Joseph Loud

Biography

Joseph Loud was one of the three 'Loud brothers' -- with John and Philologus Loud -- who were Philadelphia piano-makers and uncles of Thomas C. Loud. A correspondent of the Maryland Historical Society told Spillane the brothers were sons of a man from Maidstone, Kent, England, who wrote a tract titled 'Loud on Infant Baptism.' It is not established whether the brothers emigrated from London together or separately, before 1824. Joseph Loud was one of the four sons of the emigrant Loud composing the Philadelphia firm of Loud Brothers. After the firm's failure he migrated to California, later returning to Philadelphia, where he died shortly before this account was written, leaving a son. His sister married Dr. Smiley of Philadelphia.

Highlights

• One of four brothers composing the Loud Brothers piano firm of Philadelphia
• Migrated to California and later returned to die in Philadelphia, leaving a son
• One of the 'Loud brothers' of Philadelphia, uncle of Thomas C. Loud
• According to a correspondent, son of a writer/clergyman from Maidstone, Kent, England

Source

Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), pp. 117, 179.

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