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Vol. 86 July 18, 2026 No. 19

Gilbert

piano maker inventor

Biography

Gilbert is credited by Spillane with an upright iron frame design, illustrated in the History of the American Pianoforte, cited as one of several Boston-originated variations on the complete iron-plate principle that followed the earlier innovations of Alpheus Babcock and Jonas Chickering.

Highlights

  • Credited with an upright iron frame design illustrated in Spillane's history.

Source

Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 165.

Public domain.

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