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Vol. 86 July 18, 2026 No. 19

J. McDonald

inventor patentee

Biography

In Spillane's appendix listing of piano-trade patents, J. McDonald of Brooklyn is recorded as the holder of patent No. 386,079 for a Piano Action, issued July 10, 1888. The text gives no additional biographical information about him.

Highlights

  • Patented a Piano Action (No. 386,079), Brooklyn, July 1888

Source

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

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