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Brand Image Info Addresses
       
TAYLOR F. 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1901-11  

29, Constitution Street (**1901), 13, Belmont Street (**1902)(**1903)(**1904)(**1905)(**1906)(**1907)(**1908)(**1909), 654, Holburn Street (**1910)(**1911), Aberdeen

 
TAYLOR James 'Turner and Music Instrument Maker' ca. 1803-27 114, John Street (*1803)(*1820)(***1823)(*1824), 113, John Street (*1826), 42, John Street (*1827), Glasgow
TAYLOR James Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1878 9, Schoolhill (x1878), Aberdeen
TAYLOR Robert & Co 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1837 Aberdeen
TAYLOR W. J. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906

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

 47, High Street (x1906), Kirkcaldy
TELFER William 'Piano-forte and Music warehouse' ca. 1842-48 42, Queen Street (**1842)(**1844)(**1846)(**1848), Glasgow
TELFOUR James Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1846 40, Queen Street (y1846), Glasgow
THOMAS David 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1883-88 22, Union Place (*1883)(*1884)(*1885)(*1886), Arcade, 13, Union Place (*1887), 11A, Union Place (*1888), Aberdeen
THOMPSON D. L. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1906 [since 1853 (x1906)]

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

 134, Nethergate (x1906), Dundee
THOMSON George Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1860-61 170, George Street (*1860)(**1861), Aberdeen
THOMSON John 'Musical-Instrument-maker' ca. 1794 South Bridge (*1794), Edinburgh
 

THOMSON William

 

 

Advertisement of 1927, Post Office Glasgow Directory for 1927, p. 1482 (freepages.genealogy)

 

Advertisement of 1923, The Post Office Annual Glasgow Directory for 1923, p. 1459 (archive.org) 

ADVERT

Advert for Thomsons Piano, Glasgow (museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk)

 		'Pianoforte-makers' and pianoforte importers ca. 1893-1940 [since 1890 (x1906) or since 1888 (x1912) or since 1887 (x1926)]

Glasgow

THOMSON William (***1893)(x1906)

'Piano-Händler u. Orgelbauer. Import von amerik. Harmoniums' (x1906) ------- 'Orgelbauanstalt, sowie Piano- u. Orgel-Import-Handlung' (x1912) ------- 'Beethoven House' & 'Grosshandlung, Piano-, Sprechm.-, Musikinstr.- u. Orgel-Import' (x1926)

THOMSON William & Son (*1923)(x1926)(*1927)(*1929)(*1933)(*1936)(*1937)(*1940)

Clydebank

THOMSON W. & Son (x1926), 'Piano- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

Falkirk

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

Hamilton

'Orgelbau u. Handel mit Pianos, Orgeln, Sprechm. u. Musikinstr' (x1926)

Motherwell

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

 		 

MAIN FIRM : 3-7, Govan Road (x1906), Beethoven House, 7-15, Govan Road (x1912), Wholesaler : 58, Great Clyde Street (x1926), 7, Govan Road (x1926), 7 to 19, Govan Road (*1923)(*1927)(*1929)(*1933)(*1936)(*1937), 11 W., Stewart Street (*1940), Glasgow

BRANCH : Belfast (x1906)

BRANCH : 61, Kilbowie Road (x1926)(*1927)(*1929)(*1933)(*1936), Clydebank

BRANCH : 9, Castle Street (*1929), Dumbarton

BRANCH : 9, Caledonian Place (***1893), Edinburgh

BRANCH : Vicar Street (x1912), Falkirk;  (x1906)

BRANCH : 68, Chapel Street (x1926)(*1927)(*1929), 108, Quarry Street (*1933), 13, Townhead Street (*1936), Hamilton

BRANCH : 1, Windmillhill Street (x1926), Motherwell

BRANCH : 43, High Street (*1933), 52, High Street (*1936), Paisley

 
TOWNSEND William  

'Harp and Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1829-61

TOWNSEND William & Co (**1830)(**1831)(**1832)(**1833)(***1833)

TOWNSEND William (**1834)(**1835)(***1841)(**1854)(**1855)(**1856)(**1857)(**1858)(**1859)(**1860)

TOWNSEND William & Son (*1860)(**1861)

See TOWSEND William & Son in London, England

 

  

3, South St. Andrew Street (*1829), House : 64, Broughton Street (**1831), Elder Street Hall (**1830)(**1831)(**1832)(**1833), Swintow Row (***1833), House : 1, Rose Street (**1832), 9, Greenside Place (**1833)(**1834)(***1834)(**1835)(**1836)(*1837)(***1841)(***1842)(**1854)(**1855)(**1856)(**1857)(**1858)(**1859)(**1860), 9-10, Greenside Place (*1860)(**1861), Edinburgh

 
TOWNSEND & THOMSON  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1878-1926 [since 1829 (x1912)(x1926)]

TOWNSEND Son & THOMSON (x1878)

TOWNSEND & THOMSON (**1884)(**1885)(**1886)(**1887)(**1888)(**1889)(**1890)(***1892)(*1893)(***1893)(***1894)(*1895)(***1896)(*1897)(***1897)(***1898)(***1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1910)(x1912)

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

1912-26 - Owner : George CAMPBELL (x1912)(x1926)

 

  

9-10, Greenside Place (x1878), 79, George Street (**1884)(**1885)(**1886)(**1887)(**1888)(**1889)(**1890)(***1892)(*1893)(***1893)(***1894)(*1895)(***1895)(***1896)(*1897)(***1897)(***1898)(***1899)(***1900)(***1901)(***1902)(*1903)(*1906)(x1906)(*1910)(x1912)(x1926), Edinburgh

 
TUNBRIDGE Thomas 'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1790 Edinburgh
 

(*1794): 'A directory for Edinburgh Leith Mussleburgh [sic] and Dalkeith', 1794, p. 178

(*1803): 'The Glasgow Directory', 1803, p. 151 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1820): 'The Glasgow Directory for 1820', p. 201 (archive.org)

(***1823): 'The Glasgow Directory for 1823', p. 223 (archive.org)

(*1824): 'The Glasgow Directory for 1824', p. 218 (archive.org)

(*1826): 'The Glasgow Directory for 1826', p. 209 (archive.org)

(*1827): 'The Glasgow Directory for 1827', p. 203 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1829): 'Post-Office Annual Directory', 1829, p. 183 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1830): 'Post-Office Annual Directory', 1830, p. 191 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1831): 'Post-Office Annual Directory', 1831, p. 189 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1832): 'Post-Office Annual Directory', 1832, p. 193 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1833): 'Post-Office Annual directory', 1833, p. 71 (digital.nls.uk)

(***1833): 'Gray's annual directory', 1833, p. 293 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1834): 'Post-Office Annual directory', 1834, p. 95 (digital.nls.uk)

(***1834): 'Gray's annual directory', 1834, p. 286 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1836): 'Post-Office Annual directory', 1836, p. 170 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1837): 'Pigot and co.'s national commercial directory of the whole of Scotland', 1837, Aberdeen p. 186, Edinburgh p. 98

(***1841): 'Post-Office annual directory and calendar', 1841, p. 171 (digital.nls.uk)

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

(***1842): 'Post-Office annual directory and calendar', 1842, p. 172 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1844): 'The Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory for 1844', p. 257 + 368 (archive.org)

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

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

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

(**1854): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1854, p. 225 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1855): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1855, p. 225 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1856): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1856, p. 236 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1857): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1857, p. 260 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1858): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1858, p. 271 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1859): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1859, p. 297 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1860): 'Slater's (late Pigot & Co.'s) Royal National Commercial Directory and ...', 1860, Edinburgh p. 162, Aberdeen p. 258

(**1860): 'Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith directory', 1860, p. 315 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1861): 'Slater's (late Pigot & Co.'s) Royal national commercial directory and topography of Scotland', 1861, p. 823, Aberdeen p. 270, Edinburgh p. 171 (digital.nls.uk)

(x1878): 'Royal national commercial directory and topography of Scotland', 1878, Edinburgh p. 171, Aberdeen p. 334 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1883): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1883, p. 356+215 (digital.nls.uk)

(*1884): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1884, p. 344 (digital.nls.uk)

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

(*1885): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1885, p. 352-353 (digital.nls.uk)

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

(*1886): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1886, p. 364 (digital.nls.uk)

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

(*1887): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1887, p. 364 (digital.nls.uk)

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

(*1888): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1888, p. 370 (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)

(***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)

(*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 Aberdeen Directory', 1901, p. 468 (digital.nls.uk)

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

(**1902): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1902, p. 466 (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. 475-476 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1904): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1904, p. 475-476 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1905): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1905, p. 494 (digital.nls.uk)

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

(**1906): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1906, p. 508 (digital.nls.uk)

(x1906): 'Weltadressbuch der gesammten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1906, Dundee p. 396-397, Edinburgh p. 398,  Glasgow p. 401-403, Kirkcaldy p. 412 (digital.sim.spk-berlin.de)

(**1907): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1907, p. 518 (digital.nls.uk)

(**1908): 'Post Office Aberdeen Directory', 1908, p. 527 (digital.nls.uk)

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

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

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

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

(x1912): 'Welt-Adressbuch der gesamten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1912, Edinburgh p. 526-527, Falkirk p. 529, Glasgow p. 530-532, Hamilton p. 229 (digital.sim.spk-berlin.de)

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

(x1926): 'Weltadressbuch der gesammten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1926, Clydebank p. 209, Edinburgh p. 219-220, Glasgow p. 224-227, Motherwell p. 302 (digital.sim.spk-berlin.de)

(*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. 1611-1612 (archive.org)

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

(*1940): 'The Greenock and district directory fot 1940', p. 413 (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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