whitfields of huddersfield and heckmondwike

Post by **Bill Kibby** » 17 Feb 2006, 18:46

By 1899, they were still known as Whitfield, Johnson & Co., so your piano is presumably after that. See

http://www.uk-piano.org/piano-gen/datem ... ianos.html

http://www.uk-piano.org/piano-gen/reports.html

louid · Post by **louid** » 26 Feb 2006, 16:36

I have just got a whitfield limited piano, marked heckomondike and huddersfield, but it also says garret and feord on the lid, I really would like to know how old it is

Post by **Bill Kibby** » 27 Feb 2006, 12:45

Does it actually say "Garret & Feord"? Some pianos say "Garret Feord", but directories tend to put surnames first, and list "Feord Garret" from the 1890s to at least the 1930s. They shared a factory address with Monington & Weston, so may be just an alias for that firm. Whitfields were dealers. Your piano would be after 1899, see
http://www.uk-piano.org/piano-gen/reports.html

louid · Post by **louid** » 27 Feb 2006, 13:44

Hi yeh it actually says Garret Feord on the lid but under that just above the keys it says Whitfield Limited and then inside on a cross member it states another name, cant remember what it says, who actually made the piano?

Post by **Bill Kibby** » 27 Feb 2006, 14:17

So it's not "Garret & Feord"? It appears that Monington & Weston's factory produced it under the name Garret Feord, and it was sold by Whitfields.

louid · Post by **louid** » 27 Feb 2006, 15:29

No it just says garret feord on the lid, When would you say they stopped producing these? Im wanting to know roughly how old the piano is and how much it would have been to buy when it was new

Post by **Bill Kibby** » 27 Feb 2006, 16:20

No original archives are available, see
http://www.uk-piano.org/piano-gen/archives.html

Any clues to date are inside the piano, see
http://www.uk-piano.org/piano-gen/datem ... ianos.html