Wornum
English
piano maker
inventor
Biography
Wornum was an English piano-maker credited with the 'tape-check' action. Spillane contends that many of the ideas embodied in Wornum's action were anticipated by Timothy Gilbert's American patent of February 10, 1841, which outlined an upright action and a metal back-and-plate design.
Highlights
- Credited in England with the 'tape-check' piano action.
- Spillane contends Timothy Gilbert's 1841 American patent anticipated many of the ideas later claimed by Wornum's action.
Source
Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 91.
Public domain.