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Vol. 86 July 18, 2026 No. 19

F. W. Hale

inventor patentee

Biography

According to Spillane's appendix list of piano-trade patents, F. W. Hale of Boston was granted patent No. 396,155 for a Pianoforte on January 15, 1889. The text gives no other biographical detail about him.

Highlights

  • Patented a Pianoforte (No. 396,155), Boston, January 1889

Source

Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890).

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