W. H. Ivers
inventor
patentee
Biography
In Spillane's appendix list of United States piano-trade patents issued 1888-1889, W. H. Ivers of Boston is recorded as patentee of three inventions: a Piano Key Bottom (No. 382,471, May 8, 1888), a Pianoforte Bridge (No. 389,966, September 25, 1888), and a Damper for Piano (No. 392,270, November 6, 1888). No further biographical detail is given in this text beyond these three patent entries.
Highlights
- Patented a piano key bottom design (No. 382,471) in Boston, May 1888
- Received two further piano patents (a pianoforte bridge and a piano damper) within the same year
Source
Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890).
Public domain.