P. Reed

piano maker Albany pioneer inventor improver

Biography

P. Reed is mentioned by Dolge as one of the pioneer piano makers of the Albany, New York colony of tradesmen, grouped together with Myron A. Decker and George Gomph as 'others' among the Albany pioneers. No first name, dates, or independent biographical facts are supplied for Reed in the text; he is referenced only in passing as part of this early cluster of Albany piano makers who were active in roughly the same period as the founders of Marshall, James & Traver and the Hazelton family firms discussed in the surrounding pages. From Spillane (1890): P. Reed was among the names worthy of mention in the annals of pioneer piano-making in Albany, noted for winning a good reputation as an improver of pianofortes.

Highlights

Named as one of the pioneer piano makers of the Albany, New York colony of the trade, alongside Myron A. Decker and George Gomph.
A pioneer Albany figure who won a good reputation as an improver of pianofortes

Sources

Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), p. 287.

Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 140.

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