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GAIRNS John 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1884-90 10, Dean Terrace (**1884)(**1885)(**1886), 14, Arthur Street (**1887)(**1888)(**1889)(**1890), Edinburgh
GALBRAITH James  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1863

GALBRAITH & HENDERSON (**1863), see HENDERSON

 

 

31, Renfield Street (**1863), 52, Cambridge Street (**1863), House : 8, Sandyford Place (**1863), Glasgow

 

GALBRAITH John B.  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1864-1912 [since 1863 (x1906)(x1912)]

'Musik-, Piano- und Harmoniumhandlung' (xx1890)

GALBRAITH J. B. & Son (x1906)(x1912)

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

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

 

 

3, Renfield Street (*1864), 1, Renfield Street (***1879), 56, Gordon Street (xx1890), 16, Gordon Street (*1893), Renfield Street (*1895)(*1897)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), 10, Renfield Street (x1906)(x1912), Glasgow

 

GALLOWAY William Charles  

Patent of 1862 : ""GALLOWAY. 24th December 1862. 3437. WILLIAM CHARLES GALLOWAY, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, Pianoforte Teacher, for an invention for Improvements in pianofortes. Provisional protection only." Chronological and Descriptive Index of Patents Applied for and Patents, 1863, p. 234

 
 

'Pianoforte-teacher' ca. 1862

 

Glasgow, Lanark, North Britain
GARDINER Thomas W.
| GARDNER T. W. | GAIRDNER
 

Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1846, p. 29

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1840-63, 'Organ builder and Pianoforte-maker' and tuner (**1844)(**1854)(**1855)(**1856)(*1861)(**1863)

GARDNER & Co (**1840)

 

175, George Street (**1840), 95, Mitchell Street (**1842), 280, George Street (**1844)(y1846)(**1848)(**1854)(**1855)(**1856), Works : [54], North Frederick Street, house Hill Place (**1844)(**1846)(**1848)(**1854), 178, East George Street (*1861), 232, George Street, House Gardiner's Cottage, William Street, Helensburgh (**1863), Glasgow

 

GARTH Benjamin, HANDEL & Co  

ADVERT

Advert for the Music Saloons of Handel, Garth & Co (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk) 

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1899-1912

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

Representative for FARRAND Organ Co, Detroit (x1906)

'The London Louvre' in London (**1912)

 

19a, George Street (***1899)(***1900)(***1901)(***1902)(x1906), 114-114a, George Street (**1905), 5, Handwick Place (*1910), 25, Shandwick Place (**1912), Edinburgh

Oxford Street W. (**1912), London

 

GEDDES James 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1857-79; 'Pianoforte and harmonium maker' ca. 1854-79  

20, Little Hamilton Street (**1854)(**1855)(**1856)(*1857)(*1861)(**1863)(*1864), 18, N. Portland Street (y1870), 140, West Nile Street (***1879), 1, Leadbetter Street (*1866), Glasgow

 

GEMMELL William Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1892-93 12, Elm Row (***1892)(***1893), Edinburgh
GIBB John G.  

  Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1936 [since 1870 (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912)]

GIBB J. G. (xx1890), 'Pianohandlung'

GIBB J. H. (*1903)

GIBB John G. (***1903)(*1906), Pianoforte dealer

GIBB's Piano- & Violin Warehouse (x1906)

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

1906-12 - Owner : J. G. GIBB (x1906)(x1912)

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

GIBB J. G. & Sons Ltd. (*1923)(*1927)(*1929)(*1933)(*1936)(*1937)

 

 

19-23, Cambridge Street (xx1890)(*1893)(*1895)(*1897)(*1903)(*1909)(*1910), 19 & 112, Cambridge Street (***1903), House : 112, Cambridge Street, Garnethill (***1903)(x1912), 19-23, Cambridge Street (*1906), Cambridge Street (x1906), 112-114, Cambridge Street (*1923)(*1927)(*1929)(*1933)(*1936)(*1937), Glasgow

 

GIBSON J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

Exchange Parade (x1912), Hawick
GILCHRIST James Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1907 59, South Clerk Street (y1907), Edinburgh
GILMORE James  

Patent of 1867 : "GILMOUR. 1st November 1867. - 3079. JAMES GILMOUR, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, for an invention for improvements in the construction of pianofortes. Letters Patent sealed." Chronological index of patents applied for and patents granted ..., 1868, p. 210

 

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1867 Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain
GLASGOW & WEST OF SCOTLAND PIANO & ORGAN DEALERS ASSOCIATION  

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

Secretary : Henry D. ANDERSON (x1912)

 

331, Sauchiehall Street (x1912), Glasgow
GLASS & THOMPSON Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1864-65 98b, Nethergate (x1864), Dundee
GLEDHILL W. B. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1899-1906

'Orgelbauer und -Stimmer' (x1906)

14, Sunbury Place (***1899)(***1900)(***1901)(***1902), 194, Darly Road (x1906), Edinburgh

GLENN David Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer and music publisher ca. 1878-1906 [since 1826 (xx1890)(x1906)]

'Dudelsack-Macher' (x1906)

 

8, Greenside Place (x1878)(**1884)(**1885)(**1886)(**1887)(**1888)(**1889)(**1890)(***1892)(***1893)(***1894)(***1895)(***1896)(***1897)(***1898)(***1899)(***1900)(***1901)(***1902)(x1906), Edinburgh

GLENN J. & R 'Highland Bagpipe makers' ca. 1878-1906 [since 1829 (x1906)]

'Successors to Thomas GLEN' (***1894)

'Dudelsack-Macher' (xx1890)(x1906)

 

2-3, North Bank Street (x1878)(**1884)(**1885)(**1886)(**1887)(**1888)(**1889)(**1890)(xx1890)(***1892)(***1893)(***1894)(***1895)(***1896)(***1897)(***1898)(***1899)(***1900)(***1901)(***1902)(x1906), Edinburgh

GLENN John & Co
| GLEN
Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-29

GLEN John (x1912), Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung'

GLEN John & Co Ltd. (*1923)(*1927)(*1929)

 

Aberdeen

159-161, Ingram Street (x1912), 159-167, Ingram Street (*1923)(*1927)(*1929), Glasgow

 

GLOBE SONG PUB Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

76, Howard Street (x1912), Glasgow
GORDON E. O. & Co Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1878-1901

GORDON & Co (xx1890), 'Musikal.- und Pianohandlung'

 

21, Frederick Street (x1878)(**1884)(**1885), 29, St. Patrick Square (**1886)(**1887)(**1888)(**1890)(xx1890)(**1891)(***1892)(***1893)(***1894)(***1895), 23, St. James Square (**1891)(***1892)(***1893)(***1894)(***1895)(***1896)(***1897)(***1898)(***1899)(***1900), 26, St. James Square (***1901)(***1902), Edinburgh

 

GOSKIRK J. G. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

'Piano-Händler' (x1912)

142, Holland Street (x1912), Glasgow
GOUGH John & Co

SEE ALSO ...

GOUGH in Manchester, England, U.K.

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

Owner : Thomas NOLAN (x1906)

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

 

 

MAIN FIRM : Manchester, England, U.K.

BRANCH : 57, Hope Street (x1906), Glasgow

GOURLAY William D. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1879 275, Paisley Road (***1879), Glasgow
GOW J. & Sons Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912

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

175, Trongate (x1912), Glasgow
GRAHAM James   Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1868-1910 [since 1855 (xx1890)(x1906)]

GRAHAM J[ames] & Co (***1896)(***1897)(***1898)(***1900)(***1901)(***1902)(x1906)

'Musikal.- u. Pianohandlung' (xx1890)

'Musikal.-, Orgel-, Piano-Handlung' (x1906) in Edinburgh

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

 

3, Murray Place (x1868), Bridge of Allan (x1868), Stirling

6, Shandwick Place (**1884)(**1885)(**1886)(**1887)(**1888)(**1889)(**1890)(xx1890)(**1891)(***1892)(*1893)(***1893)(***1894)(***1895)(***1896)(*1897)(***1897)(***1898)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), House : 11, Greenbank Terrace (**1891), 58, Newington Road (***1898)(***1899)(***1900)(***1901)(***1902), 22, Sandwick Place (***1899)(***1900)(***1901)(***1902)(x1906), Edinburgh

BRANCH : 20, Newmarket Street (x1906), Falkirk

 

GRAHAM John Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1887-88 14-15, Greenside Place (**1887)(**1888), Edinburgh
GRANT Adam  

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

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

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

 

10, Bridge Street (x1906)(x1912), Hawick
GRANT A. & C. & Co Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1909-12

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

97-99, George Street (**1909)(**1910), 142, George Street (**1911), 99, Georg Street (x1912), Aberdeen
GRANT John 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1839 16, Hart Street (**1839), Edinburgh
GRANT Peter C. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1888-96 53, George Street (**1888)(**1889)(**1890)(**1891)(***1892)(***1893)(***1894)(***1895)(***1896)(***1897)House : 12, Howe Street (**1891), Edinburgh
GRANT William 'Musical Instrument Maker' ca. 1818-23 51, Stockwell Street (*1818), 52, Stockwell Street (*1820)(***1823), Glasgow
GRAY & GOSKIRK  

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

Glasgow

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

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

Dumbarton

'Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1906) in Dumbarton

 

482, Sauchiehall Street (x1906)(y1907)(x1912), Glasgow

21, Church Street (x1906), Dumbarton

GRAY Henry Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1895-1902 7, Montague Street (***1895)(***1896)(***1897)(***1898)(***1899)(***1900)(***1901)(***1902), Edinburgh
GRAY John Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1903-04 46, Forest Avenue (**1903)(**1904), Aberdeen
GREEN E. & Sons 'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1929-37 25, Robertson Street (*1929), 46-48, St. Andrew Square (*1933)(*1936)(*1937), Glasgow
GREEN James H. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1929-37 237, Buchanan Street (*1929), 6, Canning Place (*1933°(*1936)(*1937), Glasgow
GREENSHIELDS  

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1846-61

GREENSHIELDS Brothers (**1846)(**1848)

GREENSHIELDS D. & Co (**1856)(*1857)

GREENSHIELDS David (*1861)

 

114, West Nile Street (**1846), 19, Argyll Arcade (**1848), 56, Argyle Arcade **1856), 43, Argyle Arcade (*1857), House : 31, Norfolk Street (*1857), 83, St.Georges Place (*1861), Glasgow
GREIG, DAVID C. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1909 54, Mid Stocket Road (**1909), Aberdeen
GREIG John B. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1921 [since 1865 (x1906)]

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

202, High Street (x1906), 81, High Street (x1912), 289, High Street (x1921), Kirkcaldy
GUTHRIE James C. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer and Pianoforte-tuner ca. 1871-72 King Street (x1871), Dundee
 

 

(*1818): 'The Glasgow Directory for 1818', p. 81 (archive.org)

(*1820): 'The Glasgow Directory for 1820', p. 100 (archive.org)

(***1823): 'The Glasgow Directory for 1823', p. 108 (archive.org)

(**1839): 'Post-Office annual directory and calendar' 1839, p. 47 (digital.nls.uk)

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

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

(**1844): 'The Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory for 1844', p. 107 + 368 (archive.org)

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

(y1846): 'Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland; Including in Addition to ...', 1846, Glasgow p. 29+31

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

(**1854): 'Post-Office annual Glasgow directory', 1854-55, p. 137 and 'Post-Office annual Glasgow directory', 1854-55, p. 136 (digital.nls.uk)

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

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

(*1857): 'The Post-Office annual Glasgow directory for 1857', p. 112 + 122 (archive.org)

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

(**1863): 'POST OFFICE GLASCOW DIRECTORY FOR 1863, 1864, ARRANGED IN THREE DIVISIONS', 1863, p. 528+535

(x1864): 'Post Office Dundee Directory, including Lochee and Broughty Ferry, for 1864-65', p. 339 (digital.nls.uk)

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

(x1868): 'Duncan & Jamieson's directory for Stirling, St. Ninians, Cambusbarron, Whins of Milton, Bannockburn, Bridge of Allan, Dunblane, Doune, Deanston, and Callander', 1868, p. 11 (digital.nls.uk)

(y1870): 'The Post Office Glasgow Directory of 1870-71', p. 183, Pianoforte Makers and Sellers p. 650 (archive.org)

(x1871): 'Post Office Dundee Directory, including Lochee, Broughty Ferry, Newport, and the Rurual District in the vicinity of Dundee, for 1871-72', p. 374 (digital.nls.uk)

(x1878): 'Royal national commercial directory and topography of Scotland', 1878, p. 171 (digital.nls.uk)

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

(**1884): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1884, p. 510 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1885): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1885, p. 526 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1886): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1886, p. 544 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1887): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory' 1887, p. 553-554 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1888): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1888, p. 565 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1889): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1889, p. 578 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1890): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1890, p. 637 (digital.nls.uk)

(xx1890): 'Weltadressbuch der gesammten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1890, Edinburgh p. 165-166, Glasgow p. 167-168, Kirkcaldy p. 173 (digital.slub-dresden.de)

(**1891): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1891, p. 592+111+113+115 (digital.nls.uk)

(***1892): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory for 1892', p. 598-599 (digital.nls.uk)

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

(***1893): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1893, p. 611 (digital.nls.uk)

(***1894): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1894, p. 624-625 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1895): 'Annuaire des artistes et de l'enseignement dramatique et musical', 1895, p. 717-718 (gallica.bnf.fr)

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

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

(*1897): 'Annuaire des artistes et de l'enseignement dramatique et musical', 1897, p. 834-841 (gallica.bnf.fr)

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

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

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

 

 

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

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

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

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

(**1903): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1903, p. 475 (digital.nls.uk)

(***1903): 'Slater's (late Pigot & Co.'s) Royal national commercial directory and topography of Scotland', 1903, p. 1337 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1904): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1904, p. 475 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1905): 'The Scottish Law Review and Sheriff Court Reports', 1905, p. 107

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

(x1906): 'Weltadressbuch der gesammten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1906, Dumbarton p. 369, Edinburgh p. 398, Falkirk p. 400, Glasgow p. 401-403, Hawick p. 406, Kirkcaldy p. 412, Edinburgh p. 165-166 (digital.sim.spk-berlin.de)

(y1907): 'Kelly's Directory of Merchants, Manufacturers and Shippers', 1907, p. 13-14

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

(**1909): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1909, p. 553-554 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1910): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1910, p. 571 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1911): 'Post office Aberdeen Directory', 1911, p. 576 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1912): 'The Music Trade Directory', 1912, Volume 24, p. 40

(x1912): 'Welt-Adressbuch der gesamten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1912, Aberdeen p. 499, Glasgow p. 530-532, Hawick p. 536, Kirkcaldy p. 543 (digital.sim.spk-berlin.de)

(*1921): 'The Music Trade Directory', Volume 32, 1921

(x1921): 'Kelly's Directory of Stationers, Printers, Booksellers, Publishers and ...', 1921, Kirkcaldy p. 526

(*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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