Stewart

Biography

Stewart is cited by the author as having, in 1826, preceded James A. Gray's celebrated 1850 exhibition of American pianos in England, undermining the claim that Gray's feat was the first attempt at importing American pianos into England. No first name, location, or further biographical detail about Stewart is supplied in this portion of the text; he is mentioned solely in this comparative context regarding early American piano exports. Stewart is named, together with Harper and Hiskey, as having controlled the piano trade of Baltimore and the Southern States in the very early days of the city's piano business, offered as a historical contrast to the later pre-eminence of Knabe & Company.

Highlights

• Claimed by the author to have preceded James A. Gray in exporting American-made pianos to England, doing so in 1826
• Controlled the piano trade of Baltimore and the Southern States in the city's very early days, along with Harper and Hiskey

Source

Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), pp. 142, 300.

Public domain.