Wood (of Virginia)
maker
inventor
Biography
A piano-maker identified only as Wood, of Virginia, exhibited a piano-violin at the 1851 London World's Fair. The instrument attracted considerable attention among visitors and was awarded a money prize of $250, one of the American successes Spillane records from the exhibition.
Highlights
- Won a $250 money award at the 1851 London World's Fair for a piano-violin
Source
Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 196.
Public domain.