Fissore
inventor
Biography
Fissore is named by Spillane alongside Daniel Walker as a developer of a scheme for mechanical screw tuning-pins intended to replace wooden pin-blocks. Like Walker's device, Fissore's scheme ultimately failed to be adopted, though Spillane observes that belief in mechanical screw tuning processes persisted in the trade.
Highlights
- Developed a scheme for mechanical screw tuning-pins, alongside Daniel Walker, that ultimately failed.
Source
Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 161.
Public domain.