Landreth
workman
one of the 'twelve apostles'
Biography
Landreth was one of the 'twelve apostles,' a group of twelve German workmen who settled in London around 1760, an arrival Spillane treats as an epoch of consequence in English pianoforte manufacture. Spillane notes that many descendants of these men later became identified with the early development of the American pianoforte, though no further individual detail about Landreth is given in this text.
Highlights
- One of the 'twelve apostles,' German workmen who settled in London around 1760
- Descendants of this group were later identified with early American pianoforte development
Source
Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 20.
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