W. P. Collard
English
partner
Biography
W. P. Collard was co-partner, alongside F. W. Collard, in the firm of F. W. & W. P. Collard, which associated with the virtuoso and composer Muzio Clementi under the name Clementi & Company. The firm's lasting reputation rested chiefly on F. W. Collard's inventive work, and after Clementi's retirement it became Collard & Collard, later led to worldwide fame under Charles Lukey Collard.
Highlights
- Co-partner with F. W. Collard in the firm of F. W. & W. P. Collard, associated with Muzio Clementi as Clementi & Company
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911).
Public domain.