Geroek
piano maker
Biography
Geroek, of Cornhill, London, was said to have built an overstrung cottage piano and a similar overstrung square in 1835 to the designs of Theobald Boehm, the noted flute maker. This claim was brought forward by A. J. Hipkins as a significant discovery, though Spillane counters that a nearly identical overstrung upright design by a maker named Fischer already existed in official British patent drawings dated May 13, 1835.
Highlights
- Reportedly made an overstrung cottage piano and a similar square in 1835 for Theobald Boehm, based on Boehm's own designs, according to a claim publicized by A. J. Hipkins.
Source
Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 41.
Public domain.