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Vol. 86 July 18, 2026 No. 19

Peter Duffy

piano maker founder
  • Schubert Piano Company

Biography

Peter Duffy was a practical piano-maker of some originality and force of character who began business in New York in 1880, soon becoming known as a maker of good popular-priced pianos. He later changed the title of his business to the Schubert Piano Company, of which he was principal; the instruments bearing this name are described as meritorious for their price and character.

Highlights

  • Practical piano-maker of originality and force of character who began business in New York in 1880
  • Became known as a maker of good popular-priced pianos; later renamed his business the Schubert Piano Company

Source

Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 302.

Public domain.

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