James Broadwood
English
inventor
patentee of iron string plate and resistance bar combination
Biography
James Broadwood is credited with patenting, in 1827, a combination of an iron string (hitch) plate with resistance iron bars for the grand piano, a design the author describes as coming very near to the full iron frame later perfected by Jonas Chickering. No further biographical detail about him is given in this passage.
Highlights
- Patented, in 1827, a combination of an iron string plate (hitch plate) with resistance iron bars, coming very near the full iron frame
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), p. 59.
Public domain.