Thaddeus Firth

Biography

Thaddeus Firth, son of John Firth, played an important role throughout his father's business career and was among the partners of Firth, Pond & Company. After his father's firms wound down, he revived the Firth name in the New York music trade for a time before finally selling the business to Oliver Ditson & Company of Boston. At the time Spillane was writing, Thaddeus Firth was a respected resident of Maspeth, Long Island, where he operated a large musical instrument manufactory, and he served as one of the author's sources for facts about the Firth family's business history.

Highlights

• Son of John Firth; revived the Firth name in the New York music trade before selling it to Oliver Ditson & Company of Boston
• At the time of writing operated a large musical instrument manufactory in Maspeth, Long Island, and served as a source for the author

Source

Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 155.

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