Brooks
English
action maker
founder
Biography
Brooks of London is named as the founder of one of the oldest piano action-making firms in existence at the time of writing, having started the business in 1810 — making it, per the text, the very first auxiliary industry of the piano trade. No further biographical detail about Brooks is given beyond his location and founding date.
Highlights
- Founded one of the oldest piano action-making firms still in existence, started in London in 1810
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), p. 127.
Public domain.