p. 3

GRASSHOPPER

"GRASSHOPPER or HOPPER, in a square or upright pianoforte of ordinary London make, is that part of the action known technically as the escapement lever or jack, so constructed with base mortised into the key and backpiece, that it may be taken out or replaced with the key, without disturbing the rest of the mechanism. There is a regulating screw perforating the jack, tongue, or fly, as it is variously called, of the grasshopper, drilled into the backpiece and bearing a leather button, the position of which and the pressure of a spring determine the rake of the jack, and consequently the rise and rebound of the hammer; the rebound being further regulated by a contrivance attached to the jack, when not an independent member, and used for checking or arresting it after the blow. In grand pianofortes, and in upright ones with crank lever actions, the escapement apparatus is less easily detached from the action. It is not recorded by whom the Grasshopper was introduced, although the escapement part of it existed in Cristofori's 'linguetta mobile'; but the tradition which attributes it to Longman and Broderip, pianoforte makers in London, and predecessors of the firm of Clementi and Collard, may be relied upon. John Geib patented in London in 1786 a square action with the jack, and the setting off button acting upon the key, also, in another form, the screw holding the button perforating the jack—but with the button in front of it. The improved form with which we are acquainted, with the button behind the jack, was adopted by Messrs. Longman and Broderip, and soon became general. [A.J.H.]" A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1879, p. 619

CATALOGS

A Complete Register Of All The Musical Publications Imported From Different ..., 1786

Longman and Broderip, manufacturers of musical instruments and Music-sellers to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1788

 

20, Cheapside (P1782), 26, Cheapside (*1786)(**1786)(*1788)(*1793)(*1794), 13, Haymarket (*1788)(*1793)(*1794), Manufactory in Tottenham Court Road (*1788), London
LONGMAN John  

John LONGMAN & Co

Square pianoforte n° 301 ca. 1803, nameboard, The Monart Collection, Wexford, Ireland, U.K.
Square pianoforte ca. 1803, Plumley Collection, London, England, U.K.

 

 

'Musical Instrument Maker' ca. 1801-22

Son of James LONGMAN, here above.

LONGMAN & Co (*1803)

LONGMAN J. (*1814)

Succeeded by LONGMAN & HERON [HERRON](1815)(1817)(¹)(**1822), look above

 

131, Cheapside (1803-22)(*1803)(*1814), London
LONGMAN John 'Organ Builder' ca. 1803 9, Pentonville, Middlesex (***1803), London
LONGSON James Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Musiklehrer u. Pianohändler' (xx1890)

157, Coventry Road (xx1890), Birmingham
LONGTREE W. & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1900 London
LONSDALE F. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1921 141, Bradford Road (*1921), Keighley
LONSDALE H. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)

57, Colne Road (x1906), Burnley
LONSDALE R. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

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

7, Eden Street (xx1890), Bury
LONSDALE R. & Son  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1906 [since 1840 (xx1890)(x1906)]

LONSDALE & Sons (xx1890), 'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung'

LONSDALE R. & Son (x1906), 'Musikal.- u. Piano-Handlung'

 

42, Crown Street (xx1890)(x1906), Halifax
LONSDALE Richard Wine merchant and Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1824-29

'Piano forte warehouse' (*1824)

73, Bold Street (*1824)(**1828)(***1829), 1, Sater Street (House)(***1829), Liverpool
LORD Albert Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-Händler' (x1926)

Thornton Lodge, Thornton Road (x1926), Huddersfield
LORD Alfred  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1892 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

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

 

Eign Street (x1906)(x1912), King Street (x1926), Hereford
LORD C. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

New Whittington (x1926), near Chesterfield
LORD Charles Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'F.V.C.M.' - 'Piano-Handlung' (x1926)

10, Devonshire Road (x1926), New Whittington
LORD & CLAPHAM  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1906-26 [since 1891 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

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

 

Lees Road (x1906)(y1907)(x1912)(y1914), 48, Huddersfield Road (x1926), Oldham
LORD E. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

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

216, Yorkshire Street (x1912)(x1926), Rochdale
LORD James Edward Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912 [since 1906 (x1912)]

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

12, Market Place (x1912), Hyde
LORD S.  

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

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

 

63, Vicarage Street (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), Walsall
LORD & SUTCLIFFE Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

Pavement (x1906), Todmorden
LOUD Thomas
| LORD

 

Grand pianoforte of 1810, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.

Patent of 1802 : "Thomas Loud, of Hoxton, in the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex, musical instrument maker; for improvements in the action and construction of upright piano-fortes. Dated March 9, 1802." The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 44, 1803, p. 773 - or - "Upright pianos rendered portable by placing the strings in an oblique direction fixing the first bass strings from the left-hand upper corner to near the right-hand lower corner, and the rest of the strings in a parallel direction. By this means an instrument standing only five feet high and four feet wide in front will admit of the bass strings being their full length, which is five feet two inches." The History of the Pianoforte, Edgard Brinsmead, 1879, p. 199 (archive.org)

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1803-10

YANIEWIEZ, LOUD & Co (xx1809), see also YANIEWIEZ

1810 - Bankrupt 22 September 1810 : "The Commissioners in a Commission of Bankrupt, bearing Date the 17th Day of September 1810, awarded and ıssued forth against Thomas Loud, of Devonshire-Street, Queen-Square, in the County of Middlesex, Piano-Forte Maker, Dealer and Chapman, intend to meet on the 18th Day of May next, at Twelve at Noon, at Guildhall, London, in order to make a Dividend of the Estate and Effećts of the said Bankrupt; when and where the Creditors who have not already proved their Debts are to come prepared to prove the fame, or they will be excluded the Benefit of the faid Dividend. And all Claims not then proved will be difallowed." The London Gazette, 23/04/1811, p. 776 - and - The Literary Panorama, and National Register: A Review of Books ..., Volume 8, 1810, p. 808 or  "Lord [sic], T. Devonshire Street, piano-forte maker. Att. Collins and C0. Spital Square." The Literary Panorama, and National Register: A Review of Books ..., Volume 8, 1810, p. 703

"PIANO FORTES. - T. LOUD, — PIANO FORTE MAKER, (from London,) respectfully informs the public that he has replenished his stock, and has for sale a handsome assortment of very superior Piano Fortes of touch and tone, seldom to be equalled; one of which, just finished, with four pedals, is of unusual and unrivaled splendour, united with real excellence. Merchants visiting the city, would consult the interest of themselves and friends, (from whom they may have brought orders) by examining the above. Prices moderate, and all Pianos warranted. Pianos tuned and repaired, and old ones taken in exchange. No. 102 Canal-street, (between Broadway and Lafayette Circus.) April, 1826." The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation, 1826, p. 623 - and - The Merchant's and Shipmaster's Assistant: Containing Information Useful to ..., 1826, p. 23

 

Hoxton, in the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex (*1803), [22], Devonshire Street, Queen's Square, Middlesex (*1808)(xx1809)(*1810), London

102, Canal Street, between Broadway and Lafayette Circus (*1826), N. Y., U.S.

LOUFER M. H. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

12, Northwold Road, stoke Newington, N. (x1926), London
LOVE Arthur W.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926 [since 1907 (x1926)]

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

 

 

7, Bridge Street (x1926), Walton-on-Thames

 

LOVE C. E.  

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

'Lehrer und Piano-Händler' (x1906) ------- 'Lehrer, nebenbei Händler mit Möbeln, Pianos, Kinderinstr. u. Saiten' (x1912)

 

 

461, Dudley Road (x1906)(x1912), Wolverhampton

 

LOVE Charles William  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1890-1926

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)(x1912) ------- 'Piano-Fabrik - Piano-Manufacturer' (x1926)

LOVE Charles Ltd. (x1912)(y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919)(x1926)

 

 

327, Kentish Town, Road N.W. (xx1890)(**1891), 337, Kentish Town Road, N.W. (*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), 67, Lady Margaret Road, Kentish Town (x1912), 60, Ashbrook Road, Upper Holloway, N. (y1914)(*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919)(*1922)(x1926), London

 

LOVE & YOUNGS Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Handlung mit Musikal. u. Pianos' (x1912)

High Street (x1912), Walton-on-Thames
LOVEGROVE J. R.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1846 (xx1890)]

'Musikal.- u. Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

 

 

Haendel House (xx1890), Clevedone

 

LOVELL Robert  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1862-1906 [since 1841 (xx1890)(x1906)]

LOVELL [Robert] (*1862)(**1870)

'Straw hat maker [...] & pianoforte manufacturer' (*1862)

LOVELL & BUCKLER (**1882)(**1884)(1888)

LOVELL Robert (**1891)(*1893)(**1895)

LOVELL [Rob[ert]] & Co (xx1890)(x1906), 'Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)(x1906)

 

11, Holloway Terrace, Upper Holloway [Road], N. (*1862)(**1870), 438, Holloway Road, N. (**1882)(**1884)(xx1890)(**1891)(*1893)(**1895)(x1906), London
LOVETT H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1872 (xx1890)]

'Musikal.- u. Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

 

 

61-63, High Street (xx1890), Bognor

 

LOW Henry  

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1900

 

 London
LOWE & Co  

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

 

98, Friar Street (x1926), Reading
 

LOWE H. T. & Sons

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1926 [since 1839 (xx1890)]

LOWE H. T. & Sons (xx1890)(x1906)

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

LOWE H. T. & Son (x1912)

 

2-8, Bow Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), 68, Snighill (x1926), Sheffield
LOWE J. H. & Sons  

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

 

7, Queen Victoria Street (x1926), Reading
LOYNES William Henry Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

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

95, High Street (x1912), 126, High Street (x1926), Brierly-Hill
LUCAS B.  

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

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Piano-Händler u. -Stimmer' (x1906) ------- 'Händler mit Pianos, Saiten u. Zubehören' (x1912)(x1926)

 

South Street (xx1890)(x1906), 37, South Street (x1912)(x1926), Romford
LUCAS E. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890 [since 1850 (xx1890)]

'Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

74, Marland Place (xx1890), Southampton
LUCAS J.  

'Musical Instrument Maker' ca. 1823

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

 

Weymouth Terrace, Hackney Road (**1823), London
LUCAS J. N. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

North Street (x1912), Wareham
LUCAS & PYNE  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1890-1910 [since 1860 (xx1890)]

1890 - Owner : S. SEAGER (xx1890)

'Pianofabrik' (xx1890)

 

Monsell Road, [Blackstock Road], Finsbury Park (xx1890)(*1893)(*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), London
LUCK W. V. & Co  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1884

 

Apollo house, The Grove,  Stratford, E. (**1884), London
LUCKMAN & Co  

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

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

 

 

26-27, High Street (x1906)(x1912), 58-59, Hertford Street (x1926), Coventry

 

LUCRAFT Benjamin  

MANCHESTER  - "The sixth annual Furniture Trades Exhibition was held at the City Exhibition Hall, Manchester, from September 27th to October 7th, and afforded a degree of representation to the musical instrument trade and to the trade in musical instrument dealers' sundries. Three exhibits of pianofortes appeared. [...][...] Mr. B. Lucraft, of 33, Percy Street, Tottenham Court Road, London, exhibited a selection of the more recent models produced by Mr. R. Westphal of Berlin as specimens of this maker's higher grade instruments. The group comprised overstrungs with full iron frames and underdamper actions, which were shown as being of high class finish throughout. A selection of pianofortes by English makers, at moderate prices, were quite attractive by reason of their design and finish. Third exhibit of pianofortes by English and continental makers was furnished by Mr. Oscar Lobl of Aldersgate Street, London. These instruments were shown as possessing special delicacy of tone and touch and as being of exceptional value at the prices quoted." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, 11/09/1909, p. 142

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer  ca. 1906-15

'Piano-Handlung' (x1906)(x1912)

'Representative for Robert WESTPHAL, Berlin, Germany (x1912)

 

68, Queens Road, Finsbury Park, N. (x1906), 33, Percy Street, Tottenham Court Road, W. (yy1909)(x1912)(*1914)(y1914)(*1915), London
LÜDECKE E. & Son  

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

'Piano- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926) ------- 'Pianos, Harm., wood and brass insts.' (*1921)

LUDECKE E. (x1926)

 

41-43, Cowley Road (x1906)(x1912)(*1921)(x1926), Oxford
LUFF George

 

 

The improved Flageolet-Piano, The Harmonicon, 06/1832, p. 361

 


LONDON - "477 Luff, George, & Son, 103 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury - Manufacturers. Albert cottage piano, of a new construction. Harmonium, an instrument played like the pianoforte or organ, claiming powerfull tone and simplicity of construction. [The particuliar tone of the harmonium class of instruments is produced by metal springs set in motion by stream of air. - H. E. D.]" Official description and illustrated catalogue of the Great exhibition, 1851, p. 465

LONDON - "477 Luff, J. & Sohn, Fabr., 103 Great Russell Street, 7.– Ein Clavier und ein Harmonium." Amtlicher Catalog der Ausstellung der Industrie-Erzeugnisse aller Völker, 1851, p. 66

PARIS - "1992 Luff, G., et Fils, à Londres, A. — Piano.
1992 Luff, G., and Son, 103 Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. Pianofortes."
Paris universal exhibition, 1855, p. 70

LONDON - "3423 Luff, G. & Son, 103, Gt. Russell-st. Bloomsbury, W.C. — Model piccolo piano." International exhibition, 1862 : Official catalogue of the industrial department, 1862, p. 54

"THE IMPROVED FLAGEOLET-PIANO INVENTED BY G. LUFF. [see image on the left] - THIS Instrument can be attached to, and played with, the Piano-Forte, at the same time; thus enabling one Person to give the effect of Two Instruments at the same moment. It is tuned in a few minutes to any instrument by the player, and never varies in pitch. It is an excellent substitute for the Flute to accompany the Voice, Guitar, or in fact any Instrument, and is very portable. Dimensions 22 inches high, 18 wide, and 14 deep. Compass from Flute D to G, two octaves above, (see the keys). Weight 20 lbs.
Prices for Cash. £. e. d.
In Mahogany Case, plain -14 £. - 0 e. - 0 d.
Ditto, ornamented and French polished - 15 £. - 0 e. - 0 d.
Ditto, Rosewood, elegant - 16 £. - 0 e. - 0 d.
Case for ditto, if required - 0 £. - 8 e. - 0 d.

Manufactured and sold by the Inventor only, at his Music and Musical Instrument Warehouse, 92, GREAT RUSSELL-STREET, LONDON; Where may be had every description of Musical Instruments at the lowest wholesale prices. N.B. Orders from the Country will be immediately attended to without any extra charge for packing, and delivered within any part of London free of expense, by receiving payment at the time of delivery."
The Harmonicon, 06/1832, p. 361

IN AN AUCTION 1846

1846 - "351 A 6 octave cottage Pianoforte by LUFF and Son, mahogany case." Auction catalogues, 1846, p. 18

 

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1832-62

LUFF George & Co (**1839)(**1841)(x1842)(*1843)(*1847)

LUFF & Son's (**1847)

LUFF George & Son (**1852)(**1854)(*1855)(*1858)(*1862)(x1862)

'Pianoforte & Harmonium makers' (*1862)


(continuation)

"PIANOFORTES. — LUFF AND Co. solicit the attention of Purchasers to their new SEMI COTTAGE PIANOFORTES, combining power and sweetuess of tone, durability and cheapness. BOUDOIR, COTTAGE, AND SEMI GRAND PIANOFORTES.
L. and Co. from their increasing connection and extensive arrangements, can offer to the purchaser advantages superior to most Houses; also, having a large stock always on hire, can sell Pianofortes but little used at very low prices. Purchasers from the Country will find the arrangement of this House very desirable. LUFF and Co., 103, Great Russell Street Bloomsbury, London." The Musical World, 1839, p. 412

"[PIANO-FORTES. – LUFF & Co.'s BOUDOIR of PICCOLO PIANO-FORTE, 251.; Cottage, 27t., package included. For tone, touch, durability, and cheapness, these FianFortes are unequalled , warranted to keep well in tune, and prepared for extreme climates. L. & Co.'s Patent Piano-Fortes equally cheap. Piano-Fortes from hire and in exchange very cheap. – Luff & Co., 103, Great Russell-street. Bloomsbury." The Gardeners' Chronicle, 30/09/1843, p. 688

"[...] LUFF & SON'S - Elegant Assortment of PIANOFORTES, Made bv experienced workmen, and thoroughly seasoned wood, all of which is prepared on the premises. They are warranted to stand well in Tune, and a e prepared for extreme climate s: prices one-third less than usually charged. Instruments taken in exchange, and a liberal allowance to dealers. LUFF and SON, 103, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury." The Musical World, Volume 22, 1847, p. 260

"HARMONIUMS. — CAUTION.—GEO. LUFF & SON, Makers, to Her Majesty, of the only Real Harmonium, to prevent the sale of inferior imitations, have reduced their prices both for sale or hire. - PIANOFORTES, with increased and more equalized power of tone, superior touch, and great durability, in every variety and price, for Sale, Hire, Exchange, or Exportation. Geo. Luff and Son, 103, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury." The Musical Times, 01/06/1854, p. 88

Exhibitors list London, 1851 | Exhibitors list Paris, 1855 | Exhibitors list London, 1862

92, Great Russell Street (**1832), 105, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury (x1842), 103, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, W.C. (1838)(**1839)(**1841)(*1843)(*1847)(**1847)(**1851)(**1852)(**1854)(*1855)(*1858)(*1862)(x1862), 7, Caroline Mews, Bedford Square, W.C. (*1862), London
LUFF H. & F.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

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

 

High Street (x1926), Hornchurch
LUMLEY W. H.   Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890

'Lehrer u. Piano-Handlung' (xx1890)

47, Union Terrace (xx1890), York
LUMSDEN Ltd. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1915 Brunswick Yard, Princes Street, Hanover Square, W. (*1915), London
LUNN H.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

 

16, March Street, Rothwell (x1912), Leeds
LUND Robert 'Cabinet & Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1845 5, Prussia Street (*1845), Leeds
LUNDBY & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 18??

Succeeded by HANES & Co

London
LYDDON W.  

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

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

 

97, East Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), South Molton
LYMAN Charles L. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1868-74 boards Lewis J. Lyman's (**1868), h. Mt. Pleasant (*1874), Woburn
LYMAN Lewis J. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1868-74 House South, near Highland (**1868)(*1874), Woburn
LYNCH Fras. William  

'Pianoforte-Manufacturer' ca. 1867

1867 - "Deeds registered pursuant to Bankruptey Art, 1861. Friday, Feb. 1, 1867. [...][...] Lynch, Fras Wm, Stock Orchard-ter, Caledonian-rd, Pianoforte Manufacturer. Jan 11. Asst. Reg Jan 31." The Solicitors' Journal & Reporter, 09/02/1867, p. 344

 

Stock Orchard Terrace, Caledonian Road (y1867), London
LYNCH R.  

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

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

 

241, Dudley Road (x1906)(x1912), Birmingham
LYNCH Robert Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

97, Cape Hill (x1906), Smethwick
LYON Edwin Dunkin 'Pianoforte-manufacturer' ca. 1862-72 26, Castle Street, East, W. (*1862), London
LYON Frederick Galliard
| LION
 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1843-72

KELLY & LYON (*1851)(**1852), see also KELLY

 

22, Nassau Street, Middlesex Hospital (*1843)(*1847), High Street, Kensington (*1851), 26, Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital, W. (*1862), Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital, W. (xx1872), London
LYON & HALL  

1909 - "Death of Mr. Hall (Lyon & Hall). FULL of his seventy-six years, this well known Brighton music dealer passed away last month. The status that the deceased gentleman had long occupied in the commercial and professional life of Brighton and the important share that he had borne in furthering its prosperity alone entitled him to all the esteem that is rightly given to honoured citizens. To Mr. Hall had undoubtedly been given a real personality; and it is a saddening thought, especially to those who have for long years been frequenters of the Brighton concert, recital and lecture rooms, to feel that these haunts will see his familiar figure no more. A Brighton paper says that, in connection with the household expression «Lyon & Hall», one has from time to time heard the question asked, "Who is Lyon of «Lyon & Hall» ?" Curiously enough Mr. Hall (in conversation with the writer of this memoir) explained the origin of the little of the firm only some three weeks before his death. A native of Wye in Kent, Mr. Hal was studying for the musical profession under Mr. Lyon, a musical professor at Canterbury. Mr Lyon coceived a fancy for opening a music business and in this enterprise he was joined by Mr. Hall (then a young man twenty-six years of age). Accordingly a business was opened in 1859 at Warwick Mansions, East Street, Brighton, under title of Lyon & Hall. Mr. Lyon however was never more than a sleeping partner; and after the lapse of some years the business was made over to Mr. Hall, though it retained the original title of Lyon & Hall. In the hands of Mr. Hall, the business flourished exceedingly; for, apart from his devotion to its interests, the deceased gentleman was a man of excellent business judgment and was endowed with well directed initiative and enterprise. This was strikingly exemplified when, in 1868, Mr. Hall (at a fee of nearly seven hundred pounds) entered into
an arrangement with Charles Dickens to give a series of four farewell readings at the West Street Concert Hall. Happily, the enterprise turned out a complete success; and from this time onward the concert and entertainment agency developed into an important branch of the music business. Another stroke of Mr. Hall's enterprise brought the Rev. C. Bellew to Brighton to give some of his famous readings. And there also came to the seaside town in the early days (under the same auspices) Martin Tupper, personally to introduce his
«Proverbial Philosophy» to Brightonians; and also Mr. Arthur Sketchley to tell of the doings of his popular creation Mis. Brown." The funeral was largely attended, the Brighton citizens assembling to show their fellow townsman their respect. We understaod that the business will be carried on by the deceased gentleman's son, Mr. Arthur Hall, who was for many years associated with his father." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 33, 1909, p. 393

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1868-1926 [since 1859 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

Brighton

1906-26 - Owner : Edwin Penfol HALL (x1906)(x1926)

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

1909 - Death of Mr. Hall

1912 - Owner : Edwin Penfoll HALL (x1912)

Eastbourne

LYON & HALL Ltd. (x1926), 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

Hove

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

"Brighton concerts Agents, Pianoforte and Musicsellers, Lyon & Hall, Warwick Mansion." The Musical World, 1868, p. 500

PHOTO

The LYON & HALL Shop in Brighton
Interior of the shop
(mybrightonandhove.org.uk)

 

Grand Junction Parade (**1866), Warwick Mansion[s] (*1868), 5, Kings Road [Warwick Mansion] (*1893)(*1903)(*1906)(x1906)(*1909), [1], East Street [Warwick Mansion] (*1910)(x1912)(x1926), 22, Church Road (x1912)(x1926), Brighton

BRANCH : 59, Grove Road (x1926), Eastbourne

BRANCH : 22, Church Road (x1926), Hove

LYON John D.
| LION
'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1842 22, Nassau Street Middlesex Hospital (x1842), London
LYON Lewis George
| Louis
'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1891-1921 [since 1875]  

109, Camberwell Road, S.E. (**1891), 122, Camberwell Road, S.E. (**1895), 116, Camberwell Road, S.E. (y1907)(*1914)(*1915)(*1921), Factory : Notley Street, Camberwell, S.E. (*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919)(*1921), London

 

LYON Louis George
| Lewis
 

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

 
Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1914 [since 1875 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

109, Camberwell Road, S.E. (xx1890), 122, Camberwell Road, S.E. (x1906), Office : 116, Camberwell Road, S. E. (y1911)(x1912)(y1914), 1, King Edward VII Parade, Norbury, S.W. (x1912), Factory : Notley Street, Camberwell (y1911)(x1912)(y1914), Factory : Dalwood Street, Camberwell (y1911), London
 

LYON Samuel Thomas
| LION

 

 

'Circular & Square Piano Forte Maker' and Music publisher ca. 1805-41

LYON (z1805)

"Printed & Sold by Lyon, Circular & Square Piano Forte Maker, 82 , Wells Str.t Oxford Street." A Favorite Sonata for the Piano Forte Composed by Pleyel, Op. 93, 1805, p. 1

LYON & DUNCAN (z1810)(*1812)(*1814)(*1816), see also DUNCAN

"Printed & Sold by Lyon & Duncan from Broadwoods, Piano Forte Manufacturers, 82,Wells Street, Oxford Street." An Overture, for the Piano Forte, in which is introduced the favorite Air of ..., 1810, p. 1

LYON S. T. (*1817)(*1818)(*1820)(x1825)(**1841)

 

82, Well Street, Oxford Street (z1805)(z1810)(*1812), 22, Suffolk Middlesex Hospital (*1814), 22, Nassau Street, Middlesex Hospital (*1816)(*1817)(*1818)(*1820)(x1825)(**1841), London
LYONS William  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906-26 [since 1896 (x1912)]

'Piano- u. Saiten-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Saiten-Handlung' (x1912) ------- 'Piano-, Orgel- u. Saiten-Handlung u. Sprechm.-Fabrik, Marke «Concertone»'(x1926)

 

158, West Street (x1906), 20, West Street (x1912), 8, Bank Hey Street (x1926), Blackpool
LYSTER Rd. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1825 8, Porter Street, Soho (x1825), London
LYTTELTON 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1900 London
 

 

(*1786): 'The London directory', 1786, p. 125+118 (babel.hathitrust.org)

(**1786): 'A Complete Register Of All The Musical Publications Imported From Different ...', 1786

(*1788): 'Longman and Broderip, manufacturers of musical instruments ...', 1788, p. 3

(*1793): 'Wakefield's Merchant and Tradesman's General Directory for London', 1793, p. 195

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

(*1796): 'The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure', 1796, p. 382

(*1801): 'The Monthly Magazine', Volume 11, 1801, p. 449

(*1803): 'Kent's Directory for 1803 : Containing an Alphabetical List of the Names and ...', 1803, Lawson p. 121, Longman p. 127

(**1803): 'The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year 1802', Volume 44, 1803, p. 773

(***1803): 'An Essay on the Law of Patents for New Inventions, to which are Prefixed Two ...', 1803, p. 95

(z1805): 'A Favorite Sonata for the Piano Forte Composed by Pleyel, Op. 93', 1805, p. 1

(*1807): 'The Post office London directory', 1807, p. 169 (babel.hathitrust.org)

(*1808): 'Post Office Annual Directory', 1808, p. 179+184 (SpecialCollections.le.ac.uk)

(xx1809): 'The London Gazette', 14/03/1809, p. 350 (TheGazette.co.uk)

(*1810): 'The Gentleman's Magazine' (London, England), Volume 108, 1810, p. 662

(**1810): 'The Literary Panorama, and National Register: A Review of Books ...', Volume 8, 1810, p. 703

(z1810): 'An Overture, for the Piano Forte, in which is introduced the favorite Air of ...', 1810, p. 1

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

(**1812): 'The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year 1811', Volume 53, Edmund Burke, 1812, p. 267

(*1814): 'The Post-Office Annual Directory for 1814'

(*1816): 'The Post-Office London directory', 1816, Loeschman p. 209Lyon p. 21

(*1817): 'The Post-Office London directory', 1817, p. (Lyon) 211 (babel.hathitrust.org)

(*1818): 'Johnstone's London Commercial Guide, and Street Directory; on a New and More ...', 1818, p. 118+140

(**1818): 'The Poll Book, for Electing Two Representatives in Parliament for the City and Liberty of Westminster', 1818

(*1820): 'The Post Office London directory', 1820, p. (Loeschman) 220 + (Lyon) 225 (babel.hathitrust.org)

(**1820): 'John Bull', 1820, p. 371

(*1822): 'The London Gazette', 09/02/1822, p. 245

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

(*1823): 'Kent's Original London Directory', 1823

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

(*1824): 'History, directory and gazetteer of the county palatine of ...', 1824, p. 397

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

(*1826): 'The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation', 1826, p. 623

(**1826): 'The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review', 1826, p. 241

(*1827): 'The Harmonicon', Volumes 4-10, 01/1827, p. 85

(**1827): 'The London Gazette', 30/11/1827, p. 2480

(y1827): 'The London Gazette', 08/06/1827, p. 1266

(*1828): 'The Harmonicon', Volumes 4-10, 03/1828, p. 150

(**1828): 'Pigot and co.'s national commercial directory for 1828-9', p. 320

(*1829): 'The Harmonicon', Volumes 4-10, 01/1829, p. 201

(**1829): 'Gores' Directory of Liverpool', 1829, p. 178 (Specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(***1829): 'History, Directory, and Gazetteer, of the County Palatine of Lancaster, 1829', p. 286

(**1832): 'The Harmonicon', 06/1832, p. 361

(z1834): 'Gore's Directory of Liverpool and Its Environs for the Year 1834', p. 221

(*1836): 'London journal of arts and sciences and repertory of patent inventions ...', 1836, p. 70

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

(**1839): 'The Musical World', 1839, p. 412

(xx1840): 'The London Gazette', 15/05/1840, p. 1220

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

(**1842): 'Repertory of patent inventions and other discoveries and ...', Volume 17, 1842, p. 127

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

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

(**1843): 'The London Journal of Arts and Sciences, and Repertory of Patent Inventions', 1843, p. 412

(***1843): 'The Bankrupt Directory: Being a Complete Register of All the Bankrupts, with ...', 1843, p. 256

(*1845): 'Williams's Directory of the Borough of Leeds: Giving an Entirely New ...', 1845, p. 307+146

(*1846): 'Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland', 1846, Leeds p. 75

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

(**1847): 'The Musical World', Volume 22, 1847, p. 260

(**1848): 'Hunt & Co.'s directory & topography for the cities of Exeter and Bristol, etc', 1848, p. 68+91

(x1848): 'The Musical Times', 01/11/1848, p. 65

(*1849): 'The London Gazette', 1849, p. 3297

(y1849): 'The Economist: Weekly Commercial Times, Banker's Gazette and ...', 07/07/1849, p. 757

(*1850): 'The British Colonies: Their History, Extent, Condition and ...', Volume 4, 1850, p. 6

(*1851): 'The London Gazette', 06/05/1851, p. 1204

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

(x1851): 'Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences', 1851, p. 35

(y1851): 'The British Colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources', 1851, p. 8 (archive.org)

(*1852): 'Mechanics' Magazine and Journal of Science, Arts, and Manufactures', Volume 57, 1852, p. 118

(*1852): 'Publishers' circular and booksellers' record', 15/10/1852, p.364

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

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

(y1854): 'The British colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources', 1854, p. 11 (archive.org)

(*1855): 'Paris universal exhibition', 1855, p. 70

(**1855): 'Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences', 1855, p. 50

(*1856): 'Lunds' Bradford Directory; comprising the names, occupation, places of ...', 1856, p. 45

(***1856): 'The London journal of arts and sciences (and repertory of patent inventions', 1856, p. 381

(1857): 'The City of Lincoln Directory', 1857, p. 20 (Specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

(y1857): 'The British colonies : their history, extent, condition and resources', 1857, p. 8 (archive.org)

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

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

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

(**1863): 'Chronological and Descriptive Index of Patents Applied for and Patents', 1863, p. 206

(y1864): 'Cassell's Illustrated Shakespeare. The Plays of Shakespeare. Edited and ...', 1864, p. 144

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

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

(y1867): 'The Solicitors' Journal & Reporter', 09/02/1867, p. 344

(*1868): 'The Musical World', 1868, p. 500

(**1868): 'The Woburn Directory', 1868

(y1869): 'The Musical Standard', 11/1869, p. 228

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

(y1870): 'A. Green & Co.'s Directory for Liverpool and Birkenhead', 1870

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

(xx1872): 'The international guide to British and foreign merchants and manufacturers ...', 1872, London p. 382-384, Manchester p. 621

(*1874): 'The Woburn Directory', 1874

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

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

(z1879): 'Spiritual notes', 05/1879, p. 152

(**1880): 'The Commercial directory of Liverpool, and shipping guide', 1880, Aberdeen p. 808, Armagh p. 844, Belfast p. 837, Halifax p. 975, Huddersfield p. 982, Liverpool p. 333-334, London p. 473, Manchester p. 436

(z1880): 'Iapsop, spiritual Notes', 27/09/1880, p. 15 (archive.org)

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

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

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

(xx1885): 'Official Guide to the International Inventions Exhibition, London', 1885, p. 103 (archive.org)

(*1888): 'Adressbuch aller Länder der Erde der Kaufleute, Fabrikanten ...', 1888, Hastings p. 1789

(xx1890): 'Weltadressbuch der gesammten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1890, Birmingham p. 154-155, Birstal p. 155, Bognor p. 155, Bury p. 159, Chesterfield p. 161, Chorley p. 161, Clevedon p. 161, Croydon p. 162, Exeter p. 166, Grantham p. 168, Halifax p. 169, Hastings p. 170, Jersey p. 172, Leeds p. 173-174, Leicester p. 174, Liverpool p. 175, London PF p. 176-177 & London PD p. 178-182, Manchester p. 191-192, Mansfield p. 192, North-Shields p. 195, Nottingham p. 195, Oldham p. 195, Romford p. 199, Sale p. 199, Selkirk p. 200, Sheffield p. 200-201, Sleaford p. 201, Southampton p. 201, St. Helier p. 203, Weston-super-Mare p. 207, York p. 209 (digital.slub-dresden.de)

(y1890): 'Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review', 01/09/1890, p. 9

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

(y1891): 'Kelly's Post Office London Directory', 1891

(yy1891): 'Berliner Adreßbuch', 1891, p. 50 (digital.zlb.de)

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

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

(yy1894): 'Music Trades Review', 15/04/1894, p. 33

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

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

(**1896): 'Kelly's London Suburban Directory', 1896, p. 954-955 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

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

(z1897): 'Musical Times and Singing Class Circular', 01/09/1897, p. 583

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

 

(xx1900): 'Gore's Directory of Liverpool & Birkenhead', 1900, p. 443+484 (specialcollections.le.ac.uk)

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

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

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

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

(x1906): 'Weltadressbuch der gesammten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1906, Accrington p. 373, Aschton p. 374, Atherstone p. 375, Bicester p. 378 Birmingham p. 379-380, Bishop-Auckland p. 381, Blackpool p. 381, Brighton p. 385, Burnley p. 386-387, Bury p. 387, Cambridge p. 387-388, Chorley p. 390, Codnor p. 391, Coventry p. 392, Croydon p. 393, Didsbury p. 395, Doncaster p. 395, Eastwood p. 398, Exeter p. 400, Felixtowe p. 400, Grantham p. 403, Guildford p. 404, Halifax p. 404-405, Hastings p. 406, Hereford p. 406-407, Hounslow p. 408, Hull p. 409, Jersey p. 411, Leicester p. 414, Liverpool p. 415-416, London PF p. 417-420 & London PD p. 423-434, Lowestoft p. 462, Manchester p. 464-466, Mansfield p. 466, Oldham p. 472, Oxford p. 473, Romford p. 478, St. Helens p. 480, Sale p. 480, Sheffield p. 482-483, Sleaford p. 484, Smethwick p. 484, South Molton p. 485, Stockton p. 487, Stoke-on-Trent p. 487, Sunderland p. 488, Tewkesbury p. 489, Sudbury p. 488, Swindon p. 488, Todmorden p. 490, Walsall p. 492, Wolverhampton p. 496 (digital.sim.spk-berlin.de)

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

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

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

(y1909): 'Musical Opinion and Music Trade', 01-09/10/1909, p. 870-889

(yy1909): 'Musical Opinion and Music Trade, 11/09/1909, p. 142

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

(y1910): 'Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 33, 1910, LITTLE p. 232

(y1911): 'Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review', 1911, LYON p. 135, LONDON PIANO Co p. 149, LITTLE p. 148

(x1912): 'Welt-Adressbuch der gesamten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1912, Accrington p. 500, Ashton p. 501-502, Atherstone p. 502, Bicester p. 505, Birmingham p. 506-508, Bishop-Auckland p. 508, Blackpool p. 508-509, Bradford p. 510-511, Brierly-Hill p. 512, Brighton p. 512-513, Bristol p. 513-514, Broadstairs p. 514, Cambridge p. 515-516, Chorley p. 518, Codnor p. 519, Coventry p. 520, Didsbury p. 523, Doncaster p. 523-524, Dover p. 524, Eastwood p. 526, Exeter p. 528, Felixstowe p. 529, Grantham p. 533, Guilford p. 534, Hastings p. 536, Hereford p. 537, Horsham p. 538, Hounslow p. 538, Hull p. 539, Hyde p. 540, Ipswick p. 540-541, Jersey p. 541, Leeds p. 543-545, Leicester p. 545, Liverpool p. 546-457, Lowestoft p. 602, Lymington p. 602, Manchester p. 603-605, Mansfield p. 605, Nottingham p. 610-611 Oldham p. 611-612, Oxford p. 612-613, Portsmouth p. 615, Rochdale p. 617-618, Romford p. 618, Sale p. 620, Sheffield p. 621-622, Sleaford p. 623, South Molton p. 624, Stockton-on-Tees p. 626, Stoke-on-Trent p. 626, Tewkesbury p. 629, Wallsall p. 631-632, Walton-on-Thames p. 632, Wareham p. 632, Watford p. 632, Wolverhampton p. 636 (digital.sim.spk-berlin.de)

(y1913): 'Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review', 05/1913, p. 428

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(x1921): 'Kelly's Directory of Stationers, Printers, Booksellers, Publishers and ...', 1921, Liverpool p. 954-966, Lindridge p. 960

(x1926): 'Weltadressbuch der gesammten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1926, Accrington p. 186-187, Bexhill p. 193, Bicester p. 193, Birmingham p. 194-196, Bischop-Auckland p. 196, Blackpool p. 197, Bracknell p. 199, Bradford p. 199, Brierly-Hill p. 200, Cambridge p. 204, Chatham p. 206, Chesterfield p. 207, Codnor p. 209, Coventry p. 210, Crewe p. 211, Cudworth p. 211, Doncaster p. 215, Dover p. 215, Eastbourne p. 218, Eastwood p. 219, Felixstowe p. 222, Grantham p. 228, Guilford p. 229, Guiseley p. 229, Haslingden p. 230, Hastings p. 230, Hereford p. 231, Holbeach p. 233, Hornchurch p. 233, Horsham p. 233, Hounslow p. 233, Hove p. 233, Huddersfield p. 234, Hull p. 234-235, Ipswich p. 236, Jersey p. 236-237, Kings-Lynn p. 238, Leicester p. 240-241, Liverpool p. 243-245, Manchester p. 296-300, Mirfield p. 302, New Whittington p. 305, Norwich p. 306-307, Nottingham p. 307, Oldham p. 309, Oxford p. 310, Reading p. 315-317, Rochdale p. 318, Romford p. 318, Sheffield p. 322-323, South Emsall p. 325, Stalham p. 328, Stoke-on-Trent p. 329, Walsall p. 335, Walton-on-Thames p. 335, Watford p. 326, Wigan p. 340, Willenhall p. 340 (digital.sim.spk-berlin.de)

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

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

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

(⁵): 'Piano An Encyclopedia', Second Edition, Robert Palmierei, 2005, p. 149

(⁶): 'Pianohistory', Bill Kibby

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