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Vol. 86 July 18, 2026 No. 19

Theodore J. Neff

master piano maker, Emerson Piano Works
  • Emerson Piano Works

Biography

Theodore J. Neff is mentioned as the exacting master at the Emerson Piano Works under whom George J. Dowling served a thorough apprenticeship at the start of his piano-making career, before Dowling moved to Vose and Sons as a repairman in 1885.

Highlights

  • Called an 'exacting master'; trained George J. Dowling in a thorough apprenticeship at the Emerson Piano Works

Source

Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. II (1913), p. 57.

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