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company">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Musical_instrument" title="Musical instrument">Musical instruments</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1728<span class="noprint">; 296 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1728</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Burkat_Shudi" title="Burkat Shudi">Burkat Shudi</a> <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699418?uselang=en#P112" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" 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.plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burkat_Shudi" title="Burkat Shudi">Burkat Shudi</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/John_Broadwood" title="John Broadwood">John Broadwood</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">Pianos</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.broadwood.co.uk/">www<wbr />.broadwood<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Broadwood_%26_Sons_Grand_Piano.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/John_Broadwood_%26_Sons_Grand_Piano.jpg/220px-John_Broadwood_%26_Sons_Grand_Piano.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/John_Broadwood_%26_Sons_Grand_Piano.jpg/330px-John_Broadwood_%26_Sons_Grand_Piano.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/John_Broadwood_%26_Sons_Grand_Piano.jpg/440px-John_Broadwood_%26_Sons_Grand_Piano.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3479" data-file-height="2432" /></a><figcaption>1827 Broadwood & Sons grand piano</figcaption></figure> <p><b>John Broadwood & Sons</b> is an English <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a> manufacturer, founded in 1728 by <a href="/wiki/Burkat_Shudi" title="Burkat Shudi">Burkat Shudi</a> and continued after his death in 1773 by <a href="/wiki/John_Broadwood" title="John Broadwood">John Broadwood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Latham_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Latham-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_history">Early history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Broadwood_%26_Sons&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>John Broadwood (1732–1812), a Scottish joiner and cabinetmaker, came to London in 1761 and began to work for the Swiss <a href="/wiki/Harpsichord" title="Harpsichord">harpsichord</a> manufacturer Burkat Shudi.<sup id="cite_ref-Grove_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grove-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He married Shudi's daughter eight years later and became a partner in the firm in 1770. As the popularity of the harpsichord declined, the firm concentrated increasingly on the manufacture of pianos, abandoning the harpsichord altogether in 1793.<sup id="cite_ref-Ehrlich_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ehrlich-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Broadwood's son, <a href="/wiki/James_Shudi_Broadwood" class="mw-redirect" title="James Shudi Broadwood">James Shudi Broadwood</a>, had worked for the firm since 1785, and, in 1795, the firm began to trade as John Broadwood & Son.<sup id="cite_ref-Grove_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grove-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Broadwood's third son, Thomas Broadwood, became a partner in 1808, the firm assumed the name of John Broadwood & Sons Ltd, which it retains to this day.<sup id="cite_ref-Grove_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grove-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The firm's busiest time period was during the 1850s, when approximately 2,500 instruments were produced annually.<sup id="cite_ref-Bray_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bray-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Innovations">Innovations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Broadwood_%26_Sons&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Innovations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tafelklavier-Museum_f%C3%BCr_Kunst_und_Gewerbe_Hamburg-2000.574.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Tafelklavier-Museum_f%C3%BCr_Kunst_und_Gewerbe_Hamburg-2000.574.tif/lossy-page1-220px-Tafelklavier-Museum_f%C3%BCr_Kunst_und_Gewerbe_Hamburg-2000.574.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Tafelklavier-Museum_f%C3%BCr_Kunst_und_Gewerbe_Hamburg-2000.574.tif/lossy-page1-330px-Tafelklavier-Museum_f%C3%BCr_Kunst_und_Gewerbe_Hamburg-2000.574.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Tafelklavier-Museum_f%C3%BCr_Kunst_und_Gewerbe_Hamburg-2000.574.tif/lossy-page1-440px-Tafelklavier-Museum_f%C3%BCr_Kunst_und_Gewerbe_Hamburg-2000.574.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8688" data-file-height="5792" /></a><figcaption>1784 square fortepiano</figcaption></figure> <p>Broadwood produced his first <a href="/wiki/Square_piano" title="Square piano">square piano</a> in 1771, after the model of <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Zumpe" title="Johannes Zumpe">Johannes Zumpe</a>, and worked assiduously to develop and refine the instrument, moving the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wrest_plank&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wrest plank (page does not exist)">wrest plank</a> of the earlier pianoforte, which had sat to the side of the case as in the <a href="/wiki/Clavichord" title="Clavichord">clavichord</a>, to the back of the case in 1781,<sup id="cite_ref-Dolge_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dolge-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> straightening the keys, and replacing the hand stops with pedals.<sup id="cite_ref-Grove_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grove-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1785 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>, later to be third President of the United States, visited Broadwood in Great Pulteney Street, <a href="/wiki/Soho" title="Soho">Soho</a>, to discuss musical instruments. In 1789, at <a href="/wiki/Jan_Ladislav_Dussek" title="Jan Ladislav Dussek">Jan Ladislav Dussek</a>'s suggestion, he extended the range of his <a href="/wiki/Grand_piano" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand piano">grand piano</a> beyond five <a href="/wiki/Octave" title="Octave">octaves</a> to CC in the treble, and again to six full octaves in 1794.<sup id="cite_ref-Wainwright_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wainwright-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The improved instruments became popular with musicians such as <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Haydn" title="Joseph Haydn">Joseph Haydn</a>, who used them on his first visit to London in 1791.<sup id="cite_ref-Wainwright_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wainwright-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Ludwig van Beethoven</a> received a six octave Broadwood in 1818, a gift from Thomas Broadwood,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which he kept for the rest of his life. Although his impaired hearing may well have prevented him appreciating its tone,<sup id="cite_ref-Mobbs_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mobbs-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he seems to have preferred it to his <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_%C3%89rard" title="Sébastien Érard">Erard</a> which had a similar range. Above the company label on the front edge of the pin block the following text can be read: ″Hoc Instrumentum est Thomae Broadwood (Londrini) donum propter ingenium illustrissime Beethoven.″ [This instrument is a gift from Thomas Broadwood of London in recognition of the most illustrious genius of Beethoven.] </p><p><a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin" title="Frédéric Chopin">Frédéric Chopin</a> played Broadwood instruments in Britain, including at the last concert of his life given at Guildhall, London, in 1848. Although he liked Broadwoods, he appears to have preferred the French make <a href="/wiki/Pleyel_et_Cie" title="Pleyel et Cie">Pleyel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Zaluski_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zaluski-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1980s_and_1990s">1980s and 1990s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Broadwood_%26_Sons&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1980s and 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After a long period of decline ending in near bankruptcy, the business was rescued in the mid 1980s by a consortium headed up by Geoffrey Simon,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a keen amateur pianist and successful businessman from Birmingham. Mr. Simon took on the mantle of CEO and under his stewardship John Broadwood & Sons entered a period during which a number of innovations were developed. These included the limited edition 'Linley piano'<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an upright piano designed by <a href="/wiki/David_Armstrong-Jones,_2nd_Earl_of_Snowdon" title="David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon">Viscount Linley</a> and his partner Matthew Rice, plus the design and patenting of the 'barless' grand piano in 1997<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was manufactured by Birmingham firm of Ladbrooke Pianos, who produced half a dozen a year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2000s">2000s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Broadwood_%26_Sons&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company holds a <a href="/wiki/Royal_warrant_of_appointment_(United_Kingdom)" title="Royal warrant of appointment (United Kingdom)">royal warrant</a> as a manufacturer and tuner of pianos.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the death of Geoffrey Simon in 2006, the company was acquired in 2008 by Alastair Laurence, a piano builder and technician with family ties to the Broadwood firm dating back to 1787. To coincide with the change in ownership, new restoration and conservation workshops are now located at <a href="/wiki/Finchcocks" title="Finchcocks">Finchcocks</a>, Goudhurst, Kent, England.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadwood_archives">Broadwood archives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Broadwood_%26_Sons&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Broadwood archives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company's archives are held at the <a href="/wiki/Surrey_History_Centre" title="Surrey History Centre">Surrey History Centre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Surrey_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Surrey-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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