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Vol. 86 July 18, 2026 No. 19

Peter Mixell

piano maker

Biography

Peter Mixell was described as an old-time Albany, and later New York, piano-maker. He was the brother-in-law of Alfred J. Newby, later co-founder of the New York firm Newby & Evans, and it was under Mixell that Newby served his apprenticeship and learned the trade of piano-making.

Highlights

  • Trained Alfred J. Newby, later of Newby & Evans, as an apprentice
  • Worked as a piano-maker in Albany and later New York

Source

Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 291.

Public domain.

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