'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-93

PACK Richard John & Son (**1882)

TOWNS & PACKER (*1841)(*1843)(*1849), see also TOWNS

47-49, Fortess Road, N.W. (*1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903), 28-34, Fortess Road, N.W. (*1906)(*1909), London

(1789 - 1875)

'Pianoforte-maker' since 1815 in Paris, France

It looks like these addresses were just branches.

There lived a August Pape in London, 37, King William Street (1883), family of PAPE Jean Henri in Paris, France (°1815)

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1890-1946

"Papps & Son, 10 Norfolk St, Southsea— Piano makers and dealers." (*1921)

February 11th 1946 - Papps and Son announce that their factory has been released from war work and can execute complete overhauls and re-polishing of pianos. (historyinportsmouth.co.uk)

They made also pianos for Samuel HAY in Glasgow, Scotland

'Pianoforte-makers' ca. 1882-1915

Pianoforte importers (*1914)(*1915)

PARKER PIANO CO (?)

PUB

The Woburn Directory, 1868, p. 80

Patent of 1849 : "William Phillips Parker, of Lime-street, in the city of London, gentleman, for improvements in the construction of pianofortes. Patent dated May 15; six months. - (Communication.)" The Artizan, Volume 7, 1849, p. 135

LONDON - "19. Messrs. Parker and Smith, of Plymouth, exhibit a pianoforte fitted with their patent “transverse laminated sounding-board,” which Mr. Brinley Richards and Mr. Lindsay Sloper commend." Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, 1872, p. 890-891

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1882-91

PARR Ellis (**1882)(**1884)

PARR Ellis & Co (**1891)

97, Wigmore Street, W. (**1882)17a, Duke Street, Manchester Square, W. (**1882), 16, Long Lane, E.C. (**1884), 99, Oxford Street, W. (**1891), 1-2, great Chapel Street, W. (**1891), London

'Musical Instrument Maker' ca. 1798

1798 - "Died. At Worchester [.. ] Mr. Partridge of Worchestershire." The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register, Volume 5, 1798, p. 154

PAYNE G. (*1910)

PAYNE G. (*1910)

PAYNE T.G. Ltd. (*1914)(*1915)(a)

PAYNE Ltd. (*1914)(*1915)(b)

101-103, Approach Road, Victoria Park, E. (**1895)(*1914)(*1915), 173-175, Stockwell Road, S.W. (**1904), 180, Bethnal Green Road, E. (*1914)(*1915), London

26, Eagle Warf Road, New North Road, N. (**1882), 52, Blackstock Road, Finsburypark, N. (**1891)(*1893)(*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909), London

PEACHEY George

'Piccolo Pianoforte' in an advertisement, The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle, 1843, p. 382

Image of a 'Piccolo Pianoforte' in an advertisement of 1847, The Musical World, Volume 22, 1847, p. 675 - and also - 'Royal Victorie Piccolo Pianoforte', as exhibited at the Great Exhibition, The Lancet London : A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine ..., Volume 1, 1853, p. 354

'Piccolo Pianoforte', Specimens Exhibited at the Great Exhibition, Hyde-Park, The Lancet London : A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine ..., Volume 1, 1853, p. 146

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1841-82

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1867

Patent of 1867 : "Pearse. 16th November 1867. - 3255. Robert William Pearse, of Lewisham Road, Greenwich, in the County of Kent, for an invention for improvements in the means of and apparatus for developing or extending the power or sound of pianofortes or other similar keyed instruments. Letters Patent sealed." Chronological index of patents applied for and patents granted ..., 1868, p. 210

1847 - "NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership lately subsisting between us undersigned, David Peek and William Peek, of Camberwell-green, in the County of Surrey, as Piano-Forte-Manufacturers, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All debts due to or from the said Partnership are to be paid to and discharged by the said David Peek. - Dated this 30th day of August 1847. W.A. Peek D. Peek." The London Gazette, 17/09/1847, p. 3351

65, Chenies Mews, W.C. (**1882)(**1884), 23, Bolsover Street, W. (**1891), 28, Stanhope Street, N.W. (**1895), London

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1868-1910

PEPPERCORN William S. & Sons (**1884)

PEPPERCORN William (*1906)(*1907)(*1910)

'Musical Instrument maker' ca. 1818-22

PERCIVAL & KOHLER (*1818), see also KOHLER

Square pianoforte of 1775, Eric Feller Early Keyboard Instruments Collection, Germany
Square pianoforte of 1779, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
Square pianoforte of 1785, Private Collection, Buckinghamshire, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte ca. 1790, Musikinstrumentenmuseum, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Worked by KIRCKMAN

Patent of 1856 : "128. Oliver Philcox, of 30, Willes Road, Kentish Town, in the Parish of St. Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, for an invention for—" Increasing the effect and the facility in fingering the piano-forte, organ, or other musical instrument having a keyboard." Provisional protection only." Chronological index of patents applied for and patents granted of ..., 1856, p. 10

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

PHILLIPS Alfred Ltd. (*1914)(*1915)

PHILLIPS E. C.

Image of an upright pianoforte on an advertisement,The Palace Journal, 13/08/1890, p. 4

"E. C. Phillips & Co.'s First Class - Pianofortes & Organs For cash or on easy terms. From 10/6 Month. A Liberal Discount for Cash. Every instrument garanteed for 15 years. Extensive showrooms : 415, Mare Street, Hackney. Pianofortes Tuned and Repaired [...] at Moderate Charges. Estimates free. Established 1855." The Palace Journal, 13/08/1890, p. 4

E. C. PHILLIPS & Co (*1890)

PHILLIPS Henry (**1891)

PHILLIPS H. C. (*1893)

PHILLIPS G. (19??)

End : 1927

1850 - "Notice is hereby given, that the partnership heretofore carried on between us subsisting between us undersigned, Edwin Hyrons and John Phillips, as Piano-Forte-Manufacturers, carrying on bussiness at N° 29, John-Street, Tottenham-court-road, in the county of Middlesex, was dissolved by mutual consent as from the 31st day of december 1849. - Dated this 15th day of January 1850. Edwin Hyrons. J. Phillips." The London Gazette, 18/01/1850, p. 164

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1850

"MR. WALTER PHILLIPS, PIANOFORTE SHOW-ROOMS, HIGH STREET, PUTNEY. - THERE is no branch, of artistic culture which has made more rapid and gratifying progress in recent years than the study of music, undoubtedly facilitated by the advantageous terms upon which instruments of the highest quality can now be obtained by purchasers on an equitable system of deferred payments. In connection with this subject, attention is directed to the well-known establishment of Mr. Walter Phillips, whose pianoforte and music warehouse, High Street, Putney, presents many features of more than ordinary interest. The business was established by this gentleman in 1881, and has since the period of its foundation enjoyed a justly merited distinction as one of the leading houses in the suburban districts of the metropolis. The establishment is of handsome and commanding proportions, presenting a double frontage to the street, and containing spacious show-rooms, both on the ground floor and in the upper portion of the building. These apartments are fully stocked with a splendid assortment of instruments by all the most celebrated English and foreign manufacturers of high-class pianos, American organs, &c., selected with experienced skill especially for this trade, and unequalled in sound and reliable make, brilliancy of tone, and perfection of touch, combined with elegant modern designs and finished workmanship. In this class of instrument Mr. Phillips shows a very high-class “special new model” piano, which he guarantees for ten years, and which is justly claimed as the best and cheapest semi-cottage piano now before the public.

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer since 1881

PHILLIPS Walter (xx1893)

PHILLIPS Walter & Co (*1917)

PHILLIPS Walter & Co Ltd. (*1918)(*1919)

(continuation)

Mr. Phillips is the pioneer of a novel system registered as the “Royal Road to Purchase,” by which high-class pianos by Collard, Brinsmead, Bechstein, Erard, Hopkinson, Broadwood, &c., are supplied at unusually low prices for cash, and, moreover, these cash prices can be extended over one, two, or three years without losing any part of the cash discount, or incurring any other additional expense, beyond a nominal charge of one shilling per week for the hire of the instrument, which is payable until the purchase is completed. This system has now been in successful operation for some years, and has resulted in a marvellous increase in the number of instruments sold on these terms by Mr. Phillips, who, it is satisfactory to note, relies chiefly on the recommendations of his customers, and on the genuineness of the instruments supplied, for the continuation of the conspicuous success of his novel and original system of purchase. It may be added that the old form of purchase, generally known as the three-years system has practically ceased to exist in those neighbourhoods in which the “Royal Road to Purchase” has been introduced. It is satisfactory to note that this ably conducted business is steadily growing in popular favour with all sections of residents in London and the suburbs, and that Mr. Phillips’ consistent efforts in catering for the requirements of the musical public have been fully appreciated and justly awarded a brilliant and continued success." Ilustrated London and its representatives of Commerce, 1893 (messybeast.com)

Little Tower Hill (*1803), [Manor Row], Tower Hill (*1807)(*1808)(*1814), Manor Row, Little Tower Hill (**1822), 9, Mann's Row, Little Towerhill (x1825), London

'Musical Instrument & Music Sellers to their R. H. the Prince and Princess of Wales' ca. 1814

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1841-52

PICKETT & Co (x1842)

PICKETT Joseph & Co (**1852)

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1883-1910

DUCK Son & PINKER (*1883)(*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910), see DUCK

Queens Ed (*1929), Clifton

PINNOCK William

(ca. 1782 - 1843)

Images of pianofortes of an advertisement in 1822, The history and topography of Cumberland: with biographical sketches, &c, William Pinnock, 1822, p. 76-80

'Pianoforte-maker' and publisher ca. 1820-50

DIAPHONIC PIANO-FORTE.
(continuation)

The novel means employed by Mr. Pinnock, the inventor of this instrument, for increasing the power of musical sound, is not attended with any counteracting inconvenience. Elastic surfaces and the volumes of air which they inclose, as employed in this invention, are, like the sounding boards of musical instruments, capable of reciprocating to every variety of musical sound, without retaining the resonance longer than the original sounds exist; the accumulated power is therefore rendered completely subservient to the performer, and he may manage it at his will, so as to produce the most varied shades of expression.
Another merit of the diaphonic piano-forte is, that while the richness or volume of tone is so very materially increased, a most effectual barrier is raised, by the aid of the same principle, against the transmission of noise (caused by the percussion of the hammer), and that the voice of the singer, instead of being deadened by the opposition of a non-elastic substance, is both sweetened and reinforced." Concert room and orchestra anecdotes of music and musicians ..., Volume 3, 1825, p. 211-213

"PATENT DIAPHONIC PIANO FORTE. The piano forte, certainly one of the sweetest and most elegant of musical instruments, of late years has been in a state of progressive improvement. The first stringed instrument played with keys, was the virginal, on which Queen Elizabeth was considered to be an able performer. The harpsichord succeeded, which was an improvement on the virginal. In the first of these inventions, the wires were struck with hammers, which not quickly springing therefrom, even with the lightest touch, had the effect of deadening the tone. in the second, the strings were struck by a quill, fixed on a jack, which being more elastic, in a great measure remedied this defect; vet the mechanism retained somewhat of a scratching noise, and rendered the instrument imperfect. In the piano forte, the strings are struck by hammers of such a construction, as to produce a quality of tone superior to the harpsichord, which quitting the string entirely, leaves it free to vibrate. The piano forte was invented by Christopher Gottlieb Schroeter, a native of Holstein, whose first model of this instrument was exhibited about the year 1721. Among the recent improvements of the piano forte, is that for which Mr. Pinnock of London, has obtained a patent. This however, is not dependent on any mechanical alteration of the structure, but simply operating in an extension of the tone, by an ingenious apparatus fitted to the front, back, and top of the instrument. This draphomc addenda. augments the sound to a wonderful extent, so that by its application the small cabinet piano forte, derives a volume and intensity of tone. surpassing the largest instruments, by a scale that cannot fail to surprise. This effect is produced by a sort of diaphonic screen, having double surfaces, which being elastic, and enclosing Volumes of air, act as the sounding boards of musical instruments, and are capable of reciprocating to every variety of musical sound¢ without retaining the resonance longer than the original sounds exist; the accumulated power is therefore rendered completely subservient to the performer, who may manage it at will, to produce the most varied shades of expression. The inventor truly observes, that while the richness or volume of tone is so materially increased, a most effectual barrier is raised by the aid of the same principle, against the transmission of noise, (caused by the percussion of the hammer) and that the voice of the singer, instead of being deadened by the opposition of a non-elastic substance, as in the usual or common instruments, is greatly ameliorated.” The sound is not only increased to an extraordinary extent, by this process, but the tone acquires proportionate richness; and wedoubt not but this improvement will amply repay the inventor for his meritorious, and very useful discovery. This diaphoriic principle, has a particular advantage, as it may be easily applied to piano fortes of every construction." The Minerva; Or, Literary, Entertaining, and Scientific Journal ..., Volume 2, 1825, p. 122

Patent of 1745 : "July 10, 1745.— Roger Plenius. Harp stop and bushed keys." The History of the Pianoforte, Edgar Brinsmead, 1879, p. 193 (archive.org)

PLUMP Thomas Luis

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1850-62

OETZMANN Frederick & PLUMB Thomas Luis (1850-62), see also OETZMANN

 London

POCOCK James

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1852-1915

POCOCK James & Son (***1868)(**1882)(**1891)

POCOCK James & Sons (*1915)

 41, Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, W. (**1852), 103, Westbourne Grove, Bayswater W. (***1868)(**1882)(**1891)(**1895), 23a, Chepstow mansions, Chepstow Place, Bayswater, W. (*1915), London

POHLMAN Henry

'Pianoforte-maker' and Music Seller ca. 1850

 Waterhouse Street, res. Wentworth Terrace (**1850), Halifax

LONDON - "Messrs. Pohlmann and Son (3452) are country makers, manufacturing instruments on an extensive scale at Halifax, in Yorkshire. They are descendants of one of the earliest makers of this instrument in England, and they exhibit the instrument alluded to in the Report of the Exhibition for 1851, on which Gliick is said to have composed his Armida and other works; the inscription on the namcboard is “Johannes Pohlmann, Londini, fecit, 1773." They exhibit two good upright pianos, and the Jury encourage with pleasure the country manufacturers by awarding them a Medal for excellence of tone and workmanship." Reports by the Juries on the subjects in the thirty-six classes into which ..., 1862, p. 148

'Pianoforte-maker' since 1832

POHLMAN F. & Sons (??)

1858 - "Partnership dissolved [...] Pohlmann & Sons, Halifax, pianoforte manufacturers, [...]" The Spectator, 06/02/1858, p. 151

POHLMANN & Son (*1862)(**1869)

POHLMANN & Son Ltd. (1921)

End : 1928

POHLMANN Johannes

Square pianoforte n° 234 of 1769, Beurmann-collection by Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany

Square pianoforte of 1783, Collection Maxime Schleyer, Germany

Square pianoforte n° 234 of 1769, Beurmann-collection by Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Square pianoforte of 1767 (1780), Eric Feller Early Keyboard Instruments Collection, Germany
Square pianoforte of 1769, Mrs. R. L. Fisher, Jacksonville, F.L., U.S.
Square pianoforte of 1770-1790, Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, Dearborn, M.I., U.S.
Square portable pianoforte of 1770, Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte ca. 1770, Collection Chateau des Ormes, France
Square pianoforte of 1770, Museu da Musica, Lisbon, Portugal
Square pianoforte of 1771, Henry Watson Collection of Musical Instruments; Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte of 1771, its nameplate, The Nydahl Collection, Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande, Stockholm, Sweden
Square pianoforte of 1771, MIM, Brussels, Belgium
Square pianoforte converted to clavichord of 1772, Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte of 1773, Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte of 1773, Swedish Museum of Performing Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
Square pianoforte of 1773, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte of 1774, Mim, Brussels, Belgium
Square pianoforte of 1774, Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte of 1775, Sold by Christies 2018, Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte of 1776, Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte ca. 1776, Plumley Collection, London, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte of 1778, Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany
Square pianoforte ca. 1780, Marlow A. Sigal Collection, Newton Centre, M.A., U.S.
Square pianoforte of 1783, Collection Maxime Schleyer, former Collection Beurmann, Germany

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Square pianoforte ca. 1770

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PORTMAN PIANOFORTE & Co

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1862

'Musical Instrument Makers' ca. 1786-1822

POTTER Richard (*1786)(*1794)

POTTER R. & Son (*1803)(**1822)(*1823)

Pianos made by Sydney ZENDER & Co

(? - 1798)

'Musical Instrument makers' ca. 1774-1798

PRESTON & Son (1794)

NECROLOGY

Nameboard of a square pianoforte ca. 1824-30, Collection Amato/Parisi, Palermo, Italy

Square pianoforte ca. 1795, at sale at alte-tasteninstrumente.de
Square pianoforte ca. 1798, Margaret Cranmer Collection, Cambridge, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte ca. 1798, Offered at auction, eBay, US (2009-10), Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte n° 223 ca. 1800, sold by Sotheby's (23 Oct. 1980), Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte ca. 1798-1824, Offered at auction, Bonhams [Knowle, 28 Jan. 2008], Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte ca. 1805 Offered for sale at Bonhams' Auction, London (October 1, 2007), Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte n° 4054 ca. 1815 [1824], sold by Sotheby's (1982), Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte ca. 1815, Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte ca. 1815, Formerly Colt Clavier Collection, Present owners unknown
Square pianoforte ca. 1824, Roger West, Lincolnshire, England, U.K.
Square pianoforte ca. 1824-30, Collezione Amato/Parisi, Palermo, Italy

'Musical Instrument Maker', music printer, music seller and publisher ca. 1798-1833

Son of John PRESTON, here above.

PRESTON & Son (1794)

PRESTON Thomas, 'Wholesale Musical Instrument Maker (*1803)(**1815)(*1818)

Succeeded by COVENTRY & HOLLIER since 1830 ?

And later succeeded by NOVELLO ca. 1853

BIO

"Preston and Son, ein Musik-Verleger des 18/19. Jhs. Ein John Preston grOndete 1774 das Greschâft in London, von 1797 bis 1801 zeichnete Preston & Son, 1823 zeichnet Thomas Preston, später traten andere in Compagnie ein, bis Novello c. 1853 das Geschäft ûbemahm. Von Proston's Sammelwerkon sind bekannt : Preston's Twenty-four Country Dances for the Year 1797 with proper Tunes and Directions to each Dance ... London, Preston & Son [br. Mus. for the Year 1798. Ib. [br. Mus." Biographisch-bibliographisches Quellen-Lexikon der Musiker und Musikgelehrten der christlichen Zeitrechnung bis zur Mitte des neunzehnten Jahrhundert, 1900-1904, p. 63 (Gallica)

Patent of 1868 : "Price. 16th May 1868. - 1616. George Price, of Dover Street, Ryde, for an invention for improvements in pianos and other keyed musical instruments. Letters Patent sealed." Chronological index of patents applied for and patents granted ..., 1869, p. 112

"John PRICE | Late Jones & Co | Upright, Cabinet, Grand and Square Piano Forte Maker | Royal Highness The Prince Regent, 91, Charlotte Str. Fitzroy Sqr. | London

Successor of JONES & Co, London.

'Pianoforte-maker' ca. 1852-62

LONDON - "Messrs. Moore and Priestly have Honourable Mention for goodness and cheapness." Reports by the Juries on the subjects in the thirty-six classes into which ..., 1862, p. 148

PRIESTLEY & Sons (**1884)

15, Edward Street, Hampstead Road, N.W. (**1882)(**1884), 18-[19-20]-21, Robert's Mews, Hampstead Road, N.W. (**1882)(**1884), 9, Southampton Buildings, Euston Street, Euston Square, N.W. (*1893), London

Greenland Place, Camden Town, N.W. (**1891), Grange Park Road, Gospel Oak (*1893), [7], Greenland Place, H. street, N.W. (*1895)(**1895)(*1897)(*1899)(*1903), 84, Leighton Road, N.W. (*1906)(*1909)(*1910), London

Patent of 1855 : "2642. John Pursloe Fisher, of Edgbaston, near Birmingham, Warwick. Certain improvements in the construction of the hammers of pianofortes." The Mechanics' Magazine, Volume 63, 1855, p. 574

Edgbaston, near Birmingham, Warwick

2, Cottenham Road, Upper Holloway, N. (**1904), 2-4, Cottenham Road, Upper Holloway, N. (*1916)(*1917)(*1918)(*1919), London

(**1901): 'Kelly's London Suburban Directory', 1901, p. 1050-1051

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

(**1904) : 'Post Office London County Suburbs Directory', 1904, p. 1129-1130

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

(*1907): 'Annuaire des artistes et de l'enseignement dramatique et musical', 1907, p. 1094-1104 (Gallica)

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

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

(*1914): 'Post Office London Directory', 1914, p. 1837-1838

(*1915): 'Post Office London Directory', 1915, p. 1796-1797

(*1916): 'Post Office London County Suburbs Directory', 1916, p. 606

(*1917): 'Post Office London County Suburbs Directory', 1917, p. 592-593

(*1918): 'Post Office London County Suburbs Directory', 1918, p. 571-572

(*1919): 'Post Office London County Suburbs Directory', 1919, p. 555

(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