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"PATENT
PIANOFORTE MANUFACTORY -
106, Wardour-Street, Soho. - Manufactory, 34, Brook-street,
New-road, London.
RALPH ALLISON begs to call the attention of the Musical Public to his stock
of Pianofortes, with the Double Check Repetition Action, which for Volume of
Tone, Elasticity of Touch, durability of Workmanship, and elegance of Style,
are not surpassed by any House in the Trade.
A varied assortment of Pianofortes, in Mahogany, Rose and Zebra Wood, Oak,
and French Walnut-tree,for sale, hire, and exportation, at moderate prices.
A Warranty given with each Instrument, and exchanged within six months, if
not approved.
Pianofortes manufactured expressly for exportation to all parts of the
globe.
RALPH ALLISON, 106, WARDOUR-STREET, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON."
The catholic directory and ecclesiastical register:
for the year 1851, p. 20
"Allison, II., Manufacturer of the Pocket
Double-check Repeater Action Pianofortes, prepared expressly for
Exportation, 106, Wardour-street, Soho."
The British Colonies : their history, extent,
condition and resources, 1851, p. 3 (archive.org)
 Cassell's Illustrated Exhibitor: Containing about
Three Hundred, 1862, p. 12
" RALPH
ALLISON AND SONS, MANUFACTURERS OF PIANOFORTES, IN ALL STYLES TO OKDER,
PRICE LIST OF PIANOFORTES KEPT IN STOCK.
COTTAGES.
Height, 4 Feet 11 Inches.
1. 7-octave, Ivory-fronted Keys, metallic Plate, simple action - Walnut 60
Guineas - Rosewood 55 guineas
3. Ditto ditto Check Action - Walnut 65 Guineas - Rosewood 60 Guineas
5. Ditto Shell Door, richly carved, Check repeating Action - Walnut 70
Guineas - Rosewood 65 Guineas
6. Ditto Elizabethan style, with panelled ends and trusses - Walnut 95
Guineas - Rosewood 90 Guineas
SEMI-COTTAGES.
Height, 4 Feet 6 Inches.
7. 6½-octave, Albert Fall, simple action, Ivory-fronted Keys 10. Ditto
ditto, Check Repeater Action Walnut 50 Guineas - Rosewood 45 guineas
10. Ditto ditto, Chack Repeater Action - Walnut 55 Guineas - Rosewood 50
guineas
11. Ditto, New Design, elegantly carved Trusses on Plinth, Check Repeater
Action - Walnut 70 Guineas - Rosewood 65 guineas
MICROCHORDONS.
Height, 4 Feet 1 Inch.
13. 6½-octave, New Design, Sconces, registered Keys, simple Action - Walnut
60 Guineas - Rosewood 55 Guineas
16. Ditto, Check Repeater Action - Walnut 50 Guineas - Rosewood 45 Guineas
17. Ditto, New Design, Swan-neck Fall, fret-cut Desk - Walnut 50 Guineas -
Rosewood 45 Guineas
The same with Bracket, Truss, and Check Action - Walnut 60 Guineas -
Rosewood 55 Guineas
- METALLIC PLATE FOR ALL STRINGS.
LONDON Model
18. Height 2 Feet 10 Inches.
6 1/4-octave, Registered Keys, Patent Back - Walnut 35 Guineas - Rosewood 30
Guineas
PICCOLO
19. Height 4 Feet.
6½-octave, Registered Keys, Patent Back - Walnut 40 Guineas - Rosewood 35
Guineas
"The Perfection of Pianoforte making consists not in a complication of
appliances, however beautiful, but in rigid simplicity.Model of Patent Grand Escapement
Check action, Applied to the Pianofortes
Manufactured and Exhibited by RALPH ALLISON AND SONS, 108, Wardour Street
W., The international Exhibition 1862.
The Patentees claim for their Action an effect which it is impossible to
obtain from the Hopper Action, that is, a good, firm blow; because, as soon
as the Hopper is put in motion, it begins to escape from under the Lever
before it has properly carried the Hammer up to the String."
Cassell's Illustrated Exhibitor: Containing about
Three Hundred, 1862, p. 284
"PIANOFORTES.-
Caution. - The public are respectfully cautioned against buying Pianos
bearing the name of "Allison" or "Allison and Allison," as the undersigned
the are, and have been since the year 1848, the only MAKERS of that name in
the trade. - RALPH ALLISON and SONS, 108, Wardourstreet, London. Retail
Agents - Chappell and Co, 28, New Bond-street, W."
The Illustrated London News, 15/10/1864, p. 388
"Pianofortes - ALLISON, RALPH & SONS, 167, 169, 171, Wardour Street, W.
Manufacturers end Exporters."
Anglo-Indian and American Traders' Journal, 1885, p. 86
Music
Trades Review, 25/05/1886, p. 24
Music
Trades Review, 15/06/1889, p. 26
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