W. R. Talbot
?–1884
piano maker
Biography
W. R. Talbot was a piano-maker who had been well known in Albany before settling in Baltimore, where some time after 1853 he became associated with Joseph Newman. This partnership gave rise to the firm Newman Brothers & Company. Talbot died in 1884.
Highlights
- A piano-maker who relocated to Baltimore from Albany, where he had been well known
- Partnered with Joseph Newman, giving rise to the firm Newman Brothers & Company
- Died in 1884
Source
Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 135.
Public domain.