D'Almaine/Bentley link?

[Gill the Piano]

Were D'Almaine & Bentley linked at all? I only ask because I tuned a D'Almaine today and the writing on the end key (1939) was EXACTLY the same as the writing in Bentleys of a comparable age. Just curious! Thanks, Bill.

[Bill Kibby]

They were linked in the sense that by the thirties, Bentleys were putting the D'Almaine name onto some of their pianos.

There are a few examples near the bottom of my Numbers page.