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FERGUSON William 'Musical Instrument Maker' ca. 1809-15 [45], St. Mary Wynd (*1809)(*1810)(*1811)(*1812)(*1813)(*1814)(*1815), Edinburgh
FERRIER James Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1912

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

52, High Street (x1912), Dunfermline
FINDLAY Alexander  

'Musical Instrument Maker' ca. 1854-55 and pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1864-1936

FINDLAY Alexander (**1854)(*1857)(*1864)(***1879)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910)

'Pianoforte seller, tuner and harmonium maker' (y1870)

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

FINDLAY A. & R. (x1912)(*1923)(*1927)(*1929)(*1933)(*1936)(*1937)

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

116, West Nile Street (**1854), House : 14, Renfrew Street (*1857), 110, West Nile Street (*1857)(*1864)(y1870)(***1879)(*1903)(*1906)(x1906)(*1909)(*1910)(x1912)(*1923), Workshop : 8, Cambridge Street (y1870), House : 17, Buccleuch Street (y1870), 112, West Nile Street (*1927)(*1929), 99, West Nile Street (*1933)(*1936)(*1937), Glasgow
FINLAYSON Brothers  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1864-90 [since 1856 (xx1890)]

'Pianoforte and music sellers' (y1870)

'Musikal.- u. Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

 

218-220, Sauchiehall Street (*1864)(y1870), House : 34, Hill Street, Garnetthill (y1870), 417, Sauchiehall Street (***1879), 482, Sauchiehall Street (xx1890), Glasgow
FLENING & BLUME Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1906

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

35, Pitt Street (x1906), Glasgow
FLETCHER John 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1923-29 618, Eglinton Street (*1923), 618-620, Eglinton Street (*1927)(*1929), Glasgow
FLETCHER M. & Son  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1906-12 [since 1820 (x1906)(x1912)]

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

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

 

119-121, South Street (x1906)(x1912), St. Andrews
FORBES Gordon B. Ltd.  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1923-36

FORBES G. B. (*1923)

FORBES G. B. Ltd. (*1927)(*1929)(*1936)

 

94, Maryhill Road, N.W. (*1923)(*1927)(*1929)(*1936)(*1937), Glasgow
FORBES John  

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

FORBES John (xx1890)(x1906)

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

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

FORBES, DICKIE & LEE (x1912), 'Musikal.-, Piano- Orgel- u. Musikinstr.--Handlung'

 

15, West Blackhall Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Greenock
FORBES J. T. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

44, Kings Road, Victoria Road (x1912), Dundee
FORRESTER Alexander B.  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1923-29

BRAND

FRAME FLINT PIANOS (*1923)(*1927)

168, Bath Street (*1923)(*1927), 53, Albert Road (*1929), Glasgow
FRASER James & Son  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers, and organ builder ca. 1862-78

FRASER James & Son (*1862)

FRASER J. & G.H. (x1878)

 

14, Summer Street (*1862), 11, Princes Street (x1878), Aberdeen
FREER Thomas Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-29 [since 1904 (x1912)]

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

187, Chatedral Street (x1912), 101, Dunders Street (x1912), 71, Dundas Street (*1923)(*1927), 22, Dundas Place (*1929), Glasgow
FRYER & THOMSON Pianoforte-makers and/or piano dealers ca. 1852 12, South St. David Street (*1852), Edinburgh
 

 

(*1809): 'Post Office annual Directory', 1809, p. 82 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1810): 'Post Office annual Directory', 1810, p. 82 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1811): 'Post Office annual Directory', 1811, p. 82 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1812): 'Post Office annual Directory', 1812, p. 83 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1813): 'Post Office annual Directory', 1813, p. 85 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1814): 'Post Office annual Directory', 1814, p. 86 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1815): 'Post Office annual Directory', 1815, p. 87 (digital.nls.uk)

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

(*1852): 'The Post-Office Edinburgh and Leith Directory', 1852, p. 88 (archive.org)

(**1854): 'Post-Office annual Glasgow directory', 1854-55, p. 126 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1857): 'The Post-Office annual Glasgow directory for 1857', p. 118 (archive.org)

(*1862): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1862, p. 254 (digital.nls.uk)

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

(y1870): 'The Post Office Glasgow Directory of 1870-71', p. 169-171, Pianoforte Makers and Sellers p. 650 (archive.org)

(x1878): 'Royal national commercial directory and topography of Scotland', 1878, p. 334 (digital.nls.uk)

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

(xx1890): 'Weltadressbuch der gesammten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1890, Glasgow p. 167-168, Greenock p. 169 (digital.slub-dresden.de)

 

 

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

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

(x1906): 'Weltadressbuch der gesammten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1906, Aberdeen p. 372, Glasgow p. 401-403, Greenock p. 404, St. Andrews p. 480 (digital.sim.spk-berlin.de)

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

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

(x1912): 'Welt-Adressbuch der gesamten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1912, Dundee p. 525, Dunfermline p. 525, Glasgow p. 530-532, Greenock p. 534, St. Andrews p. 619 (digital.sim.spk-berlin.de)

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

(*1927): 'Post Office Glasgow Directory for 1927', p. 1482 (freepages.genealogy)

(*1929): 'Post Office Glasgow Directory', 1929, p. 1576 (archive.org)

(*1933): 'The Post-Office annual Glasgow directory for 1933, p. 1580 (archive.org)

(*1936): 'Post Office Glasgow Directory for 1936', p. 1611 (archive.org)

(*1937): 'The Post-Office annual Glasgow directory', 1937, p. 1647-1648 (archive.org)

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

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

 


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