W. Umland
inventor
patentee
Biography
Spillane's appendix of piano-trade patents lists a New York patentee, rendered as 'W. Uinland' in one entry and 'W. Umland' in another (likely the same person, with an OCR/typographical variant), who held two patents: a Damper for Upright Pianos, No. 391,495 (October 23, 1888), and a Divisible Upright Piano, No. 410,223 (September 3, 1889). No other biographical information is given in this text.
Highlights
- Patented a Damper for Upright Pianos (No. 391,495), New York, October 1888
- Later patented a Divisible Upright Piano (No. 410,223), New York, September 1889
Source
Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 369.
Public domain.