Harper, John

Harper, JohnHarper, JohnJohn Harper 1846 pianoforte mkr 265 Ave. 6 1847 not listed 1848 pianoforte mkr " 1849 " 277 Ave. 6 1850 " 344 Greenwich 1851-52 " 401 Ave. 1 A relative of Robert Harper, see below, John Harper headed the piano-manufacturing firm John Harper & Company from 1849-50. Spillane (1890:197) mentioned Harper among the small makers active during the 1840s. His relationship to the Philadelphia maker piano of the same name, active c.1802, is not known. (Mann 1977:107) His name…