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Scan 273
Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937
48 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026. Printed page 247. See the scan on archive.org.
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4Nathaniel W. Tileston of Dorchester."14 In 1855 they advertised their "Patent American Action Pianos."15 In 1870 they were advertising pianofortes, organs and melodeons at wholesale and retail, so they may have given up the manufacturing and been simply dealers by that time.16 They went out of business between 1880-1885.
6"Their squares invariably contained a form of the Chickering whole cast plate made so as not to infringe. Their pianos occasionally won awards at the New York Mechanics' Institute Fairs of 1847."14
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10J. S. HUMBERT
11Around 1860. Built a few good squares.
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16A. W. LADD
17Mr. Ladd, an apprentice in C. C. Briggs' shop, was in business from about 1846 to between 1875-1880. He built only squares, first plain, then overstrung. The first plain strung were larger than the first Chickering plain strung squares.
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22WENDELL P. MARVIN
23Between 1840-47 to between 1860-70.
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30LORENZO MATT
31Between 1850-55 to between 1870-75.
32An apprentice of C. C. Briggs and Co. Made a few popular priced squares. The name plate read—"Lorenzo Matt
33Boston"
35He advertised an invention whose value time has apparently disproved, namely—"The greatest invention on the Sounding Board! The best Pianos are now made with the United Double Sounding Board, patented Dec. 31, 1867. These Pianos give a richer, sweeter, and more powerful Tone than any other Piano, and these Sounding Boards never can split or crack. The best and highest references can be given. . All my instruments are warranted for five years."17
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40JOHN E. McNEIL
41Between 1855-1860 to between 1870-1875.
4313 Massachusetts Musical Journal, Vol. 1 No. 3 P. 22.
4414 Spillane, Daniel. History of the American Pianoforte p. 171.
4516 Massachusetts Musical Journal, Vol. 1 No. 6 P. 48.
4618 Boston Directory, Advertising Department p. 934.
4717 Boston City Directory 1868, Advertising Department P. 950.
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