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Once again, many thanks. Your information has answered questions I have harboured for a number of years! I wonder if there are any tuners who have found themselves with a Lovell Piano?

Thank you - this is very helpful and it's good news to know that he made a few 'Lovell Pianos'. It is in the 1871 Census that Robert is described as 'Master Pianoforte Maker and Employer'. In all other censuses he is described simply as 'Pianoforte Maker'. In advertisements in the local paper his bu...

My great great grandfather, Robert Lovell (1815-1895), is described in the Census between 1841 and 1891 as 'Pianoforte Maker' and 'Master Pianoforte Maker'. From 1872 he had a 'Pianoforte Warehouse' at 438 Holloway Road, Islington, London. He regularly advertised his business in the Islington Gazett...