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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-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-26

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

52, High Street (x1912), Bridge Street (x1926), Dunfermline
FINDLAY Alexander

BIO

1909 - "Pioneers of Scottish Music Trade [...] Mr. Alexander Findlay opened at 116, West Nile Street in 1852, where the business is still carried on by his sons. A paragraph in "Glasgow Past and Present" states that in 1849 pianos (spinets) were rare in Glasgow in proportion to its wealth and its population-only a few of the citizens possessing them-but the activity of the trade at that time, both in manufacturing and in selling, proves this statement to be erroneous. There were not less than eighteen firms in the piano and music trade; and as the population was three hundred and twenty-nine thousand the proportion of music businesses to the number of inhabitants was higher than at the present day." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 33, 01/10/1909, p. 144

 

 Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1854-1936 [since 1852 (z1909)]

'Musical Instrument Maker' (**1854) ------- 'Pianoforte seller, tuner and harmonium maker' (y1870) ------- 'Pianoforte and harmonium makers' (z1900) ------- 'Musikal.- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

FINDLAY A[lexander] (**1854)(*1857)(*1864)(z1874)(***1879)

FINDLAY A. & R. (z1900)

FINDLAY A[lexander] (*1903)(*1906)(*1909)(*1910)

FINDLAY A. & R. (x1912)(*1923)(x1926)(*1927)(*1929)(*1933)(*1936)(*1937)

116, West Nile Street (**1854), House : 14, Renfrew Street (*1857), 110, West Nile Street (*1857)(*1864)(y1870)(z1874)(***1879)(z1900)(*1903)(*1906)(x1906)(*1909)(*1910)(x1912)(*1923)(x1926), Workshop : 8, Cambridge Street (y1870), House : 17, Buccleuch Street (y1870), 112, West Nile Street (*1927)(*1929), 99, West Nile Street (*1933)(*1936)(*1937), Glasgow
FINLAY, GRIEVE & RENNIE  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1926 [since 1919 (x1926)]

'Piano- u. Orgel-Handlung' (x1926)

 

1, Pitt Street (x1926), Edinburgh
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), 267, Sauchiehall Street (z1874), 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 and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1923-29

'Piano- u. Orgel-Händler' (x1926)

618, Eglinton Street (*1923)(x1926), 618-620, Eglinton Street (*1927)(*1929), Glasgow
FLETCHER M. & Son  

Pianoforte-makers and/or pianoforte dealers ca. 1906-26 [since 1820 (x1906)(x1912)(x1926)]

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

 

119-121, South Street (x1906)(x1912)(x1926), St. Andrews
FLINT D. Frame Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-Händler' (x1926)

168, Bath Street (x1926), Glasgow
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

'Piano- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (xx1890) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- u. Harmonium-Handlung' (x1906) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano- Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912)

FORBES John (xx1890)(x1906)

FORBES, DICKIE & LEE (x1912)

 

15, West Blackhall Street (xx1890)(x1906)(x1912), Greenock
FORBES James T.  

The Dundee directory, 1895, p. 122

 

 

Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1895-1926 [since 1880 (x1926)]

'Piano tuner and dealer' (z1895) ------- 'Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1912) ------- 'Dudelsack-Macher, Musikal.-, Piano-, Orgel- u. Musikinstr.-Handlung' (x1926)

 

123-125, Victoria Road (z1895), 44, Kings Road, Victoria Road (x1912)(x1926), Branch : 117, Victoria Road (x1926), Branch : 82, High Street (x1926), 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
FRASER W C. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1895

'Music and musical instrument seller' (z1895)

67, Cowgate (z1895), Dundee
FREEMAN Louis Ltd. Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1926

'Piano-, Musikinstr.- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1926)

63, Renfield Street (x1926), Glasgow
FREER Thomas Pianoforte-maker and/or pianoforte dealer ca. 1912-29 [since 1904 (x1912)(x1926)]

'Piano-, Orgel- u. Sprechm.-Handlung' (x1912)(x1926)

187, Chatedral Street (x1912), 101, Dunders Street (x1912), 487, Chatedral Street (x1926), 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)

(z1874): 'Glasgow post-office directory [afterw.] Post office Glasgow directory', Volume 47, 1874, p. 730

(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)

(z1895): 'The Dundee directory', 1895, p. 639, Forbes p. 122

 

 

(z1901): 'Macdonald's Irish directory and gazetteer', 1901, Glasgow p. 249

(*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)

(z1909): 'Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review', Volume 33, 01/10/1909, p. 144

(*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)

(x1926): 'Weltadressbuch der gesammten Musikinstrumenten-Industrie', 1926, Dundee p. 216, Dunfermline p. 218, Edinburgh p. 219-220, Glasgow p. 224-227, St. Andrews p. 319 (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 (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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