Henry Allen — Piano People

Biography

Henry Allen was one of the three founders of Hallet, Davis & Company, alongside Russell Hallet and George H. Davis. After Davis left to form a separate partnership, Allen and Hallet continued the business as Hallet & Allen, a firm that later admitted William Cumston. Around 1850 Allen himself withdrew and combined with Edwin Brown to form Brown & Allen, the shop in which Henry F. Miller, Sr. first gained insight into piano manufacturing.

Highlights

Founding partner of Hallet, Davis & Company
Formed Hallet & Allen with Russell Hallet after Davis's withdrawal
Later withdrew to form Brown & Allen with Edwin Brown around 1850

Source

Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 167.

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