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I am not convinced that they were real makers. Kelly's Directory of the Cabinet & Furnishing Trades (1886) is the earliest list we have so far for Glasgow. Pianoforte Makers & Warhehouses include Muirhead & Turnbull, 101 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Other later addresses include 259 Hope Street, and Dumbarton Road, Patrick, Glasgow. The firm ceased trading in 1923, according to Glasgow County Archives, and their last address was 226-228, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow...
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